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Fear was given to man as a cautionary device to spare him pain it is not mean to be cultivated and abused.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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You cannot make steel until you have made the iron white-hot in fire. It is not meant for harm. Trouble and disease have a lesson for us. Our painful experiences are not meant to destroy us, but to burn out our dross, to hurry us back Home. No one is more anxious for our release than God.
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Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire - for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness - that is the way to live in this world.
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So long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.
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Be careful what you choose to do consciously, for unless your will is very strong, that is what you may have to do repeatedly and compulsively through the habit-influencing power of the subconscious mind.
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Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation.
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Whatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
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When you worry, there is static coming through your mind radio. God's song is the song of calmness. Nervousness is the static calmness is the voice of God speaking to you through the radio of your soul.
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Never count your faults. Just see that your love for God is deeply sincere. For God doesn't mind your imperfections: He minds your indifference.
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Build your inner environment. Practice Silence! I remember the wonderful discipline of the Great Ones. When we used to talk and chatter, they would say: Go back into your inner castle. It was very hard to comprehend then, but now I understand the way of peace
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Meditation is like giving a hug to our ourselves, getting in touch whith that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable.
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If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
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Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.
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Subtle astral colors... are hidden in everything around you. Could you but see, you would be amazed at their beauty.
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Ever-new Joy is God. He is inexhaustible as you continue your meditations during the years, He will beguile you with an infinite ingenuity. Devotees like yourself who have found the way to God never dream of exchanging Him for any other happiness He is seductive beyond thought of competition.
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Group Meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism.
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Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.
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It doesn't matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.
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In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others.
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