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Love cannot be had for the asking it comes only as a gift from the heart of another
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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Paramahamsa Yogananda
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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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We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This is the way to know God as beauty.
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The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.
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What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in a way that He is not manifest in any other human being. Your face is unlike anyone else's, your soul is unlike anyone else's, you are sufficient unto yourself for within your soul lies the greatest treasure of all - God.
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Always remember, nothing can touch you if you inwardly love God.
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When you exercise your will power you release the power of life energy - not when you merely wish passively to be able to obtain an objective.
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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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If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
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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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If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
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People are so skillful in their ignorance!
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Have the unflinching determination to move on your path unhampered by limiting thoughts of past errors.
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You are walking on the earth as in a dream. Our world is a dream within a dream you must realize that to find God is the only goal, the only purpose, for which you are here. For Him alone you exist. Him you must find.
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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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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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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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He is the wisest who seeks God. He is the most successful who has found God.
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