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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world
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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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
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All Nature will commune with you when you are in tune with God. Realization of this truth will make you a master of your destiny.
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As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God
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Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.
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Those who are socially inclined will find a new power to help humanity through the lessons of books written by noble and gifted people.
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Carrying a thought with dynamic will power means holding it until that thought pattern develops dynamic force. When a thought is made dynamic by will force, it can manifest according to the mental blueprint you have created.
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Discerning placement of a comma does not atone for a spiritual coma.
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Self-realization may be and sometimes is attained even by people who are struggling with sick and otherwise imperfect bodies but it cannot be attained unless one can concentrate and meditate uninterruptedly upon God.
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The body is only a garment. How many times you have changed your clothing in this life, yet because of this you would not say that you have changed. Similarly, when you give up this bodily dress at death you do not change. You are just the same, an immortal soul, a child of God.
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The Spirit of God, I realized, is exhaustless Bliss His body is countless tissues of light.
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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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The man of Self-realization knows a bliss that cannot be compared to anything in this world. His joy is independent of any object or sensory experience. It is an incomparable happiness that cannot be described in words. Such joy is known as sattvik-ananda.
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To love those that love you is easy. To love those that love you not is not so simple. If you want to change anyone, set a better example. Show more kindness, more understanding, more love. That has a sure effect. To those who are not kind, show kindness. To those who are mean, show bigness of heart.
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The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery
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Each time a swarm of worries invades your mind, refuse to be affected wait calmly, while seeking the remedy. Spray the worries with the powerful chemical of your peace.
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Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.
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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit
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Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.
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