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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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Affirm divine calmness and peace, and send out only thoughts of love and goodwill if you want to live in peace and harmony. Never get angry, for anger poisons your system.
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Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.
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It is a great mistake to regard a certain object as pleasurable in itself and to store the idea of it in the mind in hope of fulfilling a want by its actual presence in the future. If objects were pleasurable in themselves, then the same dress or food would always please everyone, which is not the case.
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Truths are more than imagination they are real. Yet their origin is a thought in the mind of God.
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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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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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The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God's love.
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Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.
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People are so skillful in their ignorance!
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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You don't know what is going to come to you in this world you have to go on living and worrying. Those who die are pitying us they are blessing us. Why should you grieve for them?
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As God is omnipresent in the cosmos but is undisturbed by its variety, so man, who as a soul is individualized Spirit, must learn to participate in this cosmic drama with a perfectly poised and equilibrated mind.
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Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
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Do your best and then relax.
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Know that this universe is nothing but a dream bluff of nature to test your consciousness of immortality.
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Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make.
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Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and create the change desired.
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God is simple, everything else is complex
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Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a dependable part of you.
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