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Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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Spirit vibrated into matter hence, both Spirit and matter exist. Matter, however, does not exist in the way that it appears to us. It exists as we see it owing to the delusive force of maya, which makes the indivisible Spirit seem finite and divisible to all appearances. Matter has existence in the same delusive way as does a mirage in the desert.
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I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.
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One may have many teachers, but only one guru, who remains as one's guru even in many different lives, until the disciple reaches the final goal of emancipation in God. You must remember this, once that relationship is formed.
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To me there is no difference between one person and another I behold all as soul-reflection s of the one God. I can't think of anyone as a stranger, for I know that we are all part of the One Spirit.
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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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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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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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Keep puffing on the bubble until it breaks its confining walls and becomes the sea of joy.
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Through Self-realization man becomes aware of true values as to his place in the divine plan and his relation to the past, present, and future of mankind.
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Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.
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Smiling away your troubles requires a clear conscience that harbors no insincerity.
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Incredible amounts of energy are hidden in your brain enough in a gram of flesh to run the city of Chicago for 2 days. And you say you are tired?
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Sincerity is a soul quality that God has given to every human being, but not all express it.
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As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.
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A saint is a sinner who never gave up.
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You do not have to struggle to reach God, but you do have to struggle to tear away the self-created veil that hides him from you
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He who has realized oneness with God possesses all knowledge contained in Him. Knowing the Lord as Beginning and End of all beings and worlds, a true Brahmin has knowledge of the hereafter and of the workings of nature on this plane of existence.
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Self-realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God.
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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.
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By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of God can enlarge the caliber of his consciousness to omniscience to receive within himself the Universal Intelligence of God.
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