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Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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Nothing is impossible unless you think it is.
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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.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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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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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Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.
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Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously, like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living.
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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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Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.
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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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Have the unflinching determination to move on your path unhampered by limiting thoughts of past errors.
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Most of the world is like a mental hospital. Some persons are sick with jealousy, others with anger, hatred, passion. They are victims of their habits and emotions. But you can make your home a place of peace.
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Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.
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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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From joy people are born for joy they live in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow.
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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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Love is the Song of the Soul singing to God.
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I am calmly active, actively calm. I am the prince of peace sitting on a throne of poise, directing the kingdom of my activity.
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With the opening of the New Year, all the closed portals of limitations will be thrown open and I shall move through them to vaster fields, where my worthwhile dreams of life will be fulfilled.
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Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service.
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An artist doesn't really create anything - he just rearranges what is already there.
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