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When you learn to live for others, they will live for you.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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Self-realization means to know truth through yourself, and not through others. By seeking God first, through Self-realization, all things-strength, power, prosperity, wisdom, health, and immortality-will be added unto you.
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Loyalty is the first law of God.
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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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Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.
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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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Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence... To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.
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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 that you do not have to pray that it come to you that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence and that all that you need to do is improve your knowing.
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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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God made us angels of energy, encased in solids - currents of life dazzling through a material bulb of flesh.
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Truths are not truths to you unless you realize them within yourself. Without realization, they are just ideas. For spiritual perception, spiritual consciousness, lies not in vague theological ideas, but in the acquisition of Self-realization.
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Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.
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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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Feel the love of God then in every person you will see the face of the Father, the light of love which is in all. You will find a magic, living relationship uniting the trees, the sky, the stars, all people, and all living things and you will feel a oneness with them. This is the code of divine love.
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