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Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary rime and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in a way that He is not manifest in any other human being. Your face is unlike anyone else's, your soul is unlike anyone else's, you are sufficient unto yourself for within your soul lies the greatest treasure of all - God.
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The entire universe is God's cosmic motion picture, and that individuals are merely actors in the divine play who change roles through reincarnation mankind's deep suffering is rooted in identifying too closely with one's current role, rather than with the movie's director, or God.
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The seeker of God is the real lover of vidya, unchangeable truth all else is avidya, relative knowledge.
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Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.
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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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