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Paramahansa Yogananda

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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
Autobiographer
Guru
Philosopher
Writer
Yogi
Paramahamsa Yogananda
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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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Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage obeying the soul brings liberation.
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Spirit is the vast stillness which is behind all created things.
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In your heart must well that sympathy which soothes away all pains from the hearts of others.
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If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
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The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.
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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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Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.
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I am no longer the wave of consciousness thinking itself separated from the sea of cosmic consciousness. I am the ocean of Spirit that has become the wave of human life.
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Death is not as terrible as you think. It comes to you as a healer. Sleep is nothing but a counterfeit death. What happens in death we can picture in sleep. All our sufferings vanish in sleep. When death comes, all our mortal tortures cease they cannot go beyond the portals of death.
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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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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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Proper visualization by the exercise of concentration and willpower enables us to materialize thoughts, not only as dreams or visions in the mental realm, but also as experiences in the material realm.
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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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Nothing may truly be said to be a miracle except in the profound sense that everything is a miracle.
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Change your life by changing your thoughts.
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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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The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.
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Through the portals of silence the healing sun of wisdom and peace will shine upon you.
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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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