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If circumstances are bad and you have to bear them, do not make them a part of yourself.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Age: 59 †
Born: 1893
Born: January 5
Died: 1952
Died: March 7
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Just behind the darkness of closed eyes shines the light of God. When you behold that light in meditation, hold onto it with devotional zeal. Feel yourself inside it: That is where God dwells.
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Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
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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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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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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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Forget your dream-born mortal weakness. Wake up and know that you and God are one.
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Strengthen your mind and refuse to carry the burden of mental and moral weakness acquired in past years burn them in the fires of your present divine resolutions and right activities. By this constructive attitude you will attain freedom.
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Every tomorrow is determined by every today.
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What you lose in the world will not be a loss to your soul.
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When you worry, there is static coming through your mind radio. God's song is the song of calmness. Nervousness is the static calmness is the voice of God speaking to you through the radio of your soul.
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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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Evil spreads with the wind truth is capable of spreading even against it.
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Never neglect what you can do for yourself in the form of another.
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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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Coercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.
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