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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.

Paramahansa Yogananda

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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Through every trial we grow. All suffering we experience has a meaning. Though it seems very cruel, it is like the fire that smelts the iron ore: the steel that emerges from that furnace is beautifully strong, useful for many purposes.
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Beginning with the early dawn of each day, I will radiate joy to everyone I meet. I will be mental sunshine for all who cross my path. Before the unfailing light of my cheer, darkness will take flight.
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In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.
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Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.
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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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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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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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I am a spark from the Infinite. I am not flesh and bones. I am light.
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If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
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By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.
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Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.
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Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of a hero and the smile of a conqueror.
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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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The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn’t belong to the soul.
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Your trials did not come to punish you, but to awaken you – to make you realise that you are a part of Spirit and that just behind the sparks of your life is the Flame of Infinity.
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