The purpose of the guru is not to weaken your will. It is to teach you secrets of developing your inner power, until you can stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAYou must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.
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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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Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise.
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He who conquers the mind, conquers the world.
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A smooth life is not a victorious life.
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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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A good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
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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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The happiness of one’s own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one’s own happiness, the happiness of others.
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Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.
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The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.
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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
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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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Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.
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You must not let your life run in the ordinary way; do something that nobody else has done, something that will dazzle the world. Show that God’s creative principle works in you.
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No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
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