It doesn’t matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIt doesn’t matter if a cave has been in darkness for 10,000 years or half an hour, once you light a match it is illuminated.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAStrengthen 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDASo long as we believe in our heart of hearts that our capacity is limited and we grow anxious and unhappy, we are lacking in faith. One who truly trusts in God has no right to be anxious about anything.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDABeginning 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAA genuine smile distributes the cosmic current, Prana to every body cell.The happy man is less subject to disease, for happiness actually attracts into the body a greater supply of the Universal life energy.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDALive quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe soul’s first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAA good rule in life is to tell yourself simply, ‘What comes of itself, let it come.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAFreedom 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAIf you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAProper 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAWhatever you want others to be, first be that yourself. Then, you will find others responding in like manner to you.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDATruths 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAI don’t want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDAThe 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.
PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDASuccess is hastened or delayed by one’s habits. It is not your passing inspirations or brilliant ideas so much as your everyday mental habits that control your life.
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