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Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now.

Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual, Dark, Past
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda (2008). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.116, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.

Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Inspirational, Want, Infinite
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1986). “Self-realization”

Stillness is the altar of spirit.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Spirit, Altars, Stillness

A smooth life is not a victorious life.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Life, Life Is, Smooth

Seek spiritual riches within. What you are is much greater than anyone or anything else you have ever yearned for.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual, Riches, Longing

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.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Cheer, Sunshine, Light

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.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Song, Voice, Worry

He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life.

Paramahansa Yogananda
God, Yoga, Meditation

Work for god, love god alone, and be wise with god. When an ordinary man puts the necessary rime and enthusiasm into meditation and prayer, he becomes a divine man.

Paramahansa Yogananda
God, Wise, Prayer

The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery

Paramahansa Yogananda
Men, Roots, Desire
Paramahansa Yogananda (2016). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.559, Paramahansa Yogananda

We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Thinking, Personality, Patterns

Do not think of yourself as the body, but as the joyous consciousness and immortal life behind it.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Thinking, Body, Immortal Life

At physical death man loses his consciousness of the flesh and becomes conscious of his astral body in the astral world. Thus physical death is astral birth. Later, he passes from the consciousness of luminous astral birth to the consciousness of dark astral death and awakens in a new physical body. Thus astral death is physical birth. These recurrent cycles of physical and astral encasements are the ineluctable destiny of all unenlightened men.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Death, Dark, Destiny

As a broken microphone cannot broadcast a message, so a restless mind cannot transmit prayers to God

Paramahansa Yogananda
Prayer, Restless Mind, Broken

In that power of self-control lies the seed of eternal freedom.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Lying, Self, Eternal
Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.16, BookBaby

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Fear, Yoga, Stay Calm
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1977). “Self-realization”

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.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Ocean, Spirit, Wave
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1974). “Self-realization”

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.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Ocean, Thinking, Sea

It is blessedness for yourself and others if you are happy.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Blessedness, Ifs
Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.21, BookBaby

The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really all about, one must know God.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Knowing, Soul, Intuition
Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

Thinkers do not accept the inevitable; they turn their efforts toward changing it.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Yoga, Apology, Effort
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1969). “Self-realization Magazine”

You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Earth, Autobiography Of A Yogi

When the #‎ mind is strong and the #‎ heart is pure, you are free

Paramahansa Yogananda
Strong, Heart, Mind

Conserve the vital energy, follow a balanced diet, and always smile and be happy. He who finds joy within himself discovers that his body is charged with electric current, life energy, not from food but from God. If you feel that you can't smile, stand before a mirror and with your fingers pull your mouth into a smile. It is that important!

Paramahansa Yogananda
Mirrors, Joy, Important

I could not think of being unkind, even to a mortal enemy. It would hurt me. I see so much unkindness in the world, and there is no excuse for me to add to it.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Hurt, Mean, Thinking
"Self-realization".

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