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The 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.

The 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.

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Adventure, Fighting, Ideas
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1969). “Self-realization Magazine”

Analyze yourself. All emotions are reflected in the body and mind. Envy and fear cause the face to pale, love makes it glow.

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Envy, Mind, Body
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1963). “Self-realization Magazine”

Every night in sleep God takes away all your troubles to show you that you are not a mortal being; you are spirit.

Paramahansa Yogananda
God, Sleep, Night

Carrying a thought with dynamic will power means holding it until that thought pattern develops dynamic force. When a thought is made dynamic by will force, it can manifest according to the mental blueprint you have created.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Mean, Patterns, Made

Build your inner environment. Practice Silence! I remember the wonderful discipline of the Great Ones. When we used to talk and chatter, they would say: "Go back into your inner castle." It was very hard to comprehend then, but now I understand the way of peace

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Peace, Practice, Discipline

Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical changes are possible through prayer.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Prayer, People, Radical Change

As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Self, Cups, Forget

As God is omnipresent in the cosmos but is undisturbed by its variety, so man, who as a soul is individualized Spirit, must learn to participate in this cosmic drama with a perfectly poised and equilibrated mind.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Drama, Men, Soul

The reality of my life cannot die for I am indestructible consciousness.

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Spiritual, Reality, Dying
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1956). “Self-realization Magazine”

What you lose in the world will not be a loss to your soul.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Loss, Soul, World

Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a dependable part of you.

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Mind, Habit, Dependable
Paramahansa Yogananda (2011). “The Law of Success: Using the Power of Spirit to Create Health, Prosperity, and Happiness”, p.15, BookBaby

Great healers, people of divine realization, do not cure by chance but by exact knowledge.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Knowledge, Science, People

Incredible amounts of energy are hidden in your brain; enough in a gram of flesh to run the city of Chicago for 2 days. And you say you are tired?

Paramahansa Yogananda
Running, Tired, Cities
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1971). “Self-realization”

Thought is the primary energy and vibration that emanated from God and is thus the creator of life, electrons, atoms, and all forms of energy.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Energy, Atoms, Vibrations
Paramahansa Yogananda (2007). “God Talks With Arjuna”, p.648, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.

The Bhagavad-Gita is where God Himself talks to His devotee Arjuna.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Arjuna, Gita, Devotee

Do your best and then relax.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Serenity, Relax

Why shouldn't you strengthen your own vibrations through fellowship with people seeking Self-realization, and by group meditation with them? This practice will fortify your own spiritual convictions you will find that many seemingly insuperable barriers in your life will crumble and dissolve in the waters of meditation. Your devotion and love for God will commingle with the devotion and love of others. Divine bliss will radiate from you, helping all persons you meet.

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Spiritual, Self, Practice

Words saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs, which, when set off, shatter the rocks of difficulties and create the change desired.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Change, Faith, Yoga
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1986). “Self-realization”

It is not a pumping-in from the outside that gives wisdom; it is the power and extent of your inner receptivity that determines how much you can attain of true knowledge, and how rapidly. You can quicken your evolution by awakening and increasing the receptive power of your brain cells.

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Cells, Giving, Brain

As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual, Soul, Passionate

Intuition is soul guidance, appearing naturally in man during those instants when his mind is calm.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Men, Soul, Intuition
Paramahansa Yogananda (2016). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.211, Paramahansa Yogananda

An artist doesn't really create anything - he just rearranges what is already there.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Artist

Trust in God and destroy fear, which paralyzes all efforts to succeed and attracts the very thing you fear.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Effort, Succeed, Trust In God

From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Death, Pain, People

Everything is Spirit - in essence, though hidden in manifestation. If you had the perception, you would see God in everything.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Essence, Perception, Spirit

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