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It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual, Lying, Suffering
Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

Realize that enough hidden strength lies within you to overcome all obstacles and temptations. Bring forth that indomitable power and energy.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Lying, Temptation, Overcoming

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.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual, Lying, Self
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1977). “Self-realization”

What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in a way that He is not manifest in any other human being. Your face is unlike anyone else's, your soul is unlike anyone else's, you are sufficient unto yourself; for within your soul lies the greatest treasure of all - God.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Lying, Greatest Treasure, Soul

Happiness lies in making others happy, in forsaking self-interest to bring joy to others.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Happiness, Lying, Self
Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1971). “Self-realization”

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.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Lying, Yoga, Meditation
Paramahansa Yogananda (1990). “The Essence of Self-Realization: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda”, Crystal Clarity Pubs

We do not always see the things that are nearest to us. We pass by riches that lie close at hand and chase after rainbows.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Lying, Hands, Rainbow

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

If death were the end, then there is no God, and there are no realised masters - it is all a pack of lies. The great ones wouldn't urge you to became better, for what would be the use if, good or bad, we are all junked at the end of life? What would be the value of the scriptures? There would be no justice whatsoever if this present existence is all there is to each individual life. What of those souls who lived only a few years, or lived in blind or crippled bodies?

Paramahansa Yogananda
Death, Lying, Years

The way to liberation lies through this realization of the Self, by God-communion and by remaining in this God-aware state of the soul while performing dutiful actions. Any individual can reach this supreme actionless state by the renunciation of all fruits of actions: performing all dutiful acts without harbouring in his heart any likes and dislikes, possessing no material desires, and feeling God, not the ego, as the Doer of all actions.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Lying, Heart, Likes And Dislikes
Paramahansa Yogananda (2007). “God Talks With Arjuna”, p.1070, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.

Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake. If material poverty is to be avoided, spiritual poverty is to be abhorred. For it is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

Paramahansa Yogananda
Spiritual, Lying, Lakes

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