In the state of love, no matter what you do, it's going to be good. Paramahansa Yogananda More Quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda More Quotes From Paramahansa Yogananda The Spirit could not create matter as anything different from Itself, for it had only Itself as the tissue or material with which to build the cosmos. Paramahansa Yogananda tissues cosmos different The man of Self-realization knows a bliss that cannot be compared to anything in this world. His joy is independent of any object or sensory experience. It is an incomparable happiness that cannot be described in words. Such joy is known as sattvik-ananda. Paramahansa Yogananda independent self men 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 voice worry song Why forgive one who wrongs you? Because if you angrily strike back you misrepresent your own divine soul nature-you are no better than your offender. But if you manifest spiritual strength you are blessed, and the power of your righteous behavior will also help the other person to overcome his misunderstanding. Paramahansa Yogananda soul blessed spiritual Think of Divine Abundance as a mighty, refreshing rain. Whatever receptacle you have at hand will receive it. If you hold up a tin cup, you will receive only that quantity. If you hold up a bowl, that will be filled. What kind of receptacle are you holding up to Divine Abundance? Paramahansa Yogananda rain hands thinking When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. Paramahansa Yogananda realizing shining meditation The so-called miraculous powers of a great master are a natural accompaniment to his exact understanding of subtle laws that operate in the inner cosmos of consciousness. Paramahansa Yogananda cosmos understanding law You cannot make steel until you have made the iron white-hot in fire. It is not meant for harm. Trouble and disease have a lesson for us. Our painful experiences are not meant to destroy us, but to burn out our dross, to hurry us back Home. No one is more anxious for our release than God. Paramahansa Yogananda painful-experiences fire home Be inwardly ever newly joyous, like the ever-fresh laughing waters of a gurgling brook. Paramahansa Yogananda laughter water laughing Just behind the darkness of closed eyes shines the light of God. When you behold that light in meditation, hold onto it with devotional zeal. Feel yourself inside it: That is where God dwells. Paramahansa Yogananda shining light eye 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 intuition knowing soul 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 lakes lying Your success in life does not altogether depend on ability and training; it also depends on your determination to grasp opportunities that are presented to you. Paramahansa Yogananda determination inspiration opportunity If you are posing as religious and are not living the life as stressed by God, you should wake up. It is wrong to be insincere. The best time to begin a religious life is when you are youthful and well. If you have a short time to live, you must work harder at it. And if you have along time to live, you should not waste that precious opportunity. Paramahansa Yogananda hard-work religious life As God talked with Arjuna, so will He talk with you. As He lifted up the spirit and consciousness of Arjuna, so will He uplift you. As he granted Arjuna supreme spiritual vision, so will He confer enlightenment on you. Paramahansa Yogananda vision uplifting spiritual To work with God's happiness bubbling in the soul is to carry a portable paradise within you wherever you go. Paramahansa Yogananda autobiography-of-a-yogi paradise soul Loyalty is the first law of God. Paramahansa Yogananda loyalty law firsts Truth is exact correspondence with reality. Paramahansa Yogananda truth-is truth reality Success is not rightly measured by wealth, prestige and power. Success is measured by the yardstick of happiness. Paramahansa Yogananda wealth yardsticks success Harmony with nature will bring you a happiness known to few city dwellers. In the company of other truth seekers it will be easier for you to meditate and think of God. Paramahansa Yogananda cities god thinking
