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 A wish is a desire without energy Paramahansa Yogananda achievement wish desire When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit. Paramahansa Yogananda reflection lakes perfect When you know God as peace within, then you will realize Him as peace existing in the universal harmony of all things without. Paramahansa Yogananda harmony realizing inspiration Brotherhood is an ideal better understood by example than precept! Paramahansa Yogananda understood brotherhood example All Nature will commune with you when you are in tune with God. Realization of this truth will make you a master of your destiny. Paramahansa Yogananda destiny tunes realization Remember this: When I am gone, only love can take my place. Be absorbed night and day in the love of God, and give that love to all. Paramahansa Yogananda love giving night Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role. Paramahansa Yogananda roles spiritual play Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation. Paramahansa Yogananda olives oil creation Persistence guarantees that results are inevitable. Paramahansa Yogananda guarantees-that persistence results May Thy Love shine forever on the sanctuary of my devotion. And may I be able to awaken Thy love in all hearts. Paramahansa Yogananda shining forever heart We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This is the way to know God as beauty. Paramahansa Yogananda spirit feelings way Great healers, people of divine realization, do not cure by chance but by exact knowledge. Paramahansa Yogananda science people knowledge As you find your soul-reservoir of peace, less and less controversy will be able to afflict your life. Paramahansa Yogananda passionate soul spiritual God-realization is the most difficult state to reach. Let no one fool himself, nor think that someone else can "give" it to him. Whenever I fell into a state of mental stagnation, my Master could do nothing for me. But I never gave up trying to keep in tune with him by cheerfully performing whatever he asked me to do. "I have come to him for God-realization," I reasoned, "and I must listen to his advice." Paramahansa Yogananda advice giving thinking God made us angels of energy, encased in solids - currents of life dazzling through a material bulb of flesh. Paramahansa Yogananda angel energy flesh One cannot tell when he is going to be healed, so do not try to set an exact time limit. Faith, not time, will determine when the cure will be effected. Paramahansa Yogananda health healing trying Sri Yukteswar used to poke gentle fun at the commonly inadequate conceptions of renunciation."A beggar cannot renounce wealth," Master would say. "If a man laments: 'My business has failed; my wife has left me; I will renounce all and enter a monastery,' to what worldly sacrifice is he referring? He did not renounce wealth and love; they renounced him!"Saints like Gandhi, on the other hand, have made not only tangible material sacrifices, but also the more difficult renunciation of selfish motive and private goal, merging their inmost being in the stream of humanity as a whole. Paramahansa Yogananda selfish sacrifice fun It is foolish to be afraid of death. Just think. No more repaired tires on the body vehicle, no more patchwork living. Paramahansa Yogananda body death thinking We don't become angels merely by the instrument of death. If we are angels now, we will be angels in the hereafter. If we are dark, negative personalities now, we will be the same after death. Paramahansa Yogananda angel dark death Behold thine immortal Self resurrected with Christ in the light of illumination, present in every soul, every flower, every atom! Paramahansa Yogananda light flower self
