The Wisdom of Yogananda

Belief in the necessity of fulfilling lesser desires and duties first is man’s greatest delusion. I well remember that during my training as a young disciple of my guru, Swami Sri Yukteswarji, I kept promising myself daily, “I will meditate longer tomorrow.” A whole year slipped by before I realized that I was still putting it off. At once I made a resolution that first thing in the morning I would clean my body and then meditate long. But even then, as soon as I stirred about I became caught up in my daily duties and activities. Thereupon I resolved to have my meditation first. Thus I learned a great lesson: First comes my duty to God, and then I take care of all lesser duties.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Where There is Light
https://youtu.be/Hfrz8HbU0Fk?si=DTk1n...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

Deeply, deeply call on God. Talk to Him in the language of your heart. Unburden yourself. No matter what your faults, do not be afraid to go to Him. He knows what we are; nothing is hidden from Him. Remember that He is Love itself — so compassionate, so understanding. God knows how strong is the delusion He has put into this world. To help us escape it, He is urging us unceasingly, “Look to Me, look to Me. Give Me your love. Cling to Me!”

Sri Daya Mata,
Enter the Quiet Heart
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The Wisdom of Yogananda

This is the highest philosophy. Do not be afraid of anything. Even when tossing on a wave in a storm, you are still on the bosom of the ocean. Always hold on to the consciousness of God’s underlying presence. Be of even mind, and say: “I am fearless; I am made of the substance of God. I am a spark of the Fire of Spirit. I am an atom of the Cosmic Flame. I am a cell of the vast universal body of the Father.
‘I and my Father are One.’”

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Why God Permits Evil and How to Rise Above It
https://youtu.be/rTB6RtJarzc?si=kmAjO...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

God can be found in one life if the will is there. If you can meditate deeply three days and nights, and pray unceasingly, completely oblivious of the world, you will feel His presence. But will you do it? You will have a thousand excuses. The body will rebel, and you will reason how everything else is important and that you do not have the time to make that effort.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Solving the Mystery of Life
https://youtu.be/6TcMhlTEs44?si=deWTS...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

Highest achievement means to know the mystery of life and death. To realize this, you must make your first duty your duty to God. Remember, you cannot think or live at all without God’s life and intelligence present in your body and brain. Therefore, the highest achievement is to know Him. By Self-realization, you will widen the channel of your life to receive the full inflow of His consciousness — His light and power and joy — in your own consciousness.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Solving the Mystery of Life
https://youtu.be/yqNveouh_FM?si=27NMt...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

In order to instill strength and right thinking in the subconscious mind, suggest positive thoughts and improvements to your mind by the practice of affirmation. It is best to be in a state of half-sleep. Much can be absorbed in the period just before and just after sleep; that is why some people advocate “sleep learning” or subconscious training during sleep.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Solving the Mystery of Life
https://youtu.be/XBitijIePvw?si=mUEJH...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

I will behold the Invisible in the visible forms of my father, mother, and friends, sent here to love and help me. I will show my love for God by loving them all. In their human expressions of affection I will recognize only the One Divine Love.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Metaphysical Meditations
https://youtu.be/6TcMhlTEs44?si=BiVNX...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

Even though man has some responsibility for yielding to temptation and wrongdoing, it is Satan, symbol of Cosmic Delusion, who is the deviser of the snake of hypnotic sense temptations. It is he who has created greed, selfishness, sex temptations, anger, egotism, and hate, to counteract the divine creations of self-control, unselfishness, soul bliss, forgiveness, humbleness, and love. Hence, man is to be pitied that he is subject to so many inner and outer temptations against which he has but little warning of wisdom.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Wine of the Mystic
https://youtu.be/Hfrz8HbU0Fk?si=AUwCh...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

This drama of earthly life is to be so played that through it you might learn to know your divine Self. Jesus came, Buddha came, other great souls came, but have they saved you? No. But they have shown you the way by which you can save yourself. Just to believe in Jesus will not save you. You must make the effort to attain what he attained. “The harvest truly is plenteous but the laborers are few.” You have to labor for that Infinite Consciousness.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Solving the Mystery of Life
https://youtu.be/Hfrz8HbU0Fk?si=AUwCh...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

Not all the reverses in life can dislodge your goal-directed thought when you are in tune with the Divine. What you will when you are in tune with that Power has to come to pass, because every thought that is given sufficient energy has to express itself. No causation goes without its effect.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Solving the Mystery of Life
https://youtu.be/Hfrz8HbU0Fk?si=qfRuL...

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