April 2012
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April 30: Quote of the Day from Yogananda
Daily I will seek happiness more and more within my mind, and less and less through material pleasures. -
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda “Scientific Healing Affirmations”
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April 29: Wisdom from Yogananda
Real happiness comes only when your will is guided by soul discrimination to choose good instead of evil, anytime, anywhere, because you truly want good for its own sake. Then you will be really free. -
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda Yogoda Satsanga Lessons
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April 26: Wisdom of the day from Yogananda
A strong determination to be happy will help you. Do not wait for circumstances to change, thinking falsely that in them lies the trouble. Do not make unhappiness a chronic habit, thereby affecting yourself and your associates. It is blessedness for yourself and others if you are happy. If you possess happiness you possess everything; to be happy is to be in tune with God. That power to be happy...
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April 25: Wisdom of the day from Yogananda
You have the power to hurt yourself or to benefit yourself…. If you do not choose to be happy no one can make you happy. Do not blame God for that! And if you choose to be happy, no one can make you unhappy…. it is we who make of life what it is. -
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda Yogoda Satsanga Lessons
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April 24: Quote of the day from Yogananda
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The laughter of the infinite God must vibrate through your smile. Let the breeze of His love spread your smiles in the hearts of men. Their fire will be contagious.
- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda Yogoda Satsanga Lessons
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April 23: Daily Wisdom from Yogananda
Happiness depends to some extent upon external conditions, but chiefly upon mental attitudes. In order to be happy one should have good health, a well-balanced mind, a prosperous life, the right work, a thankful heart, and above all, wisdom or knowledge of God. -
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda “The Law of Success”
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The fault or deficiency in the medicine, and its inability to cure, are illogically transferred to the disease. The medicine is uncurative–so doctors call the disease incurable! But the power of the Infinite is unlimited and can heal all disease. -
Paramahansa Yogananda
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No disease is incurable. Some diseases are beyond the reach of medicines, which are by their nature limited. When a disease is persistent and long-continued, and medical aid and other ordinary methods fail to cure it, it is then called chronic or incurable.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
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April 22: Daily Wisdom from Yogananda
Remember that when you are unhappy it is generally because you do not visualise strongly enough the great things that you definitely want to accomplish in life, nor do you employ steadfastly enough your will power, your creative ability, and your patience until your dreams are materialized.
- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda Yogoda Satsanga Lessons
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April 19: Wisdom of the day
One answer will cover all your questions: Turn to God and fill your consciousness with the realization of His perfection. Let your weakness be dissolved in the worshipful thought of His strength. It is not necessary to explain things to God, for He knoweth your need before you speak, and is more ready to give than you are to ask. When you meditate, turn away from everything except the one...
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Loyalty to a spiritual custom–without sincerity and conviction–is hypocrisy. Loyalty to the spirit of a custom even without clinging to the form —is wisdom. Loyalty both to the form and the spirit is the greatest wisdom. But loyalty neither to spiritual custom, principle or teacher, is spiritual degeneration
- Yogananda
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Praise does not make you better, nor blame worse than what you are. Then why heed these two? Don’t pay attention when they praise you, but survey yourself carefully when they blame you. If you are in fault, free yourself from error quickly, but if you are not guilty–laugh and forget it. Truth will speak for you. Spiritual action talks louder than the utterance of many sacred words3
- Yogananda
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April 18: Wisdom of the day from Yogananda
The best course is to pray: “Lord, make me happy with awareness of Thee. Give me freedom from all earthly desires, and above all give me Thy joy that outlasts all the happy and sad experiences of life.” -
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda “Man’s Eternal Quest”
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When we serve others, we serve ourselves. Do not think, ‘I will help others’ - think rather, ‘I will help my own, my world, because I cannot otherwise be happy
- Yogananda
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A good habit is your greatest friend–a bad habit, your mortal enemy. Be careful about the repetition of an action. It will become a habit before you realize it. Habit is second nature. But it can be changed by persistent good action.
Yogananda
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April 17: Wisdom of the day from Yogananda
If you can just once “break bread” with the Lord, break His silence, He will talk often with you. But in the beginning it is very difficult; it is not easy to become acquainted with God, because He wants to be sure that you really desire to know Him. He gives tests to see if the devotee wants Him or something else. He will not talk with you until you have convinced Him that no other...
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“Many years ago when meditating I used to think, “Will I ever get ecstasy?” I was afraid that samadhi would never come to me. But as soon as I gave up those fear thoughts, it was there. I said to myself: “How strange! I was afraid my mind was too restless to find God.”When I lost the fear that I would never have God, I found Him…Do away with the fear that you...
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If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.
- Yogananda
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April 16: Wisdom from Yogananda
The demand for the Lord’s reply should be strong; a half-believing prayer is not sufficient. If you make up your mind: “He is going to talk with me”; if you refuse to believe differently, regardless of how many years He has not answered you; if you go on trusting Him, one day He will respond. -
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda “How You Can Talk With God”
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“The spiritual eye with its three lights, or three different rays — one within the other like an extending telescopic lens — has all-seeing spherical vision. Through the gold ray, the deeply meditating yogi beholds all matter and the mass of radiation permeating the universe. Penetrating the blue light, the yogi will realize the…Kutastha or infinite intelligence of...
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“Those who practice spiritual exercises regularly but not deeply will encounter both satisfactory and unsatisfactory experiences. While meditating on the Cosmic Sound, they may hear it clearly and feel its vibratory power and peace; or they may experience little or no manifestation at all. They may see the spiritual eye clearly, or dimly. According to their experiences of the moment, they...
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“When you do not crave attention from anyone but are only interested in true souls who love you, when you understand the meaning of true friendship, when you cannot be moved by words of flattery but only by the love of true hearts — then you know the love that God seeks from you and gives to you.” —
Paramahansa Yogananda, God-Communion Man’s Greatest Necessity,...
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April 14: Daily Wisdom from Yogananda
You can’t just sit there and wait for success to fall into your lap; once your course is set and your will is firm, you have to make a practical effort. Then you will see that whatever you require for success starts coming to you. Everything will push you in the right direction. In your divinely surcharged will power is the answer to prayer. When you use that will, you open the way through...
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“All the evils and miseries of human existence begin when the soul forgets to use the body and the senses as its instruments and servants. When the soul becomes identified with the body, its consciousness is turned senseward, away from the inner intuitive perception of truth. After once attaining ecstasy and communion with God, all devotees must try their uttermost to be conscious of the...
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When in doubt about actions, one can seek the aid of his guru, or of certain advanced disciples of the guru who are sanctioned to give such help. The technique of salvation given by the guru enables the disciple to attain divine attunement. By the disciple’s practice of deep, guru-given meditation, God and one’s guru — their power invisibly vibrating within the devotee —...
April 13: Daily Wisdom from Yogananda
Though God hears all our prayers He does not always respond. Our situation is like that of a child who calls for his mother, but the mother does not think it necessary to come. She sends him a plaything to keep him quiet. But when the child refuses to be comforted by anything except the mother’s presence, she comes. If you want to know God, you must be like the naughty baby who cries till...
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“Never consider yourself unfortunate because of difficult circumstances. You may be on the brink of freedom, even though you are suffering. So keep on. Someday, when you find God, He will explain to you the book of life. Do not lose faith in Him.” -
Paramahansa Yogananda, God-Communion Man’s Greatest Necessity, Self-Realization Magazine, Winter 2007
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April 12: Daily Wisdom from Yogananda
More than in any other relationship we may rightfully and naturally demand a reply from Spirit in Its aspect as the Divine Mother. God is constrained to answer such an appeal; for the essence of a mother is love and forgiveness of her child, no matter how great a sinner he may be. The relationship between mother and child is the most beautiful form of human love that the Lord has given us.
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All the dualities of this world are the tests of God. He wants us to wake up from the illusion of mortal life, to rise to consciousness of our immortality. —
Paramahansa Yogananda
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This world will always have some defects…Though Jesus could perform miracles of feeding five thousand with a few fish and loaves of bread, and even raising the dead, still he had to suffer for doing good…We should not expect perfection from ever-changing material conditions, but realize that it is the Father alone who can give lasting happiness. —
Paramahansa Yogananda,...
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April 11: Wisdom of the day (Prayer)
As you cannot broadcast through a broken microphone, so you cannot send out prayers through a mental microphone that has been disordered by restlessness. By deep calmness you should repair your mind microphone and increase the receptivity of your intuition. Thus you will be able to broadcast to Him effectively and to receive His answers.
- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
“The Law of...
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April 10: Daily Wisdom (Prayer)
When God does not respond to your prayers, it is because you are not in earnest. If you offer Him dry imitation prayers, you cannot expect to claim the Heavenly Father’s attention. The only way to reach God through prayer is by persistence, regularity, and depth of earnestness. Cleanse your mind of all negation, such as fear, worry, anger; then fill it with thoughts of love, service, and...
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Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
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The things you need in life are those that will help you to fulfill your dominant purpose. Things you may want but not need may lead you aside from that purpose. It is only by making everything serve your main objective that success is attained.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
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Love is the song of the soul singing to God. It is the balanced rhythmic dance of planets - sun and moon lit
- Paramahansa Yogananda
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April 09: Daily Wisdom from Yogananda
As the vital rays of the sun nurture all, so must you spread the rays of hope in the hearts of the poor and forsaken, kindle courage in the hearts of the despondent, and light a new strength in the hearts of those who think they are failures.
- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda in a “Para-gram”
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April 08: Daily Spiritual Wisdom
Seek to do brave and lovely things that are left undone by the majority of people. Give gifts of love and peace to those whom others pass by. -
Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda Yogoda Satsanga Lessons
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Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. To use them rightly one must possess wisdom and love for God and man.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
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Many people excuse their own faults but judge other persons harshly. We should reverse this attitude by excusing others’ shortcomings and by harshly examining our own.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
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April 07: Daily Wisdom from Yogananda
May I not increase the ignorance of wrong doers by my intolerance or vindictiveness. Inspire me to help them by my forgiveness, prayers, and tears of gentle love.
- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda “Whispers from Eternity”
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Most people consider the course of events as natural and inevitable. They little know what radical change are possible through prayer. Every morning I offer my body, my mind and any ability that I posses, to be used by Thee, O infinite creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when...
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Never do anything that taints your mind. Wrong actions cause negative or evil mental vibrations that are reflected in your whole appearance and personality. Engage in those actions and thoughts that nurture the good qualities you want to have.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
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April 06: Daily Wisdom from Yogananda
“Let the ugliness of unkindness in others impel me to make myself beautiful with loving-kindness. May harsh speech from my companions remind me to use sweet words always. If stones from evil minds are cast at me, let me send in return only missiles of goodwill. As a jasmine vine sheds its flowers over the hands delivering axe blows at its roots, so, on all who act inimically toward me...
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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
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Divine Love of Christ
“Of all the miracles performed by Jesus, none was equal to that mightiest miracle of the spiritual victory of divine love over evil: “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” These words have created in human hearts an everlasting monument to Christ-love…”
~Paramahansa Yogananda, Second Coming of Christ
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April 05: Daily Wisdom from Yogananda
I will behold the person who now considers himself as my enemy to be in truth my divine brother hiding behind a veil of misunderstanding. I will tear aside this veil with a dagger of love so that, seeing my humble, forgiving understanding, he will no longer spurn the offering of my goodwill.
- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
“Metaphysical Meditations”
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“Practice the art of living in this world without losing your inner peace of...”
– Paramahansa Yogananda
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Smiling Yogananda With Flowers
I am not sure when this picture was taken but it is a beautiful of guru with flowers. Very peaceful.
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April 04: Daily Wisdom (Whispers from Eternity)
Thy divine light is hidden in even the most vicious and gloom-shrouded man, waiting to shine forth under the proper conditions: the keeping of good company, and ardent desires for self-betterment. We thank Thee that no sin is unforgivable, no evil insuperable; for the world of relativity does not contain absolutes. Direct me, O Heavenly Father, that I awaken Thy bewildered ones to the...
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“The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.”
– Paramahansa Yogananda 