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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 will never know Him. You have a claim on God as valid as that of the greatest saint…You are free to seek Him and by meditation to realize your divinity.” —
Paramahansa Yogananda, Self-Realization Magazine, Spring 2006, Destroying the Consciousness of Fear
