The Wisdom of Yogananda

When a person by unshakable concentration can visualize any image or object with closed eyes, he gradually learns to do the same with open eyes. Then by further development of concentration, he can connect with God’s all-powerful consciousness and can materialize his thought into an object, perceived not only by himself but by others also. In the same way that Christ created a new bodily life-consciousness in Lazarus, so Lahiri Mahasaya performed many miracles demonstrating the materializing power of mind. In Autobiography of a Yogi it is related how my master, Sri Yukteswarji, witnessed the miracle of flesh growing around his thin body by the command of his guru-preceptor, Lahiri Mahasaya. My Master also witnessed the resurrection of his dead friend Rama through Lahiri Mahasaya’s intervention.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
God Talks with Arjuna
https://youtu.be/p2ddVNUAIHg?si=8mgV6...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

“O Divine Spirit! bless us that every day be lived in Thy consciousness. Whenever we lapse into material consciousness, make us restless for Thee. Reverse the trend of our lives so that when bad habits try to hold our attention on matter, our minds will fly instead to Thee. We are restless when we are concerned with the world of matter, but peaceful when with Thee. In ecstatic communion we are all one with Thee.”

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Journey to Self-Realization
https://youtu.be/-Oqbu5GzWIo?si=kcCF8...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

When problems arise, most people blame them on somebody else. The disgruntled worker feels: “He’s out to get me; that’s why he’s giving me these hard tasks.” Or, “He resents me, so he’s giving me extra work.” Do not look at life that way. It is much healthier to face our problems as having come to us bearing some inherent benefit — a learning experience, if nothing more. How are we to behave? What are we supposed to do in this situation? What should be our attitude in these circumstances?

If you really believe there is a Divine Power in this world, then believe that this Power has control over your life. No matter what happens to me, I am firmly convinced that no one can do anything to me, no condition can come into my life, that God has not first permitted, because He is in charge of my life. There has to be faith that God is in control. I look at it this way: God brought me into this world, and nobody but God is going to take me out of it. He has been looking after me every moment since He first created me.

Sri Daya Mata,
Finding the Joy Within You
https://youtu.be/OrZTHkDr-14?si=rX7CN...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

The only happiness that is lasting and worthwhile is the joy found in meditation. When you meditate long, old worldly habits drop away, and the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you, and you had not known it. Keep a room apart for God, and whenever you deeply meditate in it you will see that what I am telling is true. It is such happiness to know the Lord! The whole ocean of divine joy rolls beneath the little wave of your consciousness. Who shall believe except those who are devotees?

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Solving the Mystery of Life
https://youtu.be/SU__4Su4NH4?si=cA_X4...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

Entering the infinite temple of silence, I switched off the dazzling diverting lights in the sense bulbs: sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. I commanded the noisy body cleaner of breath to cease; I bade my heart not to enslave my cells with the physical food of blood; for within me Thy footstep resounded, O Cosmic Mother, as Thou camest with a chalice of divine rays.

Oh, feed me forever with Spirit Sustenance! The brain, the heart, the cells will no longer decay but with transcendent life will be immortalized.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Whispers from Eternity

https://youtu.be/Bi8KL_VDQtg?si=Qne4O...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

Whether man be agitated or calm, life will pursue its own strange course forever. Worry, fear, discouragement, only add to the weight of daily burdens; cheerfulness, optimism, will power, bring about resolutions to problems. So the best way to live is to take life as a cosmic game, with its inevitable contrasts of defeat and victory. Enjoy the challenges as you would in a sport, no matter whether at the moment you are victorious or vanquished.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Inner Peace
https://youtu.be/-TB3gcafP4I?si=gLnWm...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

In God’s eyes nothing is large or small. Were it not for His perfect nicety in constructing the tiny atom, could the skies wear the proud structures of Vega, Arcturus? Distinctions of “important” and “unimportant” are surely unknown to the Lord, lest, for want of a pin, the cosmos collapse!

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Where There is Light
https://youtu.be/XBitijIePvw?si=KUV-H...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

Only God is unchanging. Everything in His externalized creation that we perceive and experience is constantly changing. Change frightens us and irritates us; but the Kriya Yogi, anchored in That which is changeless, is able to go through his duties and responsibilities in life, maintaining the peace and calmness that help him to better cope with his problems and troubles. And because he can cope with his own, he can better help others with theirs.

Sri Mrinalini Mata,
Manifesting Divine Consciousness in Daily Life
https://youtu.be/kWo_WSd_QTc?si=nANHx...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

O Spirit, teach me to heal the body by recharging it with Thy cosmic energy; to heal the mind by concentration and smiles.

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Metaphysical Meditations
https://youtu.be/8e_EbL_Qy38?si=rmPGZ...

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The Wisdom of Yogananda

Paramahansaji was leaving the Mt. Washington Center to give a lecture, but he stopped for a few minutes to talk with one of the disciples. The Master said: “It is a good idea to keep a mental diary. Before you go to bed each night, sit for a short time and review the day. See what you are becoming. Do you like the trend of your life? If not, change it.”

Paramahansa Yogananda,
Sayings of Paramahansa Yogananda
https://youtu.be/rSMP2cMB3BU?si=Hmu1N...

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