The soul's first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Behold thine immortal Self resurrected with Christ in the illuminating Light of Christ Consciousness, present in every soul, every flower, every atom. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that ‘something else' he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending.For those individual… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The scenery of mountains painted on the ever-changing azure canvas of the sky, the mysterious mechanism of the human body, the rose,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The physical ego, the active consciousness in man, should uplift its body-identified self into unity with the soul, its true nature; it… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
I could not think of being unkind, even to a mortal enemy. It would hurt me. I see so much unkindness in… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
To me there is no difference between one person and another; I behold all as soul-reflection s of the one God. I… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Why forgive one who wrongs you? Because if you angrily strike back you misrepresent your own divine soul nature-you are no better… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The way to liberation lies through this realization of the Self, by God-communion and by remaining in this God-aware state of the… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
A swami may conceivably follow only the path of dry reasoning, of cold renunciation; but a yogi engages himself in a definite,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
The body is only a garment. How many times you have changed your clothing in this life, yet because of this you… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
“Spirit projects the desire to create an individualized expression of Itself. The soul becomes manifest and projects the idea of the body… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
What you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
We should bathe our spirits in the deep, pure feeling that stirs within us when we gaze on the glories of His creation. This… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that ‘something else' he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending.For those individual souls who… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
The mother's love is not given to us to spoil us with indulgence, but to soften our hearts, that we may in turn soften… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
“If one busies himself with an outer display of scriptural wealth, what time is left for silent inward diving after the priceless pearls?” Sri” — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
He who knows his soul knows this truth: " I am beyond everything finite; I I now see that the Spirit, alone in a… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake. If material poverty is to be avoided,… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
“Physicians must carry on their work of healing through God’s laws as applied to matter.” But he extolled the superiority of mental therapy, and… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
If you have a strong mind and plant in it a firm resolve, you can change your destiny. — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share
![“Spirit projects the desire to create an individualized expression of Itself. The soul becomes manifest and projects the idea of the body in causal [=consciousness / idea / thought] form. The idea becomes energy, [=life force / prana] or the lifetronic astral body. The astral body becomes condensed…” quote by Paramahansa Yogananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e33/paramahansa-yogananda-556_creation_spirit-projects-the-desire-to-create-an_1418823.jpg)
