Story: This is the book that changed everything for me. My mother gave me this book between 2000 – 2003 after my deportation (Entertaining story in the link). I was in a bad place going worse. When I started reading this book I stopped eating, going out and clubbing which I used to do religiously every weekend. The message in the book was doing this to me. At some point it tells you to ask for Kriya and me being…
“One should forgive under any injury,” says the Mahabharata, “It hath been said that the continuation of the species is due to man’s being forgiving. Forgiveness is holiness; by forgiveness the universe is held together. Forgiveness is the might of the mighty; forgiveness is the sacrifice; forgiveness is quite of mind. Forgiveness and gentleness are the qualities of the Self-possessed. They represent eternal virtue.” Nonviolence is the natural outgrowth of the law of forgiveness and love. “If loss of life…
Paramhansa Yogananda So long as you have any desire to dominate other people, or to show them how powerful you are spiritually or in any other way, you will not find soul freedom. God-awareness begins in humbleness, love, and meditative bliss; but with the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, “I am the ocean.” You should realize that just behind your consciousness is the Ocean…
Paramhansa Yogananda Egotism, pride, greed, anger, and other ugly outgrowths of self-centeredness are barriers to spiritual development, preventing man’s escape from the misery of soul ignorance. The right course is to follow the teachings of a spiritual master who has wisdom and who loves God above all else, and to tune in with the wishes of such a guru. That way leads to freedom. Your wishes are guided by habits of past lives and by new habits you are constantly…
Paramhansa Yogananda To play your part well on earth is not easy. It is only by good associations that you can find your way out of the darkness of ignorance. The blind cannot lead the blind. Mixing with those who love only social gatherings will waste your time, but association with those who love God will give you the love of God. The Lord said in the Bhagvad-Gita: “Only one among thousands of men strives for salvation; and, among those…
Paramhansa Yogananda Many who were with us last Christmas are not with us now, and who knows who will be here next Christmas? Such is the way of life. And still life goes on. It is a caravan in which we are traveling for a little while. Some of our companions have fallen into ditches of folly and ignorance, but when they are tired of the suffering they experience, they will begin to seek the safe guidance of the Owner…
