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  • The soul is bound to the body by a chain of desires, temptations, troubles and worries, and it is trying to free itself. If you keep tugging at that chain which is holding you to mortal consciousness, some day an invisible Divine Hand will intervene and snap it apart and you will be free.

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    Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1963). “Self-realization Magazine”

  • The way to liberation lies through this realization of the Self, by God-communion and by remaining in this God-aware state of the soul while performing dutiful actions. Any individual can reach this supreme actionless state by the renunciation of all fruits of actions: performing all dutiful acts without harbouring in his heart any likes and dislikes, possessing no material desires, and feeling God, not the ego, as the Doer of all actions.

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    Paramahansa Yogananda (2007). “God Talks With Arjuna”, p.1070, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.

  • The soul's first adventure is the fight between two ideas: the wish to return to earth in a human form, and the desire to feel the freedom of having no form.

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    Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1969). “Self-realization Magazine”

  • A wish is a desire without energy

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  • Be afraid of nothing. Hating none, giving love to all, feeling the love of God, seeing His presence in everyone, and having but one desire - for His constant presence in the temple of your consciousness - that is the way to live in this world.

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    Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1971). “Self-realization”

  • Some form of self-discipline is necessary to transmute material desires into spiritual aspirations.

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    Paramahansa Yogananda (2007). “God Talks With Arjuna”, p.959, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.

  • Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation.

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  • Your part is to awaken your desire to accomplish your worthy objectives. Then whip your will into action until it follows the way of wisdom that is shown to you.

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  • The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery

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    Paramahansa Yogananda (2016). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.559, Paramahansa Yogananda
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Paramahansa Yogananda

  • Born: January 5, 1893
  • Died: March 7, 1952
  • Occupation: Guru
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