A bad choice made by you is better than a good choice made for you. A caged bird fed well forgets the sky. - Anonymous.

 

 

 

Look for three things in a person: intelligence, energy, and integrity. If they don't have the last one, don't even bother with the first two. - Warren Buffett.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the consciousness is kept on God, you will have no fears; every obstacle will then be overcome by courage and faith. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

Every night, before you sleep, affirm: “The Heavenly Father is with me; I am protected.” Mentally surround yourself with Spirit and His cosmic energy. Chant “Aum” three times, or the word “God.” That will shield you. You will feel His wonderful protection. Be fearless. That is the only way to be healthy. If you commune with God His truth will flow to you. You will know that you are the imperishable soul. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

Meditate until you become calm; then put your mind on your problem and pray deeply for God’s help. Concentrate on the problem and you will find a solution without going through the terrible strain of worry. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

No matter how busy we are, we should now and then free our minds completely from all worries and duties. They should simply be dismissed from the mind. We were not made for them; they were made by us. We should not allow them to torture us. When beset by overwhelming mental trials or worries you should try to fall asleep or, better still, enter into deep meditation. If you can do that you will find upon awakening, or upon concluding your meditation, that the mental tension has been relieved and that the worry has loosened its grip. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

Whenever you feel afraid, put your hand over your heart, next to the skin; rub from left to right, and say, “Father, I am free. Tune out this fear from my heart-radio.” Just as you tune out static on an ordinary radio, so if you continuously rub the heart from left to right, and continuously concentrate on the thought that you want to tune out fear from your heart, it will go; and the joy of God will be perceived. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

Fearlessness is the impregnable rock on which the house of spiritual life must be erected. Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in His protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, His omnipresence. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

Never allow fear to produce mental inertia, paralysis, or despondency; instead, let it spur you on to calm, cautious activity, avoiding equally rashness and timidity. “Look fear in the face and it will cease to trouble you,” my Guru [Swami Sri Yukteswar] wisely counseled. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Babaji is ever in communion with Christ; together they send out vibrations of redemption and have planned the spiritual technique of salvation for this age. The work of these two fully illumined masters - one with a body, and one without a body - is to inspire the nations to forsake wars, race hatreds, religious sectarianism, and the boomerang evils of materialism. Babaji is well aware of the trend of modern times, especially of the influence and complexities of Western civilization, and realizes the necessity of spreading the self-liberations of yoga equally in the West and in the East. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

The Kriya Yoga technique, anciently taught by Krishna to Arjuna and referred to in the Bhagavad Gita, is the supreme spiritual science of yoga meditation. Secreted during the materialistic ages, this indestructible yoga was revived for modern man by Mahavatar Babaji. Babaji himself ordained me to spread this holy science of God-union through the Self-Realization Fellowship organization I founded at his behest and that of my guru. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

Yoga is that science by which the soul gains mastery over the instruments of body and mind and uses them to attain Self-realization - the reawakened consciousness of its transcendent, immortal nature, one with Spirit. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

In fearlessness affirm: “I am castled in God’s presence. No harm can reach me, for in every situation of life - physical, mental, financial, spiritual - I am protected in the fortress of God’s presence.” - Paramahansa Yogananda.

The more you are silent the more happiness you will find. What joy awaits discovery in the silence behind the portals of your mind, no human tongue can tell. But you must convince yourself; you must meditate and create that environment. Those who deeply meditate feel a wonderful inner quiet. This stillness within should be maintained even when in the company of other people. What you learn in meditation, practice in activity and conversation; let no one dislodge you from that calm state. Hold on to your peace. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

Practice the art of silence. When tigers of worries, sickness, and death are chasing you, your only sanctuary is the inner temple of silence. The spiritually deep individual lives day and night in a calm interior silence into which neither menacing worries nor even the crash of colliding worlds can intrude. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

There is happiness in the divine soul-temple within you. There is goodness there; and loyalty, hope, courage, peace, and joy. - Paramahansa Yogananda.

The temple of God is within your soul. Enter into this quietness, and sit there in meditation with the light of intuition burning on the altar. There is no restlessness, no searching, no striving here. - Paramahansa Yogananda.