Inner Renewal Week
February 2010, Ananda Village

From now on, I embrace as my only purpose in life the search for God.

I no longer exist as a separate entity, but offer my life unreservedly into Thy great Ocean of Awareness.

—Nayaswami vows, quoted by Jyotish

The reason most people don’t advance spiritually is because they lack the sense of spiritual adventuresomeness.

—Paramhansa Yogananda, quoted by Devi

I made some resolutions for this New Year, about things I had neglected, and about removing from this mansion of my life unneccesary luxuries that fill up precious gaps of time.

—Paramhansa Yogananda, quoted by Devi

If I sow an action, I shall reap a habit.

If I sow a habit, I shall reap a character.

If I sow a character, I shall reap a destiny.

—Paramhansa Yogananda, quoted by Jyotish

We should take these vows very seriously, and focus our lives around the steps that will take us to the fulfillment of the vows.

—Jyotish

We have to start wherever we are, spiritually. That’s how God can work with us.

—Devi

Energization Excercises by Paramhansa Yogananda help us discover the connecting link between matter and spirit.

—Anandi

Your divine essence is, always, Ever-New-Joy. If you are earning a living doing data entry, day in and day out, in the back office of some corporation, then THAT is where you will find God.

—Ananta

I will feel that not only the fruit of my labor, but the labor itself, is only Thine.

Act through me always, Lord, to accomplish Thy design.

—The Nayaswami vow, quoted by Maria

You know how the rich kids are given sports cars by their parents? Well, our parents, the line of Kriya Yoga Masters, gave us a jet airplane — the technique of Kriya Yoga — to bring us to God!

—Devarshi

Like the mighty Mississippi, the river of energy generated by the practice of Kriya in our subtle spine, absorbes all the tributories of the senses.

—Bharat

No matter how sincere we are in our devotion, we need the techniques that bring us in attunement with God’s grace.

—Devi