Money-making is the next greatest art after the art of realizing God. To earn money honestly for God’s work, will aid one on the spiritual as well as the material path.
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Any time we suffer in life, our greatest need is to see what it is in ourselves that has attracted that suffering.
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John Laurence: Seventy Years of Discipleship
The more time I spent with John, the more I felt my attunement to Paramhansa Yogananda deepening. Because of his humility and devotion, John was a powerful channel for Yogananda.
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It would be idle for me to say that I am not the guide for those who come to Yogananda through me and Ananda.
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New Year’s Message
Our past difficulties did not come to crush us but to strengthen our determination to use our limitless divine powers to succeed. God wants us to conquer the difficult tests of life and come back to His home of wisdom.
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Swami Sri Yukteswar, the great saint of wisdom, wrote that the first thing one must develop on the spiritual path is the heart’s love, and one cannot move one step without it.
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When I was new at Mt. Washington I was talked into following the “grape cure.” When my Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, found out about it, he remarked scoldingly that a pure heart is more important than a pure body.
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It seems self-evident that different aspects of God fulfill different people. Consider the numerous manifestations of both male and female gods and goddesses in Hindu temples. Each one represents certain combinations of divine qualities, enlivened by the stories that accompany each one.
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All trials are in the last analysis self-generated. God doesn’t will them on us. They come as a result of the misuse of our own will, whether recently or in the distant past.
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When we mix with people who are basically positive, it tends to make us strong in ourselves. The company of strong people influences us to discover ways to surmount our own problems.
