Yogananda Paramahamsa

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Quote of the day

ANSWER THE CALL OF CHRIST

 

No joy is real except that of the Spirit. But unless your heart cries

for God, you cannot know Him. The hearts of worldly people become dry

as dust. Why? Because they cry for everything except God. You must cry

for the Lord! Cry for Him who, if you would but realize it, is already

yours. The sole purpose of creation is to compel you to solve its

mystery and perceive God behind all. He wants you to forget everything

else and to seek Him alone. Once you have found refuge in the Lord,

there is no consciousness of life and death as realities. You will

then see all dualities like dreams during sleep, coming and going in

the eternal existence of God. Forget not this sermon, a sermon He is

expressing to you through my voice. Forget not! He is saying.

 

-- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

Excerpts from THE DIVINE ROMANCE (426)

 

PRAYER

 

In Thy temples, when many come to pray, I take God intoxication from

their eyes. I blend them together into a cocktail of devotion. I serve

that to my thirsty thoughts-- they drink, and forget their fresh

wounds and worries.

 

In the homes of the materially rich and spiritually poor, I love to

serve this magic cocktail in vessels of my heart’s goodwill and

sincerity. I pray that they who drink this wine may become so

intoxicated that they will forget the pain of ignorance forevermore.

 

-- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

Yogoda Satsanga Lessons (134)

 

An inspiration thought of the day August 7

Surrender to God

The Lord knows the course of our thoughts. He does not reveal Himself

to us until we have surrendered to Him our last worldly desire; until

each of us says: " Father, guide and possess me. "

 

-- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, " Sayings of Paramahansa Yogananda "

Jaiguru!!!