Swami Yogananda talked to God number of times and to know more about Swamiji, read Swamiji biography-‘’ Autobiography of a Yogi’’. He enlightened the people with his teachings.
1. Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that ‘’something Else’’, which will bring him complete and unending happiness. Those individual souls who have sought and found God, as that Something Else, and for them the search is over.
2. Some body thinks He is not. The ether is filled with music which is caught by the radio, (otherwise we don’t know the music). It is also with God, the Almighty.
5. The human being has two sides—one visible, the other invisible. With open eyes you behold objective creation and yourself in it. With closed eyes, you see nothing (a dark void only); yet your consciousness is keenly aware and operative.
6. In deep meditation, you penetrate the darkness behind the closed eyes and also you behold the Light from which all creation emerges. By deeper ‘Samadhi’ (absolute motionless state) your experience transcends even the manifested Light and enters the-‘’All-Blissful Consciousness’’, a state infinitely more real, tangible joyous, than any sensory perception.
7. In that seemingly empty space, there is one link and one Life eternal, which unites everything in the universe—animate and inanimate.
8. To live without understanding the life is foolish and waste of time. We were given intelligence to solve the mystery of life that surrounds us.
9. Every individual must change his own life, if he wants to live in a peaceful world. The world cannot become peaceful, unless and until you yourself begin to work towards peace.
10. By removing ‘hate’ from our hearts, we can have a ‘Christ – like’ life, compassionate life.
11. Live simply. Don’t get caught in the machine of the world, which is too exacting.
12. By the time you get what you are seeking (materialistic things), your nerves are gone and your heart is damaged.
13. Resolve earnestly to develop your spiritual powers from now onwards. Learn the art of right living.
14. If you have joy, it means you have everything. So learn t be glad and contented. Have happiness now itself.
15. Birth, play, marriage, children and old age- life is finished but this is not living a life. Life is much deeper and more wonderful than many people think.
16. When you know God, there is no more sorrow. All those you loved and lost in death, are with you again in the Eternal life.
17. You will tire quickly of all material things, once you have them. But you will never be tired of the eternal joy, which is realized in God-communion.
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