If you possess happiness you possess everything: to be happy is to be in tune with God.
Interpretation
True happiness connects us to the divine and provides fulfillment beyond material wealth.
This quote by Paramahansa Yogananda emphasizes that genuine happiness is of utmost importance and is the key to experiencing a complete and fulfilling life. It suggests that happiness is not only a state of mind but also a spiritual connection that aligns us with a higher power, implying that when we are in harmony with ourselves and the universe, we unlock the true essence of life.
In practice
During a motivational speech, one might say, 'As Paramahansa Yogananda noted, if you possess happiness, you possess everything.'
Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.
When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit.
It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?
From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow.
It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
But the rest are even scared to open up and laugh. You know, that's the first thing that got me about this place, that there wasn't anybody laughing. I haven't heard a real laugh since I came through that door, do you know that? Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.
Joy is a marvelous increasing of what exists, a pure addition out of nothingness.
For me happiness occurs arbitrarily: a moment of eye contact on a bus, where all at once you fall in love; or a frozen second in a park where it's enough that there are trees in the world.
What day is it?" It's today," squeaked Piglet. My favorite day," said Pooh.
At my age, any day above ground and vertical is a good day.
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