Know that this universe is nothing but a dream bluff of nature to test your consciousness of immortality.
Interpretation
The universe is an illusion created by nature to challenge our understanding of immortality.
In this quote, Paramahansa Yogananda suggests that our perception of the universe as a tangible reality is a deceptive construct created by nature. This illusion serves as an experiment to elevate our awareness of our true essence, which is immortal and beyond physical existence. By recognizing this, we can navigate through life with a deeper understanding of our true nature and the transient nature of the material world.
In practice
Discussing the nature of existence in a philosophy class.
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.
I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.
Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another.
People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in.
Some people operate in complete fear that they're gonna lose their stuff and their money. That sounds like hell to me. And then I guess some people operate with hands open, and maybe empty, but at least striving for a deeper understanding of what it means to care.
It was the upward-reaching and fathomlessly hungering, heart-breaking love for the beauty of the world at its most beautiful, and, beyond that, for that beauty east of the sun and west of the moon which is past the reach of all but our most desperate desiring and is finally the beauty of Beauty itself, of Being itself and what lies at the heart of Being.
To combat death you don't need much of a life, just one that isn't yet finished.
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