"Freedom means the power to act by soul guidance, not by the compulsions of desires and habits. Obeying the ego leads to bondage; obeying the soul brings liberation."
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"No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances."
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"The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy."
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"The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean."
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"You are walking on the earth as in a dream. Our world is a dream within a dream; you must realize that to find God is the only goal, the only purpose, for which you are here. For Him alone you exist. Him you must find."
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"Mankind is engaged in an eternal quest for that ‘something else' he hopes will bring him happiness, complete and unending.For those individual souls who have sought and found God, the search is over: He is that Something Else."
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"The best methods are those which help the life energy to resume its inner work of healing"
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"I don't want people to think that they can attain realization simply by listening to others or by reading books. They must practice what they read and hear."
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"If you open the door to the magnetic power of friendship, souls of like vibrations will be attracted to you."
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"Do your best and then relax."
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"Group Meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree of Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible vibratory exchange of group magnetism."
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"As a mortal being you are limited, but as a child of God you are unlimited... Focus your attention on God, and you shall have all the power you want, to use in any direction."
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"No action is ever an isolated event. Always, it invites from the universe a reaction that corresponds exactly to the type and the force of energy behind the deed."
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"From joy I came, for joy I live, in sacred joy I melt."
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"Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. To use them rightly one must possess wisdom and love for God and man."
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"Whenever you want to produce something, do not depend upon the outside source: go deep and seek the Infinite Source."
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"A saint is a sinner who never gave up."
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"The love of God uplifts and enlarges us. I can never think of myself anymore as exclusively in this body; I feel that I am present in all bodies. I have no awareness of race or other distinctions at all. In my perceptions, just as I feel my own consciousness in every part of my physical form, I feel you all to be a part of me. Everything that is living I feel within this body. I know the sensations of all. It is not imagination; it is Self-realization. This consciousness is far beyond telepathy. It is awareness of the perceptions of every being. That is the meaning of Christ Consciousness."
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"Remain quiet. Don't feel you have to talk all the time. Go within and you will see the Loveliness behind all beauty."
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"Thought is the primary energy and vibration that emanated from God and is thus the creator of life, electrons, atoms, and all forms of energy."
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