At physical death man loses his consciousness of the flesh and becomes conscious of his astral body in the astral world. Thus physical death is astral birth. Later, he passes from the consciousness of luminous astral birth to the consciousness of dark astral death and awakens in a new physical body. Thus astral death is physical birth. These recurrent cycles of physical and astral encasements are the ineluctable destiny of all unenlightened men.
Paramahansa YoganandaGod is love. His plan for creation can only be rooted in love. Does not that simple thought, rather than erudite reasoning, offer solace to the human heart?
Paramahansa YoganandaWhen you learn to get along with yourself, you will know how to get along with everybody.
Paramahansa YoganandaIt is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.
Paramahansa YoganandaCoercion or compulsion never brings about growth. It is freedom that accelerates evolution.
Paramahansa YoganandaWhat you are is much greater than anything or anyone else you have ever yearned for. God is manifest in you in a way that He is not manifest in any other human being. Your face is unlike anyone else's, your soul is unlike anyone else's, you are sufficient unto yourself; for within your soul lies the greatest treasure of all - God.
Paramahansa Yogananda