Excerpts from a talk given on October 26, 1939 Silently and surely, as you walk on the path of life, you must come to the realization that God is the only object, the only goal that will satisfy you; for in God lies the answer to every desire of the heart.
What man does not realize is that unless and until he goes back to the Source, back to God, he will have to struggle to fulfill endless desires. Reflect on that.
Man cannot help having desires, and it is not a sin to have them, but most human longings hamper fulfillment of the supreme desire to return to God, hence they are detrimental to man's happiness. Until he wants and has God, man will continue to long for whatever else he believes will make him happy.
One thing you must remember: Cut out begging from your prayers. Change your old attitude of supplication. You should pray to God intimately, as His child, which you are. God does not mind when you pray from your ego, as a stranger and a beggar, but you will find that your efforts are limited by your consciousness.
Your mind, having descended from almighty God, is not satisfied with the offerings of this world; and it will never be satisfied, because you have lost your soul's richest treasure, which alone can satisfy all your desires, and that is God.
Were heaven itself the same every day, we wouldn't want it. We enjoy variety. The stereotyped conception of heaven is all wrong. If it were boring, all the saints would pray to come back to earth for a little while. Heaven is something infinitely different, ever pleasantly new... .
Carry within you a portable heaven, and in life or in death, in heaven or in hades, that inner heaven will be with you.
Paramahansa Yogananda
While you are learning to swim in the sea of life, you can help others learn to swim.
