Paramahansa Yogananda — Birthday — Jan 5, 2023 — Plus Robert Frost, Jeffrey Epstein

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. — Robert Frost

Epstein's relationship with rich, powerful people is not surprising. Rich people love rich people, aspirational people bask in their presence, sycophants glory in their association. Business people and charitable institutions seek opportunities to get money. All part of a "dance." They look away from malfeasance, blinded by the glare of the money.

— from a comment in NYT by Adele La.

Paramahansa Yogananda 1893–1952 — "The Autobiography of a Yogi".

Be kind to others, so that you may learn the secret art of being kind to yourself.

If you want to be sad, no one in the world can make you happy. But if you make up your mind to be happy, no one and nothing on earth can take that happiness from you.

Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world.

Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections.

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 secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly... Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.

Humans become angels on earth, not in heaven.

It is spiritual poverty, not material lack, that lies at the core of all human suffering.

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.

Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously like a mountain spring after April showers in minds that are content with simple living.

When the mind is calm, how quickly, how smoothly, how beautifully you will perceive everything.

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.