Paramahansa Yogananda Meditation Quotations

To commune daily with God in deep meditation, and to carry His love and guidance with you into all your dutiful activities, is the way that leads to permanent peace and happiness.

Meditation is like giving a hug to our ourselves, getting in touch whith that awesome reality in us. While meditating we feel a deep sense of intimacy with God, a love that is inexplicable.

By the practice of meditation, you will find that you are carrying within your heart a portable paradise.

Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit.

By the definite science of meditation known for millenniums to the yogis and sages of India, and to Jesus, any seeker of God can enlarge the caliber of his consciousness to omniscience to receive within himself the Universal Intelligence of God.

Come into the silence of solitude, and the vibration there will talk to you through the voice of God.

In meditation...the power of God begins to reflect in the clear waters of your consciousness.

The soul loves to meditate, for in contact with the Spirit lies its greatest joy. If, then you experience mental resistance during meditation, remember that reluctance to meditate comes from the ego; it doesn't belong to the soul.

When you meditate the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you and you did not know it.

He who is persistent will realize God. So try your best to make meditation a regular experience in your life.

The kingdom of God is just behind the darkness of closed eyes, and the first gate that opens to it is your peace.

The way to freedom is through service to others. The way to happiness is through meditation and being in tune with God... break the barriers of your ego, shed selfishness, free yourself from the consciousness of the body, forget yourself, do away with this prison house of incarnations, melt your heart in all, be one with creation.