Bring into play the almighty power within you, so that on the stage of life you can fulfill your high destined role.
Interpretation
This quote encourages individuals to harness their inner strength to achieve their life goals.
Paramahansa Yogananda's quote emphasizes the importance of recognizing and utilizing one's inner potential. By acknowledging the 'almighty power' within, individuals can actively engage with their purpose and aspirations, ultimately leading them to play a significant role in their lives and the lives of others. It serves as a reminder that each person has unique abilities that can drive them towards their destined path if they dare to harness them.
In practice
A motivational speaker might use this quote to inspire an audience at a self-improvement seminar.
Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.
When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit.
It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?
From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow.
It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.
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.
One thing is certain: That is that the power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it. If you really believe you can do something, you can. That is a fact.
Whatever we succeed in doing is a transformation of something we have failed to do. Thus, when we fail, it is only because we have given up.
The message of frustration is an exciting signal. it means that your brain beleives you could be doing better than you currently are.
Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.
But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You don’t have to die here. Sometimes, the ocean floor is only a stop on the journey. And it is when you are at this lowest point, that you are faced with a choice. You can stay there at the bottom, until you drown. Or you can gather pearls and rise back up—stronger from the swim, and richer from the jewels.
Everything you've ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
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