You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson

To Be Victorious in Life: Is to Engage in the Ultimate Battle (Heroic +1 #1,516)

May 16, 2023
Explores Yogananda’s take on success as expanded consciousness that benefits self and others. Discusses why growth attracts resistance and why struggle is inevitable. Covers how a teacher can help remove limiting habits and teach meditation. Urges welcoming resistance and showing up daily as the path to victory.
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Success Is Expanded Consciousness

  • Success is expanding your consciousness so your life becomes a glory and happiness to yourself and others.
  • Yogananda defines success spiritually, tying inner expansion directly to benefitting both yourself and the world.
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Victory Requires Battle

  • Victory requires battle; without struggle you cannot achieve anything according to Yogananda.
  • Brian Johnson emphasizes this rule as central to a noble, heroic life: challenge is inevitable and necessary.
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Growth Always Meets Resistance

  • Expansion invites enemies because the world is relative: light and darkness coexist and resist growth.
  • Yogananda uses the seed-and-plant metaphor: a sprout meets earth, bugs, and weeds before thriving with help.
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