You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson The Path to Self-Realization: Sit Quietly and Create Calmness (Heroic +1 #1,405)
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Jan 25, 2023 Short reflections on meditation and creating calm before action. Quotes and ideas from Yogananda about sitting quietly, praying, then choosing the best path. A spiritual take on self-realization as knowing oneness with the divine. A metaphor about staying connected to a larger light to access wisdom and steadiness.
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Calm Your Mind Before Solving Problems
- Sit quietly and meditate until you feel calm before tackling problems.
- Yogananda instructs to calm the mind, then concentrate on the problem and pray for God's help to find solutions without worry.
Calmness Enhances Decision Clarity
- Strong faith plus a calm mind improves clarity and the ability to choose the best solution.
- Yogananda calls this 'applying the science of religion' by meditating until calmness yields more effective choices.
Self Realization Is Recognizing Oneness
- Self-realization is knowing in body, mind, and soul that we are one with God's omnipresence.
- Yogananda frames spiritual practice as improving our knowing rather than acquiring something new.
