Service is performed by everything in nature. Observe a flower, how well it serves us in its beauty and its fragrance. Observe the rain, how well it serves us in giving the water for things to grow. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

Non-attachment leads one to perform a greater service because we realize that, "I am not the doer. I am the instrument." It is not the pen that writes—the writer writes with the pen. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

Stop being self-centered, rather be centered in the Self. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

The word idea contains "I," that small, insignificant, dream-like "I" which thinks everything is real. If the human being could only realize that the thoughts of his mind are just conditionings of his mind! - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

Happiness is the nature of the mind; suffering is a state of the mind. - Rupert Spira, You Are the Happiness You Seek

That mergence between two people is the same as the mergence of man with God, for this is not of the body or the mind, but of the true spirit which is within. For the heaven within you is the same heaven within me. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

Read a little. Meditate more. Think of God all the time. - #ParamahansaYogananda

If every moment is well lived, then the next moment will take care of itself. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

When you live in the moment and not the past or the future, you live in that one moment, the whole of eternity. When you live in the whole of eternity, the totality of eternity is the moment. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

Divinity is there. The only qualification needed by a person to find his inner self is sincere seeking. To get back to our primal innocence is the duty and purpose of life. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

The going cannot be smooth all the time. The rose is beautiful but it comes with thorns. Everything in life is like that—everything. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

When a person knows himself, when he can really dive within and discover the love within himself, then only can he project that love to someone else. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

Diversity is a creation of the mind, but unity is a creation of the heart. ~Gururaj

The secret of happiness is not in belongings but in belonging.

Man is not born to suffer. The human being is born to enjoy. It is our inherent right, for joy is within us. We are children of light. We are the manifestation of that eternal essence which can only be called love. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

What does it mean to give up all attachments? "No one asks you to become desireless. No one asks you to be totally non‐attached. The total concept is wrong." Learn more: jeffreycarrsadhana.com/giving-up-atta…

When Man understands grace with his mind he does not know what grace is. Grace is a force or a power — we call it gurushakti. Grace is a force, a power that the mind cannot understand, but that can be experienced within. - Gururaj Ananda Yogi

No one can see their reflection in running water. Lao Tzu

"It is so simple to be happy, but so difficult to be simple”. …..Gururaj Ananda Yogi