"As Christ resurrected his consciousness from the sepulchre of mortal limitations, so must you learn to resurrect your mind by meditation from the tomb of material desires and body confinement to the consciousness of omnipresence.
Resurrect your calmness from beneath the soil of restlessness; resurrect your wisdom from the enshrouding earthliness of ignorance; resurrect your love from beneath the sod of mundane human attachment with its limited love for family, society, and country to divine love for all. As Jesus withdrew his mind from the body by ecstasy and united it with all-pervading Spirit, so through the consciousness of Christ developed within yourself by constant meditation unite your soul with omniscient Spirit, your life with Eternal Life." -Paramahansa Yogananda > > "This is my Easter prayer. May all true devotees of God, uplifted by the > transparent purity of their lives, begin to radiate the Infinite Light, > equally present in all, even as Jesus did, and remember the long forgotten > truth that they are all potential Sons of God. > > May each one of you be so inspired and sustained by the results of Yoga that > you will follow the path of Self-Realization all the way, and learn to > resurrect the delusion-entombed soul and commingle it in the ever new > vitality of Spirit. May you thus be able to lift the soul beyond the > conscious and sleep states and expand it into God in the superconscious > sphere. > > Behold thine immortal Self resurrected with Christ in the illuminating Light > of Christ Consciousness, present in every soul, every flower, every atom." > > -Paramahansa Yogananda >
