“Whatever comes in life, just take it joyfully, impersonally, as you would a motion picture. Life is entertaining when we do not take it too seriously.
A good laugh is an excellent remedy for human ills. .
This my master [Swami Sri Yukteswar] taught me. In the beginning of my training in his hermitage, I went about with a solemn face, never smiling.
One day Master pointedly remarked, “What is this? Are you attending a funeral ceremony? Don’t you know that finding God is the funeral of all sorrows? Then why so glum? Don’t take this life too seriously.”
He taught me that one must be mentally above every crucifixion of earthly experience in order to find complete happiness in God.”
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— Paramahansa Yogananda —
— (Man’s Eternal Quest, p127) —
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Anandamayee 