![]() ![]() In order to arrive at the knowledge of everything, In order to arrive at possessing everything, In order to arrive at having pleasure in everything, Renunciation is no abject self-deprivation, but a glorious affirmation of the universe of joy that is our birthright. ![]() We are sons of the Infinite! Anything that binds us to a limited existence desecrates this divine image within ourselves. But the true devotee comes in time to see that this isn’t martyrdom at all, since its end is blissful freedom in the only true Self: God. ‘Living for God,’ Yogananda said, ‘is martyrdom’: martyrdom of the ego martyrdom of self-will and selfishness martyrdom of all that worldliness clings to so desperately. ![]() The pathway of the heart is too narrow for the ego and God to walk it together one of them must step aside and make way for the other. All men, whether married or single, who love God and want to know Him must reconcile themselves to living for Him alone. ![]() The worldly person asks first of life, ‘What do I want?’ The devotee is indifferent to questions of personal, egoic fulfillment, and asks only, ‘What does God want?’ Renunciation is an inner state of consciousness, not an outward act. ![]()
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