It is all right to enjoy life; the secret of happiness is not to become attached to anything. Enjoy the smell of the flower, but see God in it. I have kept the consciousness of the senses only that in using them I may always perceive and think of God. ‘Mine eyes were made to behold Thy beauty everywhere. My ears were made to hear Thine omnipresent voice.’ That is yoga, union with God. It is not necessary to go to the forest to find Him. Worldly habits will hold us fast wherever we may be until we free ourselves from them. The yogi learns to find God in the cave of his heart. Wherever he goes, he carries with him the blissful consciousness of God’s presence.
━ Yogananda (via lazyyogi)
(Source: lazyyogi, via nirvanibliss)
