Lahiri Mahasaya: Quotes about God

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“Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception.”

Lahiri Mahasaya

Source: Autobiography of a Yogi (1946), Ch. 35 : The Christlike Life of Lahiri Mahasaya
Context: Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in the fresh, healing waters of direct perception. Attune yourself to the active inner Guidance; the Divine Voice has the answer to every dilemma of life. Though man's ingenuity for getting himself into trouble appears to be endless, the Infinite Succor is no less resourceful.

“By serving wise and ignorant sadhus, I am learning the greatest of virtues, pleasing to God above all others — humility.”

Lahiri Mahasaya

Source: Autobiography of a Yogi (1946), Ch. 34 : Materializing a Palace in the Himalayas

“All time is wasted that is not spent in seeking God.”

Lahiri Mahasaya

This adage is attributed to the ancient sage Sukdeva, as quoted in Promise of Immortality: The True Teaching of the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita (2001) by J. Donald Walters. p. 242
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