“The Yogic student stores an abundance of Prana through a regular practice of Pranayama, just as a storage battery can be made to store electricity. The Yogi who has stored up a large supply of Prana radiates strength and vitality all round. He is a mighty power-house. Those who come in close contact with him imbibe his Prana, and get strength, vigour, vitality and exhilaration of spirit. Prana actually flows like a steady current from a developed Yogi towards weak persons.” -Sivananda, Science of Yoga Volume 4
“How can you meet the world crisis that is coming? “
Paramahansa Yogananda: “How can you meet the world crisis that is coming? The best way is to adopt plain living and high thinking….
Choose a dwelling place that is adequate, but not larger than you really need, and if possible in an area where taxes and other living expenses are reasonable. Make your own clothes; can your own food. Grow your own vegetable garden, and if feasible, keep a few chickens to produce eggs. Work the garden yourself, or you will lose money in paying wages to a gardener. Keep life simple and enjoy what God has provided, without seeking false and expensive pleasures. There is much in God’s hidden nature to fascinate the mind of man. Use your free time to read worthwhile books, meditate, and enjoy an uncomplicated life. Isn’t this better — simple living, fewer worries, and the time to seek God — than to have a huge house, two cars, and time payments and a mortgage you cannot meet? Man has to go back to the land; it will come to pass eventually. If you think this isn’t so, you will find you are mistaken. But regardless of where your home and work are, cut out luxuries, buy less expensive clothes, supply yourself with things you really need, grow your own food, and put money aside regularly for greater security.”
