Here are some interesting views from the Paramahansa Yogananda on how to cope with difficult or painful moments of life .. living with the right attitude ~ A blessing!
“Don’t take life so seriously. This world is a terrible place; there is no safety here. But what are we to do? We must stop taking life so seriously. Delusion can be overcome by holding steadfastly to one philosophy: everything here is nothing more than God’s motion picture.”
“This show has a purpose: that you learn how to play the various parts of the life movie without identifying your Self with your role. It is important to avoid identification with pain or anger or any kind of mental or physical suffering that comes. The best way to dissociate yourself from your difficulty is to be mentally detached, as if you were merely a spectator, while at the same time seeking a remedy. Don’t expect to attain unalloyed peace and happiness from earthly life. This should be your attitude: no matter what your experiences are, enjoy them in an objective way, as you would a movie.”
“If in a dream you strike your dream head on a dream wall, you will have a dream skull fracture.Wake up and you are healed of your dream injury.”
“Live in the world, but be not of the world. Krishna tells Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita: ‘Get away from this ocean of suffering.’ Be in the world and do your part, but do not be caught up and bound by its delusions, or you will be enslaved.”
Paramahansa Yogananda ~