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by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)
Make Me Thy Butterfly of Eternity

I have burnt my past, destroying every seed of evil destiny. I am the Eternal NOW, having torn to shreds my enclosing cocoon of ignorance with the sharp knife of free will.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)
I Pour Out My Love at Thy Feet of Immortality

I beheld Thy bliss-face emerge from the dark shadows of my ignorance, where it had been hidden for long aeons by my indifference. And, seeing Thy smiling joy, I know that my own happiness mirrored Thy blessed image.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)
I Vow Never Again To Turn My Gaze From Thee

I take this sacred vow: Never will I lower my love’s gaze below the eyebrow-horizon of my constant thoughts of Thee! Never will I turn my uplifted inner sight away from Thee!

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)
Prayer-Demand for Removing the Cork of Ignorance

No more will I remain moving through the sea of cosmic consciousness—night and day, years, decades, and how many incarnations!—so close, yet never able to contact Thy sea.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)
May I Reap the Greatest Harvest *

My lot is small, and my life’s season is short, yet now I would produce a mighty harvest. I will expand my kingdom of will power. To do so, I must conquer new states of consciousness, enlarge my achievements, and outgrow, in consciousness, every limiting horizon.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

I bring Thee all the honey from the hive of my heart. All that was ever mine is now Thine alone.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

Each human being is but one Flame, separate-seeming from all others.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

The voice of Thy wisdom roams through the ether of space, seeking everywhere hearts that are tuned to ecstasy.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

Guide Thou my understanding and powers, so that I may turn evil, dark minds into sparkling wisdom rays.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

Teach us to feel that no duty is more important than our duty to Thee.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

Father, I am swimming in the sea of my craving for Thee.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

I was made for Thee alone. I was made for dropping flowers of devotion gently at Thy feet.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

I pray that I may behold my love in others.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

I pray only that my love for Thee never fade.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

Thou light of my life—thou camest to spread wisdom’s glow
over the path of my soul.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

Unknown I will walk by your side
And guard you with invisible arms.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

Bless me, that with the humming
atoms I may time my song with Thine.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

Tell me Thou didst love me always, but that I knew it not.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

The breeze of Thy love wafts
through me.

by Paramhansa Yogananda (Paramhansa Yogananda)

Her sages taught me to find my Self
Buried beneath the ash heaps
Of incarnations and ignorance.