God is the life behind your life, the sight behind your
eyes, the taste behind your tongue, and the love behind your love. To realize
this to the fullest extent is Self-realization. Without God's power you can do
nothing. If you always hold this thought, you cannot go wrong, because you will
have purified the temple of your mind and your soul with the vibrations of God.
The love of God uplifts and enlarges us. I can never think
of myself anymore as exclusively in this body; I feel that I am present in all
bodies. I have no awareness of race or other distinctions at all. In my
perceptions, just as I feel my own consciousness in every part of my physical
form, I feel you all to be a part of me. Everything that is living I feel
within this body. I know the sensations of all. It is not imagination; it is
Self-realization. This consciousness is far beyond telepathy. It is awareness
of the perceptions of every being.
- Paramhansa Yogananda
