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YAJNAS

The sacred books often contain references to the effect that at times the different Gods received power through different yajnas to bring out the desired results. But such methods are adopted only by those who abide in the sphere of duality.(PG-175)
Our Mahatmas and Sannyasis have burnt tins of ghee in Havan without caring for the economic condition of India. They would give offering in the fire continuously for two or three months throughout the twenty four hours. Whichever Mahatma wants to elevate himself begins by burning the wealth of India in the Havan. Every year we get such news. I do not know the condition of South India. Probably they do it there also. And those who do not do this entice the public into the mirage of kundalini. Inspite of all this none of our Mahatmas could yet kindle the fire in the heart of a single person, but have burnt excessively that which could have been useful to their children, and which could have helped the correct formation of heart and brain. By giving Ahuti of the very prana, if Shri Ram Chandra Mission could kindle the fire even in one person, it would be better than a thousand yajnas. (SS-229)

YATRA
The other thing which the preceptor does, is to start YATRA to the different regions and centres. There are very few persons who do the yatra by their own labour. (SDG- 43)

YEARNING

We all desire for realization, but have no yearning for it. (SDG- 28)
The subtle state of being can only be felt when you become subtle yourself; feeling is there but it is difficult to put in words. A man should have the desire of drinking the whole river of spirituality. Then comes a day when the real spirit of inner and outer begins to dawn. We feel what we aspire for. The understanding comes when the seed at the bottom is fried up. (SDG- 30)

YOGI

We know that is not royal robes alone that make a real king. Similarly it is not the form or dress that makes a real saint or a yogi. External physical features are not the sure indications of the heart within. A man of heart can be discovered only by one who is inspired with a feeling of true love.(SS-72)
There is a vast difference between theory and practice. If I be telling you the same subject all day and night, it will not be beneficial to you at all except that your mental taste may develop, and that too momentarily. Come with faith and confidence in the spiritual field and be prepared for the practice, throwing off the self-conceited ideas. I do not want you to dwell in an imagination that if you repeatedly read the scriptures you will become the master of spirituality. By so doing you can become a philosopher or a learned man, but you cannot be a yogi without actual practice with love and devotion. It is very difficult to put a practical thing in words, just as you cannot describe the taste of wheat though you have eaten it many a time. (ERY-71,72)