“Who may justly be called a Master? No ordinary person, surely, is worthy of this title. And but rarely does there appear on earth one of that holy company to whom the Galilean Master referred: ‘He that believeth on me (the Christ Consciousness), the works that I do shall he do also.’
Men become Masters through the discipline of the little self, or ego; through the elimination of all desires save one — the desire for God; through single-hearted devotion to Him; and through deep meditation, or soul communion with the Universal Spirit. He whose consciousness is unshakably established in the Lord, the sole reality, may rightfully be called a Master. ‘One is a Master,’ Paramhansa Yogananda replied,’ when he has attained Christ Consciousness.’
‘Sir, what should I do to find God?’ a student asked. The Master, Paramahansa Yogananda, said: ‘During every little of leisure, plunge your mind into the infinite thought of Him. talk to Him intimately; He is the nearest of the near, the dearest of the dear. Love Him as a miser loves money, as an ardent man loves his sweetheart, as a drowning person loves breath. When you yearn for God with intensity, He will come to you.’ ”
The Essence Of Self-Realization – The Wisdom Of Paramhansa Yogananda, p.194.
Sayings of Paramahansa Yogananda, Paramahansa Yogananda, p 1-2. (This collection of informal vignettes provides intimate glimpses into the mind of one of the great spiritual figures of our time, Paramahansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. In answering the questions of those who turned to him for guidance, Paramahansa Yogananda expressed himself with candor, spontaneity, and penetrating insight.)