Daya Mata Quotes

United States, Writer
January 31, 1914 – November, 30, 2010.

Daya Mata, born Rachel Faye Wright,was the president and sanghamata ) of the only organization that Paramahansa Yogananda created to disseminate his teachings, Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles, California / Yogoda Satsanga Society of India , for over 55 years.

If we were in tune and communing with God every moment, where would be the need to pray or ask for anything?

Daya Mata
- Love
- Moments
- Anything
There is absolutely nothing we can ever do that will cause God to forsake us. He will never turn away from us.

Daya Mata
- Causes
- Turns
- Absolutely

Spirituality lies not in the power to heal others, to perform miracles, or to astound the world with our wisdom, but in the ability to endure with right attitude whatever crosses we have to face in our daily lives, and thus to rise above them.

Daya Mata
- Wisdom
- Attitude
- Lying
Give to God just one thought of sincere love and longing and He responds: 'My child, one silent call from the depths of your soul, and I am there in an instant.'

Daya Mata
- Children
- Silent
- Sincere
He knows what He is doing with me. I cannot always understand His way, but I am content in the realization that He knows what is best. That is surrender.

Daya Mata
- God
- Way
- Surrender
Perfect joy lies in selflessly striving for the best outcome, and then humbly accepting whatever God gives.

Daya Mata
- Perfect
- Lying
- Accepting
We have to get to the Self beyond its physical and mental instrumentalities to realize we are not fragile mortal beings; there is an unbroken link between ourselves and the Beloved Mother of the Universe, the Divine Consciousness flowing through and permeating Infinity.

Daya Mata
Think of God not as a word, or a stranger, or as someone on high, waiting to judge and punish you. Think of Him as you would want to be thought of if you were God.

Daya Mata
- Thinking
- Waiting
- Judging