{"id":10621,"date":"2014-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=10621"},"modified":"2014-10-21T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T19:35:17","slug":"today-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2014\/10\/today-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual and Material Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/10\/Yogananda-Live-in-the-moment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-10624\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2014\/10\/Yogananda-Live-in-the-moment.jpg\" alt=\"Yogananda - Live in the moment\" width=\"642\" height=\"207\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>&#8220;There is no separation between spiritual and material realities.\u00a0 Because the essence of all forms of animate life is a unit of the pure essence of Ultimate Reality.\u00a0 At the innermost level of being we are all the same and have the same potential to be fully, spiritually awake and effectively functional.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>Knowing about these facts can be helpful; actual experience and complete understanding of them is liberating.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\"> Roy Eugene Davis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #333399\"><br \/>\n&#8220;Success is not a simple matter; it cannot be determined merely by the amount of money and material possessions you have.\u00a0 The meaning of success goes far deeper.\u00a0 It can only be measured by the extent to which your inner peace and mental control enable you to be happy under all circumstances.\u00a0 That is real success.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333399\">Paramahansa Yogananda<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\">smiles,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\">\ud83d\ude42 Lee<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333399\"><em>The MEGA Coach<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Photos by Google)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;There is no separation between spiritual and material realities.\u00a0 Because the essence of all forms of animate life is a unit of the pure essence of Ultimate Reality.\u00a0 At the innermost level of being we are all the same and have the same potential to be fully, spiritually awake and effectively functional. 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