The Buddha said -- The profit of the holy life, O monks, lies not in gains and favors and honour nor in, the fulfillment of morals, nor in the fulfillment of concentration , nor in the knowledge and vision; but just this,  O monks: the sure, unshakable deliverance of the mind. That is the aim of this holy life. That is its heart That is the goal.

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(gynamata of the yogananda order)

But the best gifts cannot be purchased and given. The gift and graces of the soul must be acquired by patient, daily practice. All will surely be yours in time, for if you do not obtain them in the position to which God has called you for, where in all the world are they to be found?