birthday with Meditation and devotion,
Also by rereading the Sacred work of Autobiography of a Yogi.
A devotee relates his experiences with Yoganandaji’s sacred
scriptures, and how this book is changing the world.
Because we now know the truth about the worlds spirituality?
“There never was only one way to discover ones own divinity”
”There never was only one living savior for all mankind.”
” There never was only one final sacred work for all seekers.”
This is what a great soul does for his devotees !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmcdnCeA980
Category Archives: comparative Religion
Greatest exercise system!
How a Living Master works;
another true Story of the worlds Great Ones.
At about 15yrs a neighbor got me interested in physical fitness.
There was a spare room in our large home that I was later allowed to use as a personal
gym.
While saving up for a set of barbells, I was making the equipment for
the new home gym.
I had some weightlifting mags and a couple of books on anatomy….the human body is an
interesting machine. This was the beginning of my health education that in recent years gave me
the wonderful blessing of avoiding the Covid 19 Vaxx trap. (it was never fully tested)
The rush to practice the Science of Profiteering was to intense that doctors were not allowed
to mention many better cures. Thus the most dangerous of all the vaccines pushed on the human race.
[ Perhaps that is why Mahatma Gandhi said to a great journalist, (in circa 1945)
“You have no idea how much harm modern medical practice has done to the human race”.]
Great day when the weights arrived! I followed a program and kept careful records,
progress was very steady and confidence building.
I gained so many benefits from this activity, since as I started off as a pretty skinny kid
with a lower than normal IQ…
After about 30 months of faithful practice this body was more like magazine weight lifting
models (not too bulky though), and my school marks went to the top 10% of the class.
Waking up ones brain at puberty is an amazing experience, master is always pointing us in
the best direction at every moment of life’s journey! Seize those precious opportunities!
Around this time an unknown genius (Paul D Frank) moved into my neighborhood.
This noble man became a mentor to me for a year or two. Also became a great lifelong friend.
Little did I know at the time that he had studied the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons course.
Although I don’t believe he ever received Kriya Yoga initiation.
As brilliant as he was, his heart was still enshrouded by the dark childhood indoctrinations of the Orthodoxy of the RC church.
This otherwise talented genius (of many academic fields and music) never mentioned Yogananda’s name, but he did have a copy of the energization exercises that he had typed out and presented to me.
Being impressed with my progress in the health and fitness area, he asked me to stop the weights and try this isometric (EE) Yogoda program for a while.
Master is always working in the background of our lives! As I found out several years later.
Well, after a few months of practicing the Yogoda exercise system I sold my weights and equipment to a family friend, as I was getting similar results without using any equipment!
The logic was obvious to me. Eventually I also learned Hatha Yoga postures. And became a yoga instructor years later as well. About 1975 I stopped teaching as it was time to concentrate more fully on my hearts true Sadhana with SRF/YSS meditation and Yogoda workouts. Kriya Yoga is the greatest! Also found monastics at SRF so inspiring and dedicated.
After establishing my routine with the Energization exercises, this same mentor encouraged me to study the new testament and other works. It was a study I found to be both enlightening and fascinating. As wonderful as I found these biblical writings, I found no personal connection with Jesus as a Guru figure or personal teacher. Being my own teacher in those early years on this adventure of amazing discoveries, had not imagined there were still such great ones wandering the planet.
This led to and expanded study of comparative religion following my introduction to the Holy Bhagavad Gita. Then the sacred scriptures of other various religions for a few more years. It was clear to me early on that my heart was always with the Sanatana Dharma, [Hinduism and Yoga}
I was deeply impressed with the correlation between the Bhagavad Gita of Krishna and New Testament concepts.
Whatever the Gospels were brief about, Lord Krishna explained in precise scientific detail, and when Jesus explained other matter in detail, Lord Krishna [6500 BC] was very brief about. It was all at the same level of teaching. It took the Hebrew tribes another Ten thousand years to be ready for that lofty mystical teaching of the science of Yoga and universal unconditional divine love….And even in this age of science and electronics the science of Kriya Yoga is still millennia ahead of Western social and spiritual awareness!
When I found the Gita and it supported the unorthodox interpretations that I had been making from the Gospels. I soon left the family church and went on from there to research more of the worlds faiths.
The Gita of Santana Dharma is amazing, unique, and undogmatic. Everything that JC mentions briefly Lord Krishna explains in detail, including comments on the science of Kriya Yoga. It was and still is one of my favorite reads. It is praised by great souls around the world. It is “the word of God”.
It is the foundation of a true Religion of Peace! The Hindu history bears this out very clearly.
It was not until 6 yrs later of deep study of world religions that Master posthumously introduced himself to me. Then, when I promptly sent away for the SRF lessons course it all came together! The autobiography and the SRF Lessons elevated me to a whole new dimension of learning and awareness.
I knew I was finally Home. When the pupil is ready the master appears!
This is the beginning of true freedom and real spiritual progress.
Obedience to a true Guru is the beginning of the souls ascent to psychological and spiritual enlightenment.
This obedience results in an accelerated expanding freedom of thought and awareness, literally dissolving
ones previous indoctrinations and false belief’s. Opening the doors of heaven, creativity, and a joyful peace.
Many years later I was visiting this same mentor in Red Deer Alberta , Canada. Our ensuing conversations over a 3 day visit caused him to finally mention that he had read Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi ” shortly before meeting me at Niagara years ago….
Finally I knew where those amazing exercises came from, but my mentor never once mentioned Guruji’s name till about those 35 years later. Someone gave me his number and we were able to meet again after those many years, resulting in a completion of our understanding of how Master was working.
He soon read the Autobiography of a Yogi again just before he passed on.
I find it so amazing that he would ask me for a copy of the worlds most sacred book “Autobiography of a Yogi “, after so many years of not mentioning the Paramahansaji’s name.
Apparently near the end of his life he had overcome the dark indoctrinations of the Church and was ready to move into the higher teaching of the science of Yoga. Although he did mention various things about Yogis many years previous.
Master sent me to him as a youth to accelerate my search[a great blessing].
Master later sent me back to help him when we were older, returning the service!
He was then able to appreciate the true value of Autobiography of a Yogi after seeing what it did for my life as an older an wiser seeker that he became.
As it now turns out, over the years a number of research programs have proven Yogananda’s isometric [Yogoda] system to be one of the worlds superior exercise regimens in many ways.
The EEs (the Yogoda System) were created by Yoganandaji for His new school in India before coming to America. These are tension and relaxing resistance movements.
Everything He brought us was unique and life enhancing!
Paramahansa Yogananda is this worlds most recent major living savior / Avatar.
It is such a blessing to be taught by one of the worlds greatest educators!
1. Yogoda system exercises muscle groups and is based upon Yoga principles.
It is a form of Pranayam. Working with the life force gives you control over it.
One does become more and more attuned to the cellular intelligence and prana.
Knowing more and more how to be aware of and then heal your own body.
2. It gives greater normalization of blood pressure than any other system.
Dr Mercola notes; “Exercise regularly — Exercise is well-known for its ability to normalize blood pressure, but all forms of exercise are not the same in this regard. A recent investigation revealed that isometric exercise, where your muscles are in static contraction, is the most effective for lowering blood pressure, while aerobic exercise is next to last in terms of effectiveness.“
3. The EE [ Yogoda] not only tones the Muscles but results in nerve toning as well. Thus saving one in later life from the dangers of neuropathic diseases and early aging.
4. The EE is also a form of pranayam and effectively prepares the devotee for meditation by giving him/her greater conscious control of every body cell/muscle/nerve and the very energy [prana] that sustains them.
5. These Yogoda exercises act as an ideal pump for the lymphatic system, cleansing the system of waste materials by circulating waste to the organs that purify the blood and lymph.
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Keeping the fluids in the body tissues clean and refreshed while assisting the functions of other organs.
6. The very nature of Yogoda exercises with the repetitive actions of “letting go” and the very simple discipline of regular exercise regimen forms a very rewarding disciplinary lifestyle practice.
The power of “letting go” is a very valuable skill to staying free of stress and mastering techniques of meditation!
7.The concentration on recharging body areas and your aura gives increasing awareness to ones consciousness.
8. These resistance exercises no doubt will recharge the telomeres of every bodily cell, sustaining lasting youthfulness by refreshing the DNA of that cell and its functions.
Parts of our DNA structures are always experience various wear, tear and rebuilding processes. That’s why Master Paramahansa Yogananda for a time referred to these EE’s as “Tissue memory rebuilding.”
He Himself did these exercises every day till He left the body in March 7,1952.
Does this seem like a short life for one who has mastered time and space and all human morals and the
human consciousness? Not really. You have to see the whole picture and what He genetically started off with. Some of His ancestors suffered generations of near starvation and poverty.
Paramahansa Yogananda’s life achievements by any measure was extraordinary and beyond genius.
If you will ever take the trouble to fully study this amazing life in our modern times you will find out That;
Never before in Human History on the amazing planet, has a prophet, savior, Son of God ever left the
world such a complete, verifiable, life enhancing, and spiritually transforming corpus of “The word of God” for our burgeoning and rapidly expanding global civilizations.
This is a fully Self-Realized saint out India’s Sanatana Dharmic wisdom who, less than 100 years ago was walking and talking on the streets of America [and other parts of the modern world].
Healing in all manner of ways untold persons of mental in harmony, Physical diseases and Spiritual Ignorance, with untold witnesses and records left behind.
I have Personally interviewed or heard from some of these reliable witnesses first hand of the many
miraculous incidents that transformed and enhanced their live and fortunes.
I hereby add testimony to millions of other devotees of a truly great Soul in our modern era, whose
history is sound and unexaggerated or misrepresented by the shifting sands of time and memory.
He still is a true “Living Master” working through His sincere devotees who are attuned to Him.
my personal declaration!…….Fp
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The Wonder of Aum…….
How amazing is the Sanskriti and its endless wisdom of the Sanatana Dharma, which has preserved Kriya Yoga for all humanity through so many thousands upon thousands of eons.
In the Christian tradition and scriptures the Holy AUM [Ommm] vibration is called “the holy spirit” and “the holy Ghost“. Whom we really know as “the Divine Mother in almost every culture of the world. Why did some primitive cultures have so much difficulty in openly recognizing the divine feminine?
Two great Sons of God [Jeshua and Bhagavan Krishna] both tell us that the holy spirit will lead us to all truth! She really comes to life in Yogananda’s memoirs in a way rarely related in this world. This may only happen when you have risen beyond the darkness of your ego and your earlier indoctrinations.
“The Kingdom of God is within you.” ……”Change yourself!”
Just listening to this eternal omnipresent vibration throughout and beyond all Creation will enhance one’s sadhana. [spiritual path]
With every breath and heartbeat, with every loving expression of gratitude and devotion, you too can live each moment of your day in the living presence of the Divine Mother…That same Mother that is recognized by every culture in the world. The One who is the seeming “other”, the feminine partner of “Elohim” of the Jews.
It is a Sacred practice that will eventually result in your consciousness becoming totally aware that your whole Sadhana is guided by her love.
Then you will hear this vibration in every sacred in your days and nights.
Most strongly heard in your quietest interiorized moments.
Your hearts intuition Awakens with this love song!
It is a most pleasing and soothing vibe that one never tires of!
Think of it this way – speaking the holy word AUM, which begins as a deep vibration and ends in a very fine vibration from the chest to the lips before you express your conscious expressions into infinite space.
You are exercising your inner being from the course attachment from gross matter to the finer energies of light and consciousness, from matter to spirit, from dogmatic belief to free thinking of Yoga sciences, again – from crude to fine, darkness to light, from your egos point in space to infinity.
From violence to peace, from suffering to joy!
This is how Ommmmm (AUM) transforms our consciousness.
The repetition of this exercise will eventually change your whole being, and if you practice this verbally, feelingly, and then mentally according to the special instructions in SRF/YSS lessons course, She will guide every aspect of your life just as she did the great Yoganandaji. Of one thing you may be assured, when you hear this divine sound, you will know that it is not a “ringing in
the ears,” or any form of Tinnitus. It is sweetly unique vibration from the core of your intuition!
Your unruly mind is like a dog with fur full of ticks and knots [the trauma of Karma of past experiences]. Brush the dog of your mind with the brush of Oommmm and the peace of deep meditation and eventually everything in life will become smoother, refined, and full of light.
There is more than one way to become aware of your connection with the living presence of the divine mother. And Yoganandaji also speaks of these.
No doubt His boundless devotion and depth of concentration also a great effect on His deep guidance, protection and awareness of Her presence in his life and work. He is not an intermediary, He is the divine presence of union that you are seeking. There is no separation!
There are many chapters in the “Autobiography of a Yogi” where we see her at work. This is one of the worlds most sacred scriptures, as pure as the master wanted it to be, in perfect English and His presence is in every word. The evidence of all those pages have many modern witnesses.
Especially the amazing chapter 22, where Guruji was at the Dakshineswar temple and she appeared to Him to grant Him the prayer to help his sisters sad marriage. And this soon came to be so!
This is how we know that a spiritual experience is not an hallucination, but soon manifests as a living genuine real experience in our relative world.
Practice listening to this sacred vibration and become aware that your existence is the same everliving spiritual part of this divine ocean.
“OM Guru, OM Guru, OM Guru “= He told us this is the most powerful mantra…………..
When reading Yogananda’s works, you will gain more from a real book
than you will reading from a screen!
more to follow ///>>>see above >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Federico Parente -author and Yogananda’s devotee.
50 th anniversary of the London Ontario Meditation circle of Self-Realization Fellowship! 1972 – 2022.
What is it that you are truly seeking?
For those looking for a “living Guru”, the first thing to understand is that a teacher in a live body may seldom be a “spiritually living” Guru, and cannot lead you to the Reality.
This is why that perennial axiom, “when the pupil is ready the Master appears.”
Who can best tell when who is ready, the pupil or the omnipresent Guru/Savior?
If you believe there doesn’t need to be an intermediary between yourself and God, be aware that the true Guru is not an intermediary. He is God, one and omnipresent!
Until you have grown and learned a great deal more, He is the one who is silently guiding you in your search. When you are ready He will clearly reveal Himself in this world you still imagine to be real.
So, before you go looking in all the wrong places, it may be better just to seek the best way you can. When you are ready for a truly special Spiritual Master, the One with whom your consciousness is best connected for your future accelerated spiritual growth, will surely reveal Himself to you. It can happen in your youth or in the later years of your sincere seeking for God. It will be made absolutely clear to you that your true teacher and savior knows exactly where you are in the progress of your journey.
[See chapter 10 of Autobiography of a Yogi] SRF publishers orange cover only!
He may be a living Master in a body of out of a body, it matters not!
A charismatic spiritually dead teacher cannot take you to the divine no matter how impressed you are about him/her. The first problem is – few persons can really tell the difference, can actually identify a living Guru/savior/Prophet.
However, once a great soul achieves true Self- Realization /salvation/ full awareness of the Reality/Brahman, in this superconscious omniscience, there is no more dying then, and no more necessity of reincarnating in form.
Having a physical body to work through is no longer a necessity. This is how the “great ones”, true living Masters work with us even after their demise. Then one is the true teacher, Guru, a Living Prophet in or out of a body. History is plentiful with the evidence of this fact! This is why, even with such mastery over life and death they usually do not hang around with the physical body.
For the Guru stay in the Relative, unreal, material world of Maya would be counter productive & misleading to others about where salvation truly lies. About what is really important.
Since He is everliving and omnipresent, what need it there for a limiting mortal form?
Reality is simply beyond the physical world of relativity, the surface world is severely limited by the narrow range of sensory experiences.
So, Devotee – what do you really want, a true Guru or a position? What do you want – someone to lead you or baby sit you?
The overwhelming evidence is, is that Paramahansa Yogananda is still a “living Guru” now, just as He was when wandering around in the body.
He introduced himself to me posthumously on three separate occasions over a period of 6 years, during which I had been seriously working on myself and not consciously seeking a Guru. I was my own teacher! as soon as I took a rest from seeking He introduced Himself to me through a book – “The Sayings of Yogananda.”
I was not effected by the first few pages of what I read, it was His living presence that took hold of my soul by which I knew without a doubt that it was He who was behind all of my recent previous life experiences. I sent for the SRF lessons a few days later.
I, and many, many others see his hand working in our lives, helping us on the path to freedom via the Self-realization Fellowship/YSS wisdom teachings.
One of the clearest declarations made by Paramahansa Yogananda was that in this tradition of Kriya Yoga there would never be another successor guru to shape this holy Kriya yoga path of SRF/YSS.
There may be other teachers of Yoga & few are truly spiritually advanced, but we already have six “living Gurus” to choose from. What more do you need?
If you insist on finding a guru in a body [as many do] you may end up reacting emotionally for the wrong reasons. Many wolves await you in the world of spiritual teachers!
Paramahansa Yogananda’s promise to all SRF/YSS
Devotees who are in tune with Him through this great SRF work.
“God has sent you to me, and I shall never fail you… “Even when I am gone my help will always be given to devotees all over the world, if they keep in tune. Never think for a moment that when I am physically absent from you all, I am not otherwise with you. I shall be just as deeply concerned for your spiritual welfare when I am no longer in the body as I am now. I shall always be watching over each one of you, and whenever a true devotee thinks of me in the silent depths of his soul, he will know that I am near.”
Paramahansa Yogananda, quoted in the SRF calendar, August, 1993.
Yogananda once said to the Monastics;
“The spiritual path is like a razor’s edge,” our guru, Paramahansa Yogananda, used to tell us. If we want to know God, we have to endeavor to the best of our ability every day, every moment even, to focus on the straight and narrow path before us, avoiding those mistakes caused by our mortal consciousness.
We have to transform that consciousness which makes us behave like petty human beings, and remember that we are made in God’s image. It takes deliberate effort not to be diverted from that razor-edged path, because in this world it is considered perfectly normal to be quarrelsome and argumentative, to be critical of others, to gossip — to indulge in all kinds of wrong behavior that springs from human nature, not from our divine nature.
But one who misbehaves will never, never know peace of mind, let alone achieve God-consciousness. ” –
–said Sri Daya Mata, Self-Realization Magazine, Summer 2008
Because Kriya Yoga [ and other Yogas] have become such a hot item in the world of spirituality since Yogananda came to the West over a hundred years ago, so many want to get in on the act and start their own Kriya schools. This of course is a natural occurrence is not unusual as human egos are always trying to prove themselves. Or it may also be an expression of our human individuality. Many are the motives and private agendas behind the desires of those who start new religious movements. Seeker beware!
Why is the teaching of Kriya Yoga so sought after by serious devotees of Reality? Because is has proven itself so powerfully effective in transforming human lives for the better.
For showing us how to contact God before death of the body and enrich our lives in the process with growing devotion and grace.
For its self-transformative blessings and life enrichments.
Paramahansa Yogananda was followed by many later teachers and promoters of the Mystical Kriya Yoga spiritual techniques used to enhance human evolution and spiritual awareness.
I am posting these notes for the benefit of those who wish to
follow the teachings and wisdom inspiration of Paramahansa
Yogananda in particular. It is a core part of Yogananda’s
teaching for devotees to loyally work through and support Babaji’s spiritual path of Self-Realization Fellowship/YSS.
Yogananda created only one organization to further and represent his spiritual legacy in this world. That society is the Self-Realization Fellowship/YSS alone. The leaders of SRF/YSS has so far been impeccable inspirations.
I am not judging what the purposes of others are. Other claims to the contrary can be false and misleading and promoted to suit the agendas and false rationalizations of others. The master said that He emphatically did not allow any successor “Gurus” in his lineage to take His place after his demise. Because this leaves new and green devotees at the risk of deception by the many lesser teachers we find in the field of religion. Ambitious persons who want power over others and are impressive talkers/writers – but have little or no God-Realization. Beware of them!
Most world class prophets have made similar declarations of “lineage closure” to protect devotees from being misled by false spiritual teachers who inevitably pop up and would love to steal the show after the great work has been launched by an Avatar.
In this copy-cat world there are so many half baked wannabees, so many who want to copy PY’s acclaimed successes.
No organization is perfect, but I feel that SRF/YSS has avoided many of the flaws of orgs in the past that only sought power and control over others. Those other teachers lacked the spiritual understanding that was intended by their illustrious founders. SRF has continued to grow the masters spiritual community with integrity and love.
His great spiritual ideals are very much alive thanks to the
selfless works of so many loyal monastics and devotees.
So much has changed !
New guidance from Canadian and American Doctors and experts show us how to let go of Covid fear!
Beware of leaders and medical hacks who are still pushing the uneeded vaxinations.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/nQgq0BxXfZ4f/
New guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has put an end to mandatory Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccination” – at least as far as the CDC is concerned.
New fifth circuit court hearings [August 2023] in the USA where FDA lawyers have been testifying that “Ivermectin” is perfectly safe and effective for the treatment of covid-19, and always has been approved for off label use. [Check on internet for Louisiana and Alabama court transcripts]. See the highwire dotcom media site also……
Those in charge of USA government agencies are seldom in the court as they are the ones that
were steering doctors ]with threats]away from the use of anything that was not the latest untested vaccine.
The main source of misinformation in the last 3 years has been US government agency heads!
Fearmongering and coercion has been the chief tool pushing the science of profiteering!
No longer is the CDC urging or trying to force everyone in the “herd” to get jabbed. From now on, it is up to the individuals to make the choice for themselves without the government telling them what to do.
The chart below will tell you what is safe and what is dangerous…
Entitled “Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of Covid-19,” the CDC’s new release, as explained by NPR, includes the following recommendations:
- Those exposed to the virus are no longer required to quarantine.
- Unvaccinated people now have the same guidance as vaccinated people.
- Students can stay in class after being exposed to the virus.
- It is no longer recommended to screen (test) those without symptoms.
Other new recommendations include only masking if you have been exposed to or tested “positive” for Chinese Germs, as well as official recognition by the CDC that a healthy person who is unvaccinated now has the same immunity as a fully jabbed person.
These changes represent a major deviation from what the CDC has been pushing up until, well, now. For the past two years, the CDC did not want anyone to appear in public unmasked. It also wanted everyone to be force-injected in order to live. (Related: At one point, there was talk about the CDC setting up covid “Green Zone” quarantine [concentration?] camps.)
Now, suddenly, the CDC is stressing the idea of individual decision-making when it comes to health. In fact, the CDC mentions the word individual some 10 different times in the new guidance.
“That is consistent with where we are in the pandemic right now,” says Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. “I don’t really think there are many state or local jurisdictions that are feeling they’re going to need to start making mandates.”
CDC says almost everyone is now immune to covid – the plandemic is over
The CDC’s Greta Massetti further explained that the agency’s new position is that, vaccinated or unvaccinated, at least 95 percent of the general population is now fully immune to the Fauci Flu, and that no further tyranny is necessary.
“Based on the latest … data, it’s around 95 percent of the population,” she is quoted as saying. “And so, it really makes the most sense to not differentiate.”
One area of concern with the CDC’s new guidance is the recommendation that children at school be masked rather than quarantined after being so-called “exposed” to the virus.
“The practice of handling exposures would involve masking rather than a quarantine,” Massetti said about how children in K-12 should be handled.
Massetti stopped short of declaring the plandemic to be over in the same way this writer is, but she did essentially declare it to be over in so many words – at least as far as everyday life is concerned.
“This guidance acknowledges that the pandemic is not over, but also helps us move to a point where Covid-19 no longer severely disrupts our daily lives,” Massetti said. “We know that Covid-19 is here to stay.”
Truthfully, there never should have been any disruption in the first place. While it is great that the CDC is backing off from medical fascism, the damage is already done in the form of economic devastation, lost lives and livelihoods, and broken supply chains.
“How many poor souls could have been saved if this happened from the beginning?” asked a commenter. “The lawyers stand to make billions on this in lawsuits.”
The latest news about the Fauci Flu can be found at Pandemic.news.
Sources for this article include:
Celebrating the worlds International Day of Yoga
On this auspicious “International Day of Yoga” June 21, 2022, we seekers and devotees are honoring the life enhancing Science of Kriya Yoga on this beautiful dream planet in infinite space.
The world honors the holy life and legacy of Paramahansa Yogananda [founder of Self-Realization Fellowship /Yogoda Sat Sangha] on planet Earth during the 20th century. Who shared the example and wisdom of “Kriya Yoga science with all nations and persons outside of Holy Hindustan during the 20th century.
He is a Living Savior/Avatar for the present millennia and the ages to come. See the film “Awake. The life of Yogananda”.
His life is a unique occurrence in human spiritual history, as never before was recorded such and extensive, fully verifiable, and noble life been recorded for the human race. Since His history is so recent and complete in its presentation, not much was ever distorted or misplaced. He was a perfect example of a life of divine Self-Realization!
This unique film “Awake – the life of Yogananda” released in 2014 by Counterpoint Films is available through Self-Realization Fellowship and other sources to watch or purchase.
Through SRF/YSS the great masters Legacy is now represented by 800 centers & spanning over 172 countries and most continents. His inspiring wisdom and uniquely divine example and ideal life continues to inspire millions of seekers and serious devotees world -wide.
The great master posthumously introduced himself to me through those close to me and a book about His wisdom entitled “The Sayings of Yogananda.” Very shortly after his demise he began bringing many influences into my life setting my consciousness afire with an ever rewarding spiritual quest.
This was a great milestone in my personal search for truth and divine love.
I was never consciously seeking a guru at any time, but I had some understanding of what that relationship was.
He knew that I was ready to learn and grow further. In a most vivid and powerful way He posthumously introduced Himself to me.
After about 6 previous years of intensive study of world religions and saints – in a flash I was aware that the many amazing answers and helpers that came to me were under the personal guidance of my savior and living Guru -Paramahansa Yogananda. Through the great agency of the divine mother.
I immediately sent for the SRF Lessons course and began the next momentous step in my long journey to Self-Realization. With daily study and meditations I went from the darkness of dogmatism to the light of “Science of Religion.”
Many wonderful changes and experiences will come to the devotee who loyally and faithfully persists in following this great path of Kriya Yoga. I can clearly state this after many years of steady practice. Life just becomes more and more rewarding and beautiful each day in so many ways. Ones expanded awareness gives deeper insights and understanding of each personal experience.
Many persons begin by reading His “Autobiography of a Yogi” published by Self-Realization Publishers LA USA. Of course now there is a whole library of Yoganandaji’s wisdom to refer to.
The unique features about the life and legacy of Yogananda are not only His superhuman expansion of consciousness to the highest Samadhi, but even more so the accurately retained wisdom that was faithfully passed on by SRF/YSS about His life and Legacy. And the lives of his divine predecessors and successors.
He is recognized as one of the worlds many great saviors we know of through the past several millennia. This is one of most accurate, complete, and detailed life records of one such Avatar/savior. The history of his life and lineage now less that 150 years old – hardly a word of his legacy was lost to Antiquity. His voice, image, and experiences were mostly well recorded, witnessed, and documented. And clearly survive with the living examples of His successors and recorded historical Legacy.
It was my good fortune to have personally met some of those great souls who lived and worked with the Master. From them I was told of His most wonderful life first hand. He is incomparable and still works through our lives every day.
If you really want to know the living presence and essence of Yoganandji and his ever expanding love, it will not come by intellectual study alone, but it manifests in the life of any loyal and devoted devotee who understand the import and great awareness of His living presence. The more we meditate and read mostly or only His wisdom record, the more perfectly we become attuned to his everliving omnipresence every moment. Just imagine how beautiful that is!
Attunement with a true Guru/Savior enhances ones life in many ways and brings true freedom from the darkness and delusions and confusions of this world enshrouded Mayic dream. This unreality is being especially imposed upon everyone in this modern politicized “Brave New World “.
That Future world now taking shape that Aldous Huxley , Orson Wells, Yogananda and others warned us about. This modern threat of mass human slavery is appearing to be at the doors of civilization.
Then you realize you are no longer “one of the many” on the road that leads to destruction” as JC said.
This miracle to witness was one of the great blessings to shower my simple life as a householder yogi.
In the very advanced science of Kriya Yoga taught to us and demonstrated by Paramahansa Yogananda, we can build our own “portable paradise”. This is the inner “Kingdom Heaven” oft proclaimed in the scriptures.
When you find this great well of pure water -dig deeper and deeper – and keep drinking.
It is so much better that those who just keep digging shallow wells and never experience the joy of real pure water. Too many devotees just keep chasing after each new teacher that attract a little attention.
There never was only one way, one perfect holy book, or one savior for mankind !
Changing oneself is the greatest human adventure, your contribution to changing the world!
His codewords were -“Meditate, Meditate, Meditate “!
Jai Guru, Jai Guru. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,June 2022
The greatest help on the devotees path is attending a Guru recommended SRF/YSS meditation group/circle!
How the Guru works before and after His demise……..”My 1947 encounter with Yogananda” by the late Larry Reavis, a wise and respected devotee of PY.
Copywrite to Larry Reavis Family foundation………………….with thanks!
The Wisdom of Paramahansa Yogananda
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photo by Federico Parente , astral@srfrediscovered
Paramahansa Yogananda rediscovered, .................Kriya Yoga & Self-Realization 
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