Some time ago, I read a quote by Ram Das, a disciple of Neem Karoli Baba. He said in a very poetic way, “Just the way when we go in a forest and we appreciate different trees and different shrubs and different bushes, and we don’t go and discriminate between each one of them, deciding which one is better or … Read More
India Makes It Much Easier
There was a time when Yogananda had an extraordinary experience here in India. When he came back for that brief period of time in the mid thirties, and he met Yogi Ramaiya. Yogi Ramaiya was also a self-realized soul, free of all karma, like Yogananda himself and the other avatars. Yogananda said that when he met Yogi Ramaiya and they … Read More
Deceiving the Unwillingness Monster – Part Two
The thought of playing football is one of the few things that makes me excited and very enthusiastic. It’s fun to contemplate what Swami Kriyananda said : “Most people are willing or unwilling according to their likes and dislikes.” If you think about that, you realize how true it is. If somebody asked us to do something that we like, … Read More
Does God Hide The Truth
Does God hide the truth? I don’t think so. I think we hide from the truth. Swami Kriyananda says, that we depend and we live a lot by our reasoning faculty. That if we are not able to make sense of things, we think there is something wrong. And we try our best to arrange circumstances in a reasonable way … Read More
When the channel is truly blessed
As aspiring Yogis, we need to enhance and synchronise the ‘frequency’ of our own individual vibrational energy with that of Cosmic Consciousness. Our Guru Paramhansa Yogananda taught us to use concentration and will power to consciously increase our body’s supply of cosmic energy , and thence to direct it to any body part; or to release it again into space … Read More
Live like Yogananda Series: Generosity
We are discussing the chapter on Salient characteristics of Yogananda from Swami Kriyananda’s Biography of Paramhansa Yogananda. We are calling it ‘Live like Yogananda Series’ and will be discussing Generosity today. What Swami writes here is “Master’s generosity extended far beyond mere money or material gifts. It included, also, for example, allowing others to have the last word, deferring to … Read More
Rajarshi Jankananda – A Modern Saint (Part 2)
This week has been a very inspiring week for me, because in the last few days I have been reading from Rajarsri’s life. And I have felt deeply moved not only for what he brought to the world, to the work, to Yogananda’s mission, but for what he brought personally to Yogananda. We know that we are all equal in … Read More
Rajarshi Jankananda – A Modern Saint (Part 1)
There’s a very standard pattern most lives of most Saints kind of take. And it’s that romantic pattern that we all know. What is it? From a very early childhood, they’re already different. They’re already tuning inward. They’re already not interested in many of the things the world has to offer. And then at a very young age, they find … Read More
Ressurection of Sri Yukteshwar
Today we’re honoring Sri Yukteswar’s resurrection and it is an extraordinary event. It’s an extraordinary thing. Why Great Ones come When you think about it, our Guru through the ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ has shared a supernatural experience that no one else has been able to write about; to help us to understand the power and the spiritual greatness of … Read More
Stories about the Master
Power of My Guru Of course, my memories of him are only the last years of his life, whereas I heard many stories about him from early, early on. And they also were thrilling stories- how he would come on the lecture platform, full of energy! He would demand that his audiences greet him! Rise to his level of energy! … Read More
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