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Autobiography of a Yogi - Online

2008-06-26T02:00:33Z

"Autobiography of Yogi"

http://www.ananda.org/inspiration/books/ay/index.html

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Autobiography of a Yogi
(Original 1946 Edition)

by Paramahansa Yogananda

CHAPTER 1

My Parents and Early Life

http://www.ananda.org/inspiration/books/ay/1.html

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Yogananda's take on immortality/rejuvenation

2008-06-14T18:24:16Z

Yogananada spoke of several people accomplishing remarquable feats such as one woman who never ate after she was given a breathing techniques.
There were also takes on immortals people or at least people who had maintaned their bodies in proper operation and looks beyond the normal time span.
Any takes on these or rejuvenation from Yogananda or other gurus.?

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study in india

2008-06-03T03:51:48Z

has anyone here been to any of the yogoda ashrams or srf's in india?
i am very interested in studying there and am open to advice
i am born on the same date as yogananda, and am feeling a very strong connection and calling
thanks
elke

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Poems of Yogananda

2008-06-02T18:34:37Z

http://www.writespirit.net/spiritual_poets/yogananda_poetry

My Cosmic Mother's Face

http://www.writespirit.net/spiritual_poets/yogananda_poetry/spiritual_poets/yogananda_poetry/cosmic_mother

Jai Guru

Victory to the Divine!

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Sad News

2008-05-01T11:50:11Z

Sad News

Someone in my friends network here on Tribe Net is experiencing some real problems.

Her son has now been missing for seven days.

Here is the news article:

http://boards.courttv.com/showthread.php?s=4224a720d737d5fdc0475258fd04b73a&threadid=310444

And here is her profile page:

http://people.tribe.net/artistpriestess

Please send her and her son some prayers.

Thanks,

Jon

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Is Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda the same as Paramahamsa Yogananda

2008-04-25T15:02:32Z

Has anyone been around Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda? Also, is Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda saying that he is Paramahamsa Yogananda? I don't know much about Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda , but I am a devotee of Paramahamsa Yogananda.

I was just wondering...

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Positive Vibes

2008-04-16T13:47:19Z

just thought I would start a thread where we can all share our positive and uplifting experiences about our spiritual journey.

wishing everyone the best,

Jon

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Bhagavad Gita Online

2008-03-23T23:26:55Z

Bhagavad Gita Online

http://www.bartleby.com/45/4/

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Chapter One

http://www.bartleby.com/45/4/1.html

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Mahavatar Babaji Yantra

2008-03-11T00:44:51Z

We are pleased to introduce a unique yantra created by the Divine Revelation of Mahavatar Babaji to Dr. N Rajgopal.

Click here to see more details about the yantra:

http://www.sacredcatalog.com/yantra

You can also listen to Dr. N Rajgopal on our radio show:

http://www.thegatewaytoeternity.org

Please click here to visit Dr. N Rajgopal's site:

http://www.babajisannidhan.com/

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Autobiography of a Yogi

2008-02-13T01:03:21Z

Does the biography teach you how to do kriya yoga? I did a search on amazon for this book and it produced many different versions - which version should I read?

Thanks,

Taj

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Missing Person - Update

2008-02-01T23:37:16Z

Hi Folks..

Awhile ago, I passed this along...about a Tribe sister who's son Chris has been missing since September.

(Here is the website:http://www.findchris.org/)

There is some news! It is the first lead in the case!

"Today a girl working at a gas station in Cortez, CO says' she can positively identify Chris as a boy that has come in several time, most recently with 2-3 day, trying to buy cigarettes..."

Please pass this info along to anyone you know in Colorado and especially in the Cortez area.

Here is a link to a map for Cortez, CO:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Cortez,+CO,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title

thanks,

Jon

PS - Wendy from the Tribe Net staff has given me permission to cross post

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Mahavatar Babaji's teachings on www.sacredcatalog.org

2008-01-21T22:29:26Z

Dear Friends,

We are very pleased to share that we have a spiritual radio show "The Gateway to Eternity" to help spread the teachings of the Great Masters and people working for the upliftment of humanity. Mahavatar Babaji blessed us to have two of His direct disciples, Swami Vishwananda and Sri Natha Devi Premananda on the show. Please click here to listen to the shows:

www.sacredcatalog.org/radioshow

Peace and Blessings,
"Divine Love & Light"
Sacred Catalog Community

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Happy Birthday Sri Sri Yoganandaji

2008-01-15T11:33:08Z

Paramahansa Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh on January 5, 1893, in Gorakhpur, India, into a devout and well-to-do Bengali family. From his earliest years, it was evident to those around him that the depth of his awareness and experience of the spiritual was far beyond the ordinary. In his youth he sought out many of India's sages and saints, hoping to find an illumined teacher to guide him in his spiritual quest. In the hundred plus years since the birth of Paramahansa Yogananda, this beloved world teacher has come to be recognized as one of the greatest emissaries to the West of India's ancient wisdom. His life and teachings continue to be a source of light and inspiration to people of all races, cultures and creeds.

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Experience An India Yoga Odyssey

2008-01-11T02:35:08Z

Experience a Transforming India YOGA Odyssey
(February 21 to March 6, 2008)

Just imagine your airplane touching down at the India airport of your choice – Mumbai or Ahmadabad – on Thursday, February 21, 2008. Awaiting you at the airport is your guide, who will escort you by rail or taxi to your hotel accommodations in Surat City, Gujarat State. You will have arrived just in time to take in the World Yoga Championships, either as a participant or as a spectator. If anyone wishes to participate in the Championships the necessary registration forms can be downloaded at www.lifemission.org. The Championships run from February 22 though February 24. (The Championships were primarily founded as a means for encouraging youth worldwide to engage themselves in the ageless science of yoga for the betterment of body, mind and spiritual development in similar fashion that society worldwide encourages youth to participate in common sporting events.)

Following the Championships, you will be escorted to Malav Ashram for a five night stay, which includes three days of “hands on” yogic training under the expert guidance of Acharya Yogendradev, who has taught in North America, Taiwan, and India

And now – the Tours – you will tour the historic spiritual pilgrimage site of Kayavarohan and visit the Brahmeshwar Temple of Lord Lakulish (the 28th incarnation of Lord Shiva). You will spend 5 nights at a beautiful oceanside resort near the city of Div, overlooking the Indian Ocean with its miles of sandy beaches, and visit surrounding points of interest including the renowned Somnath Temple; a lion wildlife reserve, an ayurvedic clinic of a renowned ayurvedic physician where you will be able to observe the natural preparation of ayurvedic medicines and receive a free medical check-up. You will also have the opportunity to visit the temple complex at Rajrajeshwardham, where Lord Lakulish materialized in his divine body on January 29, 2007. Then – another great grace awaits you – you will have the rare opportunity of having darshan with the highly advanced yogi, Swami Rajarshi Muni.*

Now your yoga trip is reaching its end – on March 6, you will be escorted by your guide to your departure airport for your trip home – to reflect on and absorb your many yoga experiences of the past 2 weeks; the multitudes of wondrous Indian sites you've seen; the unmatched hospitality of its people and the many lasting new friendships you've made.

The cost per participant is $ 695.00 USD. This price does not include your transportation costs to and from India, which is entirely your responsibility, as are any required passports, visas etc. This price does include designated tour accommodations and meals in India, and all ground transportation to the Championships and touring sites in India, as well as ground transportation to and from airports at Mumbai or Ahmedabad. Any profits after all costs have been met will be directed to projects for the poor, including schools and hospitals. For further information, go to www.lifemission.org, or email: Acharya Yogendradev, ggvaghela@yahoo.com; or Dennis Konchak, lifema@telus.net; or Hans Splinter, Hsplinter@cogeco.ca.

* Swami Rajarshi Muni is the author of a vast library of nearly 100 titles in four different languages, including ten books in English. Some of the English titles are: Classical Hatha Yoga, Divine Body Through Yoga; Tenets for the Spiritual Life; Infinite Grace (The Story of My Spiritual Lineage), Awakening the Life Force, and Light from Guru to Disciple. For more information, check the Life Mission website www.lifemission.org and www.amazon.com under Rajarshi Muni

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Lakulish Yogasan Championships 2008: Feb. 22; 23; & 24th, - City of Surat, Gujarat State, India

2007-12-10T12:55:29Z

For details and application forms, please refer to: http://www.lifemission.org/ and under "New" go to item #4 and click on "World Open Yogasan Championships".

Please note, to optimize your India trip and your experience of Lakulish Yoga you could attend or participate in the Yogasan Championships and also take in the 3 week Certificate Yoga Training Course being offered at Swami Rajarshi Muni's Malav Ashram from January 30 -February 20th. For details on the training go to http://www.lifemission.org/ and under "New" click on item # 5 " "Overseas Students Annual Yoga Certificate Training Program"

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Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-22T22:21:39Z

Wishing everyone a very happy Thanksgiving.

take care all,

Jon

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Bibliography

2007-11-07T13:28:49Z

Books by Parmahansa Yogananda (and Swami Sri Yukteswar)

by Parmahansa Yogananda

Autobiography of a Yogi

Whispers of Eternity

Metaphysical Meditations

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by Swami Sri Yukteswar

The Holy Science

(ISBN 0-87612-051-6)

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Paramahansa Yogananda VIDEO

2007-10-11T02:49:09Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPOSVZYXxT0

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His Writings

2007-10-09T21:09:48Z

Autobiography of a Yogi

Chapter 1

My Parents and Early Life

http://www.ananda.org/inspiration/books/ay/1.html

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Gandhi's Birthday!

2007-10-04T00:03:53Z

is tomorrow, October 2nd...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_Jayanti

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good Website on Mahatma Gandhi

www.mkgandhi.org/

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Gandhi's favorite song

RAGUPATI RAGHAVA RAGAVAN

www.lilydiamond.com/EarthDay20007.html

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Hindu Scriptures

2007-09-28T09:28:36Z

The gods race

http://www.sanatansociety.com/indian_art_galleries/pieter_weltevrede/pw_gh_ganesha_shiva_parvati_01.htm

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Discrimination Of the Divine and The Demonic

http://www.religiousbook.net/Books/Online_books/Bg/gita_16.html

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Call for change

2007-09-13T08:38:44Z

" Self Realization has come to unite all religions- we must go on - not only those who are here but thousands of youths must go North South East and West, to cover the earth with little colonies, demonstrating that simplicity of living plus high thinking leads to greatest happiness." Yogananda (as quoted on Ananda's site)

Spiritual living, sustainable living, simplicity...all good things. I am interested in attempts current and potential.

"Thousands of youths", young kriyabans / devotees...intriguing...

Suggested reading: Village Swaraj - Gandhi
How to burn the roots of depression - Yogananda

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~Convocation 2007~

2007-08-30T16:13:37Z

Anyone go?:)

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Fellow Yogis

2007-07-27T13:33:39Z

One of Yogananda's tutors was a saintly soul who Paramahansa Yogananda refered to as Master Mahasaya, The Blissful Devotee

This saint was the one who recorded the sayings of his guru, Sri Ramakrishna in a work that came to be called
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

I just found a free version of this online:

http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/gospel/gospel.htm

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Paramahansa Yogananda also mentions one of Sri Ramakrishna's chief disciplines, Swami Vivekananda. Someone who eventually became a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda related a story. As a child he was drowning. All of a sudden he saw a foreign looking man who saved him. Some years later he was in Chicago and happened to see that man walking through the crowd. It was Swami Vivekananda. He was speaking at the World Parliament of Religions (I believe in 1898). Of course, it was apparent that Swami Vivekananda was not "able" to have been in America at the time to have saved the boy. When, some years later, he walked up to the Swami in awe, before the boy could speak Swami Vivekananda said, "young man, I want you to stay out of the water!" The man nearly fell at his feet and begged to be his disciple. Swami Vivekananda said, no, your Guru will come later on, he will give you a gold cup. The man became a student of Paramahansa Yogananda. But he never saw a gold cup. Years later, at a Christmas function, Paramahansa Yogananda did indeed give him a gold cup. He began weeping. It was then that he related the entire story (of course, this is all better described far, far better in Autobiography of a Yogi).

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Online

http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info/vivekananda/complete_works.htm

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Reiki and Yoga Classes including Kriya Yoga in Kerala very unique with Yogacharya/Reiki Master Girija Maa

2007-07-26T15:40:20Z

Best Yoga classes I have attended.
Unique.
Very spiritual.
In depth - to the core of Oneness
Enlightening.

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Beyond Judgment

2007-07-26T05:47:22Z

The last few months much have been happening in my life, from inside out. On the outside, I resigned from my old job, my home got burned and a baby is on the way.
On the inside emotions, fears and belief systems have been challenged and brought to the surface.

Two days ago I went to auric cleansing session, clearing my aura from blockages, negative thought forms and etc. Yesterday a bunch of stuff was popping up, I recognized that I had many underlying judgments and fears derived from those judgments. I thought that I was free, but still unconsciously I had some walls that I did not know of, that made me avoid certain people and fear certain things, separating me from the peace and joy I need to manifest myself.
I got an image in the healing session of a car that had the lights on, but had a flat tire, a very describing metaphor for my recent state of being, I have been focusing on keeping my lights on, but still not able to express myself or enjoy myself fully enough, unable to drive where I want to go. I was disabled because of some blockages within my aura.
Those are always caused by judgments, unresolved judgments, even from ages ago.
Judgments are the only things that block us from being free abd the only real cause for pain and suffering.

The past months I have been feeling very connected to the god conscious Indian master Paramahansa Yogananda. I have been reading some of his writings and connecting to his consciousness.

This mourning I woke up with a sour feeling, which has been the case for a few days, I have been having uncomfortable feeling in my solar plexus, area, feeling derived from underlying fears and judgments, that I am in process of clearing and understanding.

After doing some exercises I sat down holding my Citrine crystal and chanted "Paramahansa Yogananda" to connect to his energies, than a peaceful feeling and love surrounded me and I heard his voice, he told me that the healing session I had yesterday worked out very well and that some gaps are being filled out, but that I needed to have patience in the process that I am in. I then asked him about how can I deal with all those judgments that I have been recognizing in myself. He then offered me these affirmations.

"Everything has a right to be,

because god is in everything.

I am completely free,

I see god in everything."

Wow, what a powerful affirmation! He told me to chant it frequently, especially when fear, judgment or negativity arise. He told me to focus on doing this affirmation for a week and that should dissolve judgments very fast, there are judgments and fears that hold love and joy back. He pointed me out that while saying this affirmation, we don´t have to think about anything as right in particular. The point is really that it does not matter what it is, if we judge it, we make a certain rejection to it and in the way we reject god in it, everything is god. Bit by bit, even unnoticed those judgments pile up and isolate us from god. That causes pain and suffering. Any judgment we allow into our belief systems is highly infective and damaging to our wellbeing.
That is why many of the masters, teach us to look at the world with the eyes of the child, because the child does not judge and does therefore not separate from god.

I felt and intense energy shift during this encounter and I felt great love and peace from his divine presence. I asked him if I should share this affirmation and he said that it was my job to do so.

I have been using this today, anytime that any negativity arise and it just neutralizes my state of being, what a words of power, of course we have to mean it as deeply as we can, in that way it just fills me with peace and love, it is just so freaking good, affirmations are really powerful, they can help us tune back to our inheritance of joy, love, freedom and peace.
After having to experience the pain caused by all my underlying judgments the last few days, I cannot recommend this affirmation highly enough.

Ending this message with words of Krishna, "He who sees god in everything, will not be abandoned by god"

Much love

Aron

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Yoga teacher Training

2007-07-25T04:01:38Z

Namaste,

Does anyone have suggestions for yoga teacher training schools/ashrams in India or Thailand?

thanks.

Only Love Prevails,

Maggie Blue

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Happy July 4th!

2007-07-04T03:48:11Z

Happy July 4th!

Hope everyone has a nice holiday!

I love the way Yogananda wrote about everything with such love, such positive vibrations. To me, it seemed like everything was a celebration of loving God. The way his poems described America's beauty, everything. I think he loved America very deeply.

take care

Jon

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Infinite Presence

2007-06-17T22:05:22Z

"That infinite presence of God lies in the super-conscious, just beyond the sub-conscious. If you can dump your body at night (sleep), and be suddenly transformed into the joy of space, why can't you go beyond one layer, and become the Infinite (meditation)?

"I am talking to you... through a wire. Through radio, no wire is necessary; radio has linked space. And God links all space - Eternity - with your soul."

"...into the great Silence... into the great Light, into the great Sound of the Eternal Vibration... God's all-protective presence. You are there every night, why do you think you cannot get there? I am with you. You are listening to me through that ether. You think you are connected by a wire? No. You are connected by the ether."

--Yogananda, from "The Great Light of God" tape

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The spiritual meaning of your life challenges

2007-05-18T23:32:07Z

If the moderators will kindly permit a new book announcement, I would like to tell people about a spirituality book I’ve written and recently published that may be of interest and service.

Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth? explores the premise that we are all eternal souls who plan our lives, including our greatest challenges, before we’re born for purposes of spiritual growth.

The book contains ten true stories of people who planned physical illness, having handicapped children, deafness, blindness, drug addiction, alcoholism, losing a loved one, and severe accidents.

The information about their pre-birth plans was obtained by four very gifted mediums and channels, including one who has the ability both to see and to hear the conversations we have with one another before we’re born. The book therefore contains the actual conversations people had with their future parents, children, spouses, friends, and other loved ones when they planned these challenges.

As readers come to understand that they themselves planned many of their challenges, suffering that once seemed purposeless becomes imbued with deep meaning. Wisdom may be acquired in a more conscious manner; feelings of anger, guilt, blame, and victimization are replaced by acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, and peace.

A free PDF with a large sample of the book is available on the About the Book page at www.CourageousSouls.com. People may also wish to read the reviews on Amazon.

The book may be ordered on the Courageous Souls web site or from Amazon, including Amazon Canada, UK, France, Germany, and Japan. It may also be ordered from any bookstore or library (in most countries) by providing them with the ISBN number (9780977679454).

Thank you for permitting me to post this message.

Kind regards,
Robert Schwartz
author, Courageous Souls: Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?
www.CourageousSouls.com

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Images

2007-05-17T22:20:54Z

I can never figure out the copyright laws, so I'd rather post links to photos than the photos themselves. Hope that is ok.

The Last Smile

http://www.kriyayoga.is/masters/image004.jpg

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Sri Ananda Moi Ma - a woman Yogi mentioned in The Autobiography of a Yogi

http://perso.orange.fr/indianred/Ma%20ananda%20moyi.jpg

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Sri Ramana Maharishi - another Yogi friend of Paramahamsa Yogananda

http://www.vedicbooks.net/images/imagecache/Bhagavan.jpg

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Yogananda videos

2007-05-13T20:47:38Z

There are a lot of neat Yoganadna videos on youtube.com you should check them out if you haven't already! Just search for Yogananda. :)

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Metaphysical Meditationa

2007-05-12T18:55:55Z

~~~My Offering to Thee~~~

Each morning I offer my body, my mind, and any ability that I possess, to be used by Thee, O Infinite Creator, in whatever way Thou dost choose to express Thyself through me. I know that all work is Thy work, and that no task is too difficult or too menial when offered to Thee in loving service.

Divine Mother, with the language of my soul I demand realization of Thy presence. Thou art the essence of everything. Make me see Thee in every fiber of my being, in every wisp of thought. Awaken my heart!

Beloved Father, my wordless chants of yearning for Thee will sing in cadence with my heart-throbs. I shall feel Thy presence in all hearts. I shall watch Thy hands working in the law of gravitation and in all other natural forces. In the tread of all living creatures I shall hear Thy footsteps.

Thou unseen Charmer of Souls, Thou art the fountain flowing fro the bosom of friendship. Thou art the rays of secret warmth that unfold buds of feeling into blossoms of endearing, soulful words of poetry and loyalty.

As I radiate sympathy and goodwill to others I open the channel for God's love to come to me. Divine Love is the magnet that attracts all blessedness.

Father, enter Thou into my soul through the portals of my heart's devotion and through my ardent prayers.

I obey Thee in the temple of discipline.
I love Thee in the temple of devotion.
I worship Thee in the temple of my love.
I touch Thy feet in the temple of stillness.
I behold Thine eyes in the teple of delight.
I feel Thee in the temple of emotion.
I fight for Thee in the teple of activity.
I enjoy Thee in the temple of peace.

I will rise with the dawn and rouse my sleeping love to waken in the light of true devotion for the peace-God within.

Heavenly Father, in an invisible church built of devotion granite, recieve Thou my humble heart offerings, daily renewed by prayer.

Divine Mother, open wide the bud of my devotion and release its fragrance, that it may spread from my soul to the souls of all others, ever whispering of Thee.

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How do I stretch...

2007-05-12T18:47:56Z

...my legs enough to get into some semblance of the lotus position. I do yoga from time to time. Are there any stretching exercises that I can do throughout the day to get my legs underneath me. I use a chair for meditation, I want to be able to sit comfortably for at least the twenty minutes that I can meditate for.

Also, I meditate in the evenings prior to bed. Lately, I have been waking up at 4:00 am after having slept for three hours and I am ready to go. I am trying to meditate at this early hour but this is a lot harder than the evening meditation.

If anyone knows any good mantrams, breathing techniques or anything else in the way of guidance I would greatly appreciate it.

Love and Light

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New to Group

2007-05-12T14:00:33Z

Namaste.

Hi, my name is Jon. I am new to the group.

I lived in a Bhakti Yoga ashram for a year and have been meditating since that time.

My teacher loved Yogananda and considered him to be a fully self-realized saint.

I have been some kundalini related practices, but not Kriya specifically.

I love everything about Yogananda!

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ULTRACULTURE JOURNAL ONE

2007-03-26T07:33:56Z

http://www.ultraculture.org

Ultraculture Journal One is AVAILABLE NOW. UC1 collects under one cover the most volatile and direct transmission of the tantric traditions of India available in the English language, featuring groundbreaking work from culture-spanning masters like Ganesh Baba and Brion Gysin. Ultraculture steers away from mere syncretism to examine the attempts made to translate the teachings of the East into terms which genuinely speak to Western consciousness.

6" x 9", 418 pages, perfect bound, $23.

This is the "Beta" edition as the publication is currently awaiting an ISBN and barcode for distribution on Amazon and in stores; it is available to purchase now without a barcode in what is sure to soon be a limited collector's item...

It is also available as a $10 shareware download.

This issue includes:

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge on the holographic Garden of Eden

Brion Gysin’s travelogue of his journey to Alamut, the citadel of the Assassins

Lalitanath and Shivanath on the Magick Path of Tantra

Jason Louv’s essential guide to Western magick

Peter-R. Koenig on the occult career of David Bowie

Beat legend Ira Cohen on John Dee and the Kumbh Mela, the biggest religious festival in the world

Dave Lowe and Hans Plomp travel across India’s mountains and rivers without end

The psychedelic rantings of Ganesh Baba, the world’s most tripped-out guru

Johnny Templar broadcasts live from the tomb of Christian Rosenkreutz

Mordant Carnival on working with Loki, the Man With the Tattered Smile

Elijah casts a Spell to Open the Sky

Joel Biroco on the “War on Terror”

Prince Charming interviews Tibetan Tantric Adept Monica Dechen Gyalmo

New fiction from Jason Louv

New lyrics from the late Jhonn Balance of Coil and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Treasure chests full of rituals, reviews and wish-granting genies

Cover by Nelson Evergreen

The first in a series, Ultraculture Journal promises to catalyze a twenty-first century actually worth living in.

Welcome to the psychedelic make-out party at the beginning of history.

http://www.ultraculture.org

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Could you help me?

2007-01-19T10:21:02Z

hi! I am going to india and I was wondering if anybody knows the address of Yogananda's house and Sri Yukteswar ashram in Kolkata.

in Joy!
iaT

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Yogananda's date of birth

2007-01-13T17:06:04Z

I was told this was yesterday. Is that true? If so I want to offer my humbles salutations to one of the greatest yogis and humanitarians that has ever lived.

Jai Parahamsa Yogananda!!
Jai Ma!!

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ttc in india,any one have info?

2006-12-15T19:22:14Z

namaste
im going to india so soon....back to the place thet i love so much..
im looking this days for as good yoga schoo wher i can do my ttc,
im more in to hatha ,ashtanga&tantric yoga...
if any body can help with some info it will be such a blessing...
thenk you all
love and light
shiri

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What is Yoga?

2006-11-14T19:23:54Z

What is yoga? Yoga is a Sanskrit word which means "to add two things together." There must be two things. For example if you want to add two bricks together, then ce ment, water and other substances are needed.

Similarly, yoga means to connect two persons: one is the Supreme Lord and the other is the unlimited souls. Because we have forgotten that Supreme Lord, we are greatly suffering. Sometimes we suffer as donkeys, asses, dogs, pigs and so on, and sometimes as demigods; we have passed through all the various species of life.

Sri Krsna is so merciful that, by His causeless mercy, He has now given us this human form. This human form is very temporary however; we do not know when we will die. We are all suffering because we think that we are this body. Actually, this body is a bag of urine, stool, blood and other unwanted things. Still we think we are this body, and we endeavor only to please this body – not the mind and soul.

The easiest way to meet with Krsna is through yoga. You should know that the soul is part and parcel of God – the eternal servant of God – but don't think in te rms of worldly servants. The service of Krsna is very loving and beautiful. It is like the service of a friend, mother, father and son, or like the service of a lover towards his most beloved. Sri Krsna's servants are all very loving. Yoga is that process by which a soul can be with Krsna – this is actually the meaning of yoga.

What is taught as yoga in this world today – especially in China and Hong Kong, as well as in other countries – is the exercise of the body. If you will do these exercises for your whole life, or thousands of lives, still you will not be happy. You will have to get old, and one day you will have to give up this body.

We are discussing real yoga. Sri Krsna is the Supreme Lord and we are part and parcels of that Supreme Lord. By what process can we meet Him and join with Him? By cement? By mud? No. It is through love and affection.

By giving our love to Krsna, we can attain that perfect stage in which we will be happy forever. But what is that process? How can we have prema (pure love of God)?

anyabhilasita-sunyam
jnana-karmady-anavrtam
anukulyena krsnanu-
silanam bhaktir uttama

["Uttama-bhakti, or pure devotional service, is the cultivation of activities that are meant exclusively for the pleasure of Sri Krsna, or in other words the uninterrupted flow of service to Sri Krsna, performed through all endeavours of the body, mind and speech, and through the _expression of various spiritual sentiments (bhavas), which is not covered by jnana (knowledge aimed at impersonal liberation) and karma (reward-seeking activity), and which is devoid of all desires other than the aspiration to bring happiness to Sri Krsna." (Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.1.11)]

This is the definition of uttama-bhakti (pure devotion). By this love and affection for the Supreme Lord, you can meet with Him and serve Him. In another scripture it written: "Paranuraktir isvare." Such deep and strong affection to Isvara (the Supreme Controller) Sri Krsna is the only transcendental religion of the soul.

sa vai pumsam paro dharmo
yato bhaktir adhoksaje
ahaituky apratihata
yayatma suprasidati

["The supreme occupation for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self ". (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 1.2.6)]

Spontaneous lo ve and affection for the Supreme Lord Sri Krsna is the transcendental and eternal religion of the soul (parama-dharma). The teachings of present day religions are not truly dharma. If these religious teachings would indicate devotion to Sri Krsna (krsna-bhakti) then they would be dharma, but the adherents of all religions, such as Christianity, Islam and Buddhism, don't accept the transcendental form of the Supreme Lord. They say there are no qualities in Him.

What would be the use of accepting God if He has no mercy and no attributes, and if He is like zero? We should not accept such false ideas. Spontaneous service to Sri Krsna is parama-dharma.

There should be no selfishness. Whatever you do should be to please Krsna. You should think, "What I am going to do – will it please Krsna or not? Will it please my Gurudeva or not?" If your endeavour will please them, only then should you do it. We should strongly reject that which is unfavo rable for bhakti. This is bhakti, and it begins from its smallest fraction, which is called sraddha (faith).

adau sraddha tatah sadhu-
sango 'tha bhajana-kriya
tato 'nartha-nivrttih syat
tato nistha rucis tatah

athasaktis tato bhavas
tatah premabhyudancati
sadhakanam ayam premnah
pradurbhave bhavet kramah

["In the beginning one must have a preliminary desire for self-realization. This will bring one to the stage of trying to associate with persons who are spiritually elevated. In the next stage one becomes initiated by an elevated spiritual master, and under his instruction the neophyte devotee begins the process of devotional service. By execution of devotional service under the guidance of the spiritual master, one becomes free from all material attachment, attains steadiness in self-realization, and acquires a taste for hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna. This taste leads one fur ther forward to attachment for Krsna consciousness, which is matured in bhava, or the preliminary stage of transcendental love of God. Real love for God is called prema, the highest perfectional stage of life." (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu 1.4.15-16)]

What is sraddha? It is the strong faith that, "If I perform Krsna-bhakti, then the fulfilment of all other endeavours of my entire life have automatically been accomplished." You should know that sraddha is actually the tendency to serve Krsna (Krsna-seva-vasana), and its outer symptom is very strong faith in the words of Krsna, scriptures and Guru. This is the real sraddha. How does sraddha come? It comes only by sadhu-sanga – being in the association of sadhus. But this refers to a real sadhu, not a so-called sadhu.

Sadhu-sanga first creates faith in the words of Krsna, Guru and Vaisnavas. After that, the sadhu will say that you must take initiation – harinama and diksa. Then the s tudent selects a bona fide guru, and after that he learns the process of performing bhakti.

Bhakti is of two kinds: vaidhi-bhakti and raganuga-bhakti. Vaidhi-bhakti-prema (the development of love of God attained by worshiping Him in awe and reverence) will lead you to Vaikuntha-dhama (the abode of Sri Krsna in His opulent feature as Lord Narayana), and raganuga-bhakti will take you to Krsna-dhama. You are lucky to come in the line of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. One day you will be able to really achieve raganuga-bhakti, by reading Caitanya-caritamrta, Srimad-Bhagavatam and the books of the Gosvamis.

Gurudeva will teach us sixty-four processes of bhakti. Of these, the first is to serve Gurudeva – to fulfill the desire of Gurudeva – and thus hear and follow the process strongly. Other processes are there, and of the sixty-four, nine are prominent:

sravanam kirtanam visnoh
smaranam pada-sevanam
arcanam vandanam dasyam
s akhyam atma-nivedanam

["Prahlada Maharaja said: 'Hearing and chanting about the transcendental holy name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Visnu, remembering them, serving the lotus feet of the Lord, offering the Lord respectful worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia, offering prayers to the Lord, becoming His servant, considering the Lord one's best friend, and surrendering everything unto Him (in other words, serving Him with the body, mind and words)-these nine processes are accepted as pure devotional service.'" (Srimad-Bhagavatam, 7.5.23)]

Of these nine processes, five are most prominent:

sadhu-sanga, nama-kirtana, bhagavata-sravana
mathura-vasa, sri-murtira sraddhaya sevana

["One should associate with devotees, chant the holy name of the Lord, hear Srimad-Bhagavatam, reside at Mathura Mandala (which includes Vrndavana) and worship the Deity with faith and veneration. (Caitanya-car itamrta, Madhya-lila 22.128)]

And of these five, three are most prominent: sravanam (hearing), kirtanam (chanting) and smaranam (remembering). Of these three, one is most prominent – kirtana of Krsna's name. If you chant and remember Sri Krsna's name, all things will come.

harer nama harer nama
harer namaiva kevalam
kalau nasty eva nasty eva
nasty eva gatir anyatha

["In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way." (Caitanya-caritamrta. Adi-lila 17.21)]

If you follow all of these processes, then all anarthas (unwanted habits) will go away. What are these anarthas? The first is nama-aparadha (offences to the holy name), of which there are ten kinds. Don't criticize any Vaisnava, don't beat them, don't be envious of them, don't disobey your Gurudeva, and do try to totally foll ow what he and other Vaisnavas teach us. At the time of chanting the holy name, don't sleep or be lazy. Chant, "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare." Chant your Gurudeva's diksa-mantra, and know the meaning of its eight or nine mantras. You should chant daily.

Anarthas include nama-aparadha, seva-aparadha and so on. *[See Endnote 1] If you follow the process, these anarthas will all go away and then nistha will come. Nistha means steadiness of mind: "I may die, but I will not give up chanting the holy name." Srila Haridasa Thakura was beaten in twenty-two market places. *[See Endnote 2] As they beat him, the miscreant government followers were telling him, "You should chant Allah! Hoda! Don't chant Hare Krsna!" But he continued to chant, "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare." At last he became almost like a skeleton – bloody and only some skin remaining – and finally they threw him in the Ganges.

Srila Haridasa Thakura came out of the Ganges as if nothing had happened, and was still chanting, "Hare Krsna Hare Krsna." At that time his prosecutors begged pardon at his lotus feet. This is nistha.

Do you know Sri Prahlada Maharaja? His father tortured him and ordered him, "Don't speak the name of Visnu, my enemy!" But Prahlada never followed his order. He was always chanting, "Krsna, Krsna, Krsna." Oh, you should be like that – very strong. Don't become weak when I leave here. Krsna's mercy will then come to you.

After nistha, ruci will come. Taste in chanting, taste in reading books, taste in cooking for Krsna, and taste in all other devotional practices. There are two kinds of ruci: vastu-vaisista-apeksani and vastu-vaisista-anapeksani. If kirtana is going on with very nice instruments and very sweet voices, the de votee who has vastu-vaisista-apeksani ruci will try to hear it, whereas even if the singer has so much love and affection but is not singing in a melodious tune, he will not hear. If the Deity is decorated with gold ornaments and cloth, that devotee will offer obeisances, but if the same Deity is without decorations, he will not offer obeisances.

So, this is vastu-vaisista-apeksani. If all things in relation to the Deity are nice and sweet and well decorated, then he will offer obeisances.
When there is no need of all these things, when it does not make any difference whether or not the singer has a sweet voice, and only Krsna Himself is important, that type of ruci is called vastu-vaisista-anapeksani. Even if the voice is not good or sweet, but the singer has sraddha, nistha and ruci – we should hear him. Where there is a sweet tune (raga-ragina) but no bhakti, we should not hear that singer.

The second type of ruci will create asakti. Wh at is that asakti? Asakti means "attachment to the process of bhakti and to Sri Krsna." When one thinks, "Without chanting the holy name I cannot remain alive for a moment," this is asakti. The first attachment is for bhajana, and later it becomes attachment for bhajaniya (the object of bhajana, Sri Krsna), attachment to Krsna and to His associates. This is asakti, and when this asakti becomes perfect, then rati (transcendental mood) will come.

What is rati? It is very difficult to understand.

suddha-sattva-visesatma
prema-suryamsu-samya-bhak
rucibhis citta-masrnya-
krd asau bhava ucyate

["When devotional service is situated on the transcendental platform of pure goodness, it is like a ray of the sunlight of love for Krsna. At such a time, devotional service causes the heart to be softened by various tastes, and it is called bhava . (Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila 23.5)]

Rati is on the plat form of suddha-sattva, which is also very difficult to understand. If anyone is doing bhajana – if he has left his wife, children, home, wealth, reputation and everything, and yet rati, suddha-sattva has not come, this stage is very critical. That is why we fall down. So many sannyasis and others are falling down. In an easy way, you should understand what suddha-sattva is.

There are two kinds of associates of Sri Krsna: ragatmika and raganuga. *[See Endnote 3] Mother Yasoda, Nanda Baba, Subala, Sridhama and the gopis are ragatmika – eternal associates in Goloka-Vrndavana dhama – and those who follow them are raganuga. When a raganuga-bhakta sadhaka (a practitioner of raganuga-bhakti) meditates upon the associates of Krsna, like Mother Yasoda, Nanda Baba, a cowherd friend (sakha) or Krsna's most beloved gopis, that sadhaka's (practitioner's) mood is called raganuga and his stage is called suddha-sattva. This is a very, very high thing – bh akti is not an ordinary thing.

After rati, prema will come. In that regard I wanted to explain a story, but now there is no time.

[Devotees:] There is time.

[Srila Narayana Maharaja:] I will tell it in brief.

Sri Krsna is the Supreme Lord. He is quite independent. He is not dependent. He can do whatever He wants. Still, Mother Yasoda bound that powerful Krsna with a rope. When she did this, He began to weep. Though He is the Supreme Lord, Mother Yasoda told Him, "I will punish You," and He wept. Was He imitating? He was not imitating at all. He feels that if Mother Yasoda will not love and serve Him, He will not be able to remain alive for a second.

She tied Him to a grinding mortar. At first she threatened to beat Him, but instead she somehow bound Him. Actually she bound Him by her love and affection – Krsna was actually bound.

There is also another pastime – about a fruit seller. < br />
[Srila Narayana Maharaja called on Syamarani dasi to briefly tell the story of the fruit seller, and then he concluded his class:] This is called prema. If you want to have Krsna, then first develop spontaneous love for Him.

******Written by Srila Narayana Maharaja See, http://tribes.tribe.net/gurudeva/

*[ENDNOTE 1:
(From Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu-bindhu by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

There are four additional varieties of anartha: (1) duskrti-uttha (obstacles in bhakti arising from past sins), (2) sukrti-uttha (obstacles arising from previous pious activities), (3) aparadha-uttha (obstacles arising from offences) and (4) bhakti-uttha (obstacles arising in relation to impure or mixed bhakti).

(1) Duskrti-uttha: anarthas arising from past sinful activities refer to five types of klesa or distress, which are (i) avidya (ignorance or forgetfulness of Krsna), (ii) asmita (the false egoism arising from the bodily conception of life), (iii) raga (attachment for the objects of sense gratification), (i v) dvesa (hatred or aversion to unpleasant, disagreeable or adverse situations) and (v) abhinivesa (attachment for or absorption in sinful activities).
(2) Sukrti-uttha: obstacles arising from various kinds of material enjoyment which come from the pious activities of one's previous birth.
(3) Aparadha-uttha: obstacles arising from namaparadha and other types of offences.
(4) Bhakti-uttha: desires for labha (material gain), puja (worship) and pratistha (prestige) arising from the performance of sakama-bhakti or sopadhika-bhakti (conditional devotional service). (Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu-bindhu)]

*[ENDNOTE 2 –
(From Sri Caitanya-Bhagavat, Adi-khanda, chapter 16:
"Although by the order of the Kazi, the miscreants mercilessly beat Haridasa in twenty-two marketplaces, no sign of death or any misery was found in the body of Haridasa. Seeing this, the sinful followers of the king became very astonished. Haridasa was constantly engaged in chanting the ecstatic holy names of the Lord. Therefore, like Prahlada, he did not feel any misery in spite of such beating, but rather felt sorry for the unfortunate miscreants who were committing grave offences by torturing a Vaisnava. Haridasa prayed to the Lord to forgive their offences.

Hearing that the sinful followers of the king would be severely punished due to being unable to kill him, Haridasa entered into ecstatic meditation and appeared to be dead. The Kazi considered that if Haridasa was buried he would attain a higher destination, therefore he ordered his followers to throw Haridasa into the Ganges for his degradation.

TEXT 115: They beat him severely in order to kill him, but Haridasa was not even disturbed by their beating.
TEXT 116: The Moslems were astonished to see this and they thought, "Can a human being survive after such a beating?
TEXT 117: "If we beat someone in two or three marketplaces, they die. But w e've beaten him in twenty-two marketplaces."
TEXT 118: They all thought, "He has not died, and moreover we see that he is smiling! Is he a powerful saint?"
TEXT 119: The Moslems then said, "O Haridasa, we'll be killed because of you!
Purport: The Moslem servants who had severely beaten Haridasa said to him, "If we cannot somehow or other beat you to death, our masters will be very angry with us. Then they will kill us out of anger."
TEXT 120: "Although we've beaten you so much, you're still alive. Therefore the Kazi will kill us."
TEXT 121-122: Haridasa smiled and said, "If my remaining alive creates a problem for you, then I will give up my body right now." After saying this, Haridasa entered into deep meditation on Krsna.
TEXT 123: Haridasa, who was endowed with all mystic powers, then became motionless and his breathing stopped.
TEXT 124: Seeing this, the Moslems were struck with wonder, and they took the lifeless body of Haridasa before the king.
TEXT 125: The king ordered them, "Bury him," but the Kazi countered, "Then he will achieve a higher destination.
TEXT 126: "He was already born in a good Moslem family, but he engaged in degraded Hindu practices. Therefore he does not deserve a higher destination.
TEXT 127: "If we bury him, he will certainly attain a better destination in his next life. Better throw him in the Ganges, so that he'll suffer forever."
TEXT 128: Following the Kazi's instructions, the guards took Haridasa's body to throw in the Ganges.]

*[ENDNOTE 3:
Ragatmika: one in whose heart there naturally and eternally exists a deep spontaneous desire to love and serve Sri Krsna. This specifically refers to the eternal residents of Vraja.
Raganuga-bhakti: bhakti that follows in the wake of Sri Krsna's eternal associates in Vraja, the ragatmika-janas, whose hearts are permeated with raga, an unquenchable loving thirst for Krsna which gives rise to spontaneous and intense absorption.]

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Quan Yin

2006-11-13T11:19:35Z

Quan Yin, the head of the gods, is a conceited coward who is extremely terrified to see mankind evolve into a warrior so powerful that the earth would tremble with fear by his mere presence.
Mankind is being deceived because his essence is turned into hookers and pussies by this conceited goddess.

Maharishi Chin Chau An.

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Energizing

2006-11-07T08:53:08Z

Where do you do it and when?

IDF,
Will

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Loyal to One's Country...

2006-11-07T08:48:16Z

So long as you live in any country, you must be loyal to it. We must not allow subversive elements in this country. Treachery, I think, is the most terrible of all crimes, the most dreadful of all evils in this world. Never be treacherous to your family, your neighors, or your friends. And never be treacherous to your country; those who cannto be faithful to their cocuntry cannot be faithful to God. Remember the story of the bat. When the birds and the beast were fighting the bat sided first with one and then the other, depending on who was winning at the time. After a truce was signed by the birds and the beast, both made a resolution: "Let us destroy the bat."
So remember, it is of utmost importance to be loyal to your country. If you don't like its ideals, give it your blessing and go somewhere else. There is too much lack of patriotism in this country. I don't mean that you should love America with the kind of patriotism that tries to destroy other nations; rather, love America and her ideals so that you may in turn love the whole world. Remember, you are living in America for just a little while; in other incarnations you may live in other countries. If everyone first loves his own country and then expands that love to include all other countries as his own, there will be no more wars.
So never tolerate one who is not a true patriot. No one has a right to live in this country who doesn't love it. It is wrong to bite the hand that feeds you. I would rather that people beat me up or kill me than be treacherous to me. Treachery I abhor; I have never betrayed anyone. The love I have given to all I have given sincerely. There is no one who can stand before me and truthfully say I have been treacherous. When I give my love I give it wholeheartedly. That does not mean I am not aware of those who are insecere with me; before the searchlight of divine love, everything is revealed. So, dear ones, never be tracherous to anyone; and whenever you see threachery, correct that person and refuse him cooperation or support in his wrongdoing....
(to be continued)...

(from The Divine Romance: Collected Talks and Essays On Realizing God in Daily Life Vol. II, Page 64, by Yogananda May 26, 1940)

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Free Meditation Lessons

2006-10-03T03:57:15Z

The Guru is Within You.
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These tools that assist you in this most important undertaking include deep meditation, spinal breathing, tantric practice, self-pacing, and many more techniques…
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There is no organization or person to follow; this is simply about providing you with the tools that will guide you through your journey. Enjoy!

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DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A SAINT OR GURU OR GODDESS WHO....

2006-09-26T13:29:25Z

went through a period of transformation that caused a rash?

I am a Tantrica who has delved so deep into the self that my body is responding with intense rashes very often and to subtle shifts in eating....right after coming back from Tantra initiations and transformations.

Does anyone know any book to recommend on the ascension process of saints or Ascended Masters?

looking for more knowledge on this....
Om, Astarte.

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Seven churches, Seven chakras???

2006-09-25T23:15:44Z

I know that Paramashansa Yogananda had great insight considering the teachings of Jesus. Did he ever go into ; The Revelation of Jesus Christ, commonly refered to as the book of Revelations? And can someone tell me is there a connection between the charkas and the seven churches spoken of in those writtings?

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Think on this...

2006-09-25T23:04:55Z

I love Yogananda. I even took a pilgrimage to the lake shrine in california. But one thing has always bugged me and I am hoping to hear many different views on this particular question. Jesus proclaimed himself to be the only way of salvation. That all should believe in Him and only Him. That no one may come to Him unless His spirit draws them. So basically if you do not worship Jesus and Jesus alone you are going against the will of the Father and will not make it for He is the ONLY way. Wouldnt this then mean that every other religion and god will not lead to the life eternal spoken of Jesus Christ? For the Heaven spoken of Jesus can only be obtained through and by Him alone. Every other religion and every other god is false according to Jesus. That is why i see it ignorant to group Jesus with buddha, babaji, krishna, etc... It is totally against the teaching of Jesus. Jesus puts you at a crossroad. Its either going to be Him 100% and no other god and no other religion OR that other god and that other religion and not Him. Jesus, babaji, buddha, krishna, all have wisdom and words of extreme spiritual inspiration but do not blind yourself to truth for without truth we can not reach the spirituality we hope to one day obtain. Therefore do we worship Jesus alone as He commands or do we go against His will and worship Him with other gods (which isnt the will of Jesus at all)?

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where is the posting on Kriya Yoga gone?

2006-09-25T22:46:30Z

Just wondering, I posted a question on Yogananda and whether the SRF was the best place to start in terms of looking into Kriya Yoga, and now it has vanished? Anyone know where it has gone and why?

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Paramahamsa Nithyananda program in Los Angeles, Friday May 12th

2006-05-07T17:24:26Z

Dear All,

Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda will be giving a discourse on May 12th at the Agape Church in Culver City. The program will end with Energy Darshan, where you will also have an opportunity to ask for healing.

Please do come and experience his blissful presence. Nithyananda was pronounced a Paramahamsa by Mahavatar Babaji.

More details here: www.agapelive.com/

Warmly,

Antarananda.

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Reflections on Love written in the 1940's by Paramahansa Yogananda

2006-04-12T20:32:09Z

Love is a golden mansion in which the King of Eternity homes the entire family of creation. And at God's command, love is a mystic fire that can melt the grossness of the cosmos into the invisible substance of Eternal Love.
Like a river, love flows continuously through humble, sincere souls; but it bypasses the rocks of egotistic, selfish, sensebound souls, because it cannot pass through them.
Love is an omnipresent spring with countless founts. When one of its heart-openings is clogged with the debris of wrong behavior, we find it surging from some other heart. But to think love dead in any heart is ignorance of the omnipresence of love. One should never block with wrong actions the channel of love in his own soul. Then he will drink with countless mouths of soul-feeling from the divine fountain of love coursing endlessly through all open hearts.
Love may exist in the presence of passion, but when passion is mistaken for love, love flies away. Passion and love together are a bittersweet mixed drink that produces some joy, but mostly an after-sorrow. When pure love is quaffed, the taste for passion loses itself in the sweetness of true feeling.
Droplets of love sparkle in true souls, but in Spirit alone is found the sea of love. To expect perfection in human love is folly unless one seeks to perfect that love by feeling within it God's love. Find God's love first; then, with His love, love whatever or whomever you like.
Do not limit your love to one being, however lovable, to the exclusion of all else. Rather, with the love you feel for the one you love most, love all beings and all things, including the one you love. When you try to imprison Omnipresent Love in the form of one soul, it will escape and play hide-and-seek with you until you find it in every soul. Increase the intensity and spiritual quality of the love you feel for one or a few souls, and give that love to all. Then you will know what Christ-love is. (to be continued>>)

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Om Guru

2006-03-08T04:03:33Z

Greetings everyone I am new to the group. I just wanted to say peace and blessings to everyone on Guruji's Blessed Mahasamadhi day!

Jai Guru!

Ellyn

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Chapter XXII: Bhagavad Gita Verse 1-7

2006-03-07T21:22:57Z

*arjuna uvaca
*evam satatayukta ye bhaktas tvam paryupasate
*ye capy aksaram avyaktam tesam ke yogavittamah

Arjuna said:
Those devotees who, ever steadfast, thus worship Thee; and those who adore the Indestructible, the Unmanifested--which of these is better versed in yoga?

*sribhagavan uvaca
*mayy avesya mano ye mam nityayukta upasate
*sraddhaya parayopetas te me yuktatama matah

The Blessed Lord said:
Those who, fixing their minds on Me, adore Me, ever united to Me with supreme devotion, are in My eyes the perfect knowers of yoga.

*ye tvaksaram anirdesyam avyaktam paryupasate
*sarvatragam acintyam ca kutastham acalam dhruvam

*samniyamyendriyagramam sarvatra samabudhayah
*te prapnuvanti mam eva sarvabhutahite ratah

But those who adore the Indestructible, the Indescribable, the Unmanifested, the All-Pervading, the Incomprehensible, the Immutable, the Unmoving, the Ever-Constant; who have subjugated all of the senses, possess evenmindedness in every circumstance and devote themselves to the good of all beings--verily, they too attain Me.

*kleso dhikataras tesam avyaktasaktacetasam
*avyakta hi gatir duhkham dehavadbhir avapyate

Those whose goal is the Unmanifested increase the difficulties; arduous is the path to the Absolute for embodied beings.

*ye tu sarvani karmani may samnyasya matparah
*ananyenaiva yogena mam dhyayanta upasate
*tesam aham samuddharta mrtyusamsarasagarat
*bhavami nacirat partha mayy avesitacetasam

But those who venerate Me, giving over all activities to Me (thining of Me as the Sole Doer), comtemplating Me by single-minded yoga--remaining thus absorbed in Me--indeed, O offspring of Pritha (Arjuna), for these whose consciousness is fixed in Me, I become before long their Redeemer to bring them out of the sea of mortal bliss.

Please note: the Bhagavad Gita is to be chanted in Sanskrit for it's healing abilities also.

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"I want to know, sir—when shall I find God?"

2006-02-24T19:08:13Z

Sri Yukteswar taught me how to summon the blessed experience at will, and also how to transmit it to others if their intuitive channels were developed. For months I entered the ecstatic union, comprehending why the Upanishads say God is rasa, "the most relishable." One day, however, I took a problem to Master.

"I want to know, sir—when shall I find God?"

"You have found Him."

"O no, sir, I don't think so!"

My guru was smiling. "I am sure you aren't expecting a venerable Personage, adorning a throne in some antiseptic corner of the cosmos! I see, however, that you are imagining that the possession of miraculous powers is knowledge of God. One might have the whole universe, and find the Lord elusive still! Spiritual advancement is not measured by one's outward powers, but only by the depth of his bliss in meditation.

"Ever-new Joy is God. He is inexhaustible; as you continue your meditations during the years, He will beguile you with an infinite ingenuity. Devotees like yourself who have found the way to God never dream of exchanging Him for any other happiness; He is seductive beyond thought of competition.

"How quickly we weary of earthly pleasures! Desire for material things is endless; man is never satisfied completely, and pursues one goal after another. The 'something else' he seeks is the Lord, who alone can grant lasting joy.

"Outward longings drive us from the Eden within; they offer false pleasures which only impersonate soul-happiness. The lost paradise is quickly regained through divine meditation. As God is unanticipatory Ever-Newness, we never tire of Him. Can we be surfeited with bliss, delightfully varied throughout eternity?"

"I understand now, sir, why saints call the Lord unfathomable. Even everlasting life could not suffice to appraise Him."

"That is true; but He is also near and dear. After the mind has been cleared by Kriya Yoga of sensory obstacles, meditation furnishes a twofold proof of God. Ever-new joy is evidence of His existence, convincing to our very atoms. Also, in meditation one finds His instant guidance, His adequate response to every difficulty."

"I see, Guruji; you have solved my problem." I smiled gratefully. "I do realize now that I have found God, for whenever the joy of meditation has returned subconsciously during my active hours, I have been subtly directed to adopt the right course in everything, even details."

"Human life is beset with sorrow until we know how to tune in with the Divine Will, whose 'right course' is often baffling to the egoistic intelligence. God bears the burden of the cosmos; He alone can give unerring counsel."

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Intuition, Genesis and Sex

2006-02-17T06:52:15Z

I love this passage. Any thoughts?

...

"The Adam and Eve story is incomprehensible to me!" I observed with considerable heat one day in my early struggles with the allegory. "Why did God punish not only the guilty pair, but also the innocent unborn generations?"

Master was more amused by my vehemence than my ignorance. "Genesis is deeply symbolic, and cannot be grasped by a literal interpretation," he explained. "Its 'tree of life' is the human body. The spinal cord is like an upturned tree, with man's hair as its roots, and afferent and efferent nerves as branches. The tree of the nervous system bears many enjoyable fruits, or sensations of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. In these, man may rightfully indulge; but he was forbidden the experience of sex, the 'apple' at the center of the bodily garden.14

"The 'serpent' represents the coiled-up spinal energy which stimulates the sex nerves. 'Adam' is reason, and 'Eve' is feeling. When the emotion or Eve-consciousness in any human being is overpowered by the sex impulse, his reason or Adam also succumbs.15

"God created the human species by materializing the bodies of man and woman through the force of His will; He endowed the new species with the power to create children in a similar 'immaculate' or divine manner.16 Because His manifestation in the individualized soul had hitherto been limited to animals, instinct-bound and lacking the potentialities of full reason, God made the first human bodies, symbolically called Adam and Eve. To these, for advantageous upward evolution, He transferred the souls or divine essence of two animals. 17 In Adam or man, reason predominated; in Eve or woman, feeling was ascendant. Thus was expressed the duality or polarity which underlies the phenomenal worlds. Reason and feeling remain in a heaven of cooperative joy so long as the human mind is not tricked by the serpentine energy of animal propensities.

"The human body was therefore not solely a result of evolution from beasts, but was produced by an act of special creation by God. The animal forms were too crude to express full divinity; the human being was uniquely given a tremendous mental capacity—the 'thousand-petaled lotus' of the brain—as well as acutely awakened occult centers in the spine.

"God, or the Divine Consciousness present within the first created pair, counseled them to enjoy all human sensibilities, but not to put their concentration on touch sensations.18 These were banned in order to avoid the development of the sex organs, which would enmesh humanity in the inferior animal method of propagation. The warning not to revive subconsciously-present bestial memories was not heeded. Resuming the way of brute procreation, Adam and Eve fell from the state of heavenly joy natural to the original perfect man.

"Knowledge of 'good and evil' refers to the cosmic dualistic compulsion. Falling under the sway of maya through misuse of his feeling and reason, or Eve—and Adam—consciousness, man relinquishes his right to enter the heavenly garden of divine self-sufficiency. 19 The personal responsibility of every human being is to restore his 'parents' or dual nature to a unified harmony or Eden."

As Sri Yukteswar ended his discourse, I glanced with new respect at the pages of Genesis.

"Dear Master,' I said, "for the first time I feel a proper filial obligation toward Adam and Eve!"

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happy to be the 108th member of this tribe

2006-02-03T05:04:41Z

seems auspicious...
I just gave my friend "autobiography of a yogi" for her birthday.
yogananda's bright spirit is shining around my life, lately.
glad to have joined.

namaste!

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Happy Birthday to our Blessed Yoganada!

2006-01-06T07:30:20Z

Yoganada's Birthday...January 5th!

In the Spirit of Love, Peace, Cosmic Consciousness/ Union w/the Divine..that this Blessed Being taught so many, I invite you All to go somewhere quiet (inner/outer or both!) and reflect upon/be with his love...and send out Waves of Love and Peace to All beings...and to this World that is so in need of this Vibration!
May the Light of Christ Awaken in All God-tuned Hearts...and May We All Wake Up, Together, Now!

Thank-you Yoganandaji~ Aum Shanti~

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AY is one of my favorites - but it is so fantastic

2006-01-04T05:39:59Z

I love the book - but I feel guilty saying this - it sounds too good to be true - the skeptic in me has a hard time believing. I want to believe in the wonderment. is it true?

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may GODDESS return ....

2005-12-27T01:03:11Z

Blessings to all , may The Great Mother Goddess of endless names and forms activate and manifest Her holy Shakti I AM presence in us and outside us , may the gregorian new year 2006 mark Her glorious return !!! thank you for .... being ! best wishes , a starseed lightworker & Goddess devotee
Jai Maa

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Solstice...and Yoganadaji's birthday...coming up!

2005-12-24T08:28:47Z

Happy Solstice! Blessings...the Light has Returned and is Increasing...May Clarity, Health, Love and Prosperity Increase for all Beings!
Our beloved Parmahansa Yoganada's birthday is January 5th...comes on a Thursday this year!
Anyone up for joining~linking in Prayer /Mediatation...perhaps for the awakening and enlightenment of All beings...or any other sugeestoins...possibly a tune~in to Yoganadaji's Christ~Conscious benevolent energy...) for the upliftment of All beings to G~d Consciousness!)
Let's see how we can honor this Day and our Beloved Yogananda and his continuing Light and Works...through All of us!
Om Peace~~

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Happy Thanksgiving!

2005-11-26T03:41:45Z

Prayer before taking food...Yoganandaj...

Heavenly Spirit, Receive this food and make it Holy.
Let no impurity or greed defile it!
For we are the petals of Thy manifestation, but Thou Art the Flower, Its True Essence ansd Lovliness!
Pemeate our( bodies, hearts, minds and ) Souls with the Fragrance of they Divine Presence!
Happy Thanksgiving and Peace to All!

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Is yoga a religion?

2005-11-18T06:54:30Z

I have had some really interesting and heated conversations with my boyfriend (a non yogini) regarding yoga. The issue that continues to come up is defining yoga as a religion. I am not talking about asana practice but more about the the spiritual practice of the vedic scriptures and using mantra and other aspects for self realization and union with god. I have been taught that Hinduism and the yoga teachings were traditions of spiritual practice but not really defined as religion in the western sense of organized religion. I would love to get other peoples input and thoughts on this.

Namaste,
Drea

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Devotion

2005-11-17T09:01:30Z

I've been questioning my devotion to God and Guru and what that means in my life.
When we meditate we also come to barriers or obstacles of various natures that sometimes bring us to reflect back our own love to God and Guru.
Master says do Kriya Yoga and have great Devotion all day long, pray, chant the names of the Lord.

Does anyone else question their devotion and their progress in living a spiritual life?

~If you praise Guru you praise God.

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reading AY at school

2005-11-11T23:18:39Z

I just wanted to share:

My major at school is Media Arts + Computer Sciences. Which means that I make pieces of art using different mediums and program silly little computers. This also means that I don't take any english / philosophy / history classes. Which means that I don't have to read 25564524886265 pages a night, and I don't have to write Essays. Instead, all I do is projects.

I am so happy because this means that I get to sit and read AY, the gita, and meditate in my free time. I am never stressing about reading books by dead old white men. I get to read what I want.

That is all. I am glad that I have the ability to read more and more into Yogi-G's writings and studies without feeling like it is just piling more and more onto the work load. And that I can give it the proper attention that it deserves.

Rock.

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Dharma!!!!!!!!!!

2005-11-02T04:51:00Z

Dharma you might have picked up along the Path

"The Four Immeasurable Thoughts":
May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness.
May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.
May all beings never be separated from the happiness that is without suffering.
May all beings abide in equanimity, free from both attachment and hatred, neither holding some close nor others distant

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Raja Yoga

2005-10-21T01:12:29Z

What is Raja YOga?

Do we as Yogis/Yoginis pray to Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu?
How do you as a Yogi/yogini pray?

From Catholicism, Judaism, Islam... Does Master allow for prayer in this form for you?

Blessings!

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Hariakhan Babaji

2005-10-17T19:35:31Z

has anyone else stumbled across this little gem of a book?

it was published in the '70s and is now out of print (but a kind friend just lent me a copy a few weeks ago) -- it is stories collected by Baba Hari Dass, including his own accounts, of eye-witness experiences people in the Himalayas had with a lovely immortal character named Babaji....

he kept popping up in different places, all through the early 1900s and into, I guess, the '20s, in different small villages around one particular region of the Himalayas. simultaneously, in some cases.... people in one region didn't realize he had OTHER devotees and students in other places... (in that part of the Himalayas, he was known, among the usual assortment of other names and titles, as Hariakhan Baba.)

anyway, what's striking about the book are the deep, deep heartfelt accounts of Indian peoples' experiences with this unpredictable and deeply miraculous being AND the photographs.

yessssssssssss there are photos of Babaji.

and yes, it's quite obviously the same character that Yogananda finally got permission to talk about in "Autobiography."

I have heard through the grapevine that of course SRF and other 'official' Yogananda organizations have dissed the book and its contents...

but it's written by a living saint, a humble silent saint, Baba Hari Dass, who is himself quite an amazing character with no ax to grind, no agenda to fulfill except to share those stories -- and the energy of the stories is, to me, absolutely the same as the Babaji one reads about in "Autobiography of a Yogi." tender, tough, disciplined, utter melting love.

anyway -- I'm just wondering if any of you have had the delightful good fortune to run across this book, and what you thought of it.

namaste,

Alx

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who travelled the paths......

2005-10-08T16:20:58Z

i wondered where lies the teaching of great sages.we know it all but we failed to implement it in this material world.why we face to show the truth to this material world

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Lahiri Mahasaya's Mahasamadhi

2005-09-26T19:59:15Z

Happy Mahasamadhi to everyone! :)

here is Yogananda's Spiritual Diary entry for today

Mahasamadhi of Lahiri Mahasaya
September 26 - Perfection

At the morning hour of ten, one day after the body
of Lahiri Mahasaya had been consigned to the flames,
the resurrected master, in a real but transfigured
body, appeared before three disciples, each of whom
was in a different city.
"So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written:
Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy
sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (I Corinthians
15:45-55)."
--Paramahansa Yogananda, "Autobiography of a Yogi"

Great Love

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Lahiri Mahasaya

2005-09-17T08:26:33Z

will post stories...

please do...

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