"As moving pictures are sustained by a beam of light
coming from the projection booth of a movie house,
so are all of us sustained by the Cosmic Beam,
the Divine Light pouring from the projection booth
of Eternity."
Books
Autobiography of a Yogi, Man's Eternal Quest, The Divine Romance, The Essence of Self Realization, Whispers From Eternity, Scientific Healing Affirmations
Heroes
Mahavatar Babaji Krishna, Lahiri Mahasaya, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Sri Sri Anandamoyi Ma, Gandhi, Jagadis Chandra Bose, Nagendra Nath Bhaduri, Rabindranath Tagore, Giri Bala, Luther Burbank...
I, Paramahansa Yogananda, was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India into a devout Bengali family on January 5, 1893. From my earliest years, my awareness and experience of the spiritual was far beyond the ordinary. In my youth I sought out many of India's Hindu sages and saints, hoping to find an illumined teacher to guide me in my spiritual quest.
I met my guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, in 1910, at the age of 17. After passing my Intermediate Examination in Arts from the Scottish Church College, Calcutta, I did my graduation in religious studies from the Serampore College, a constituent college of the University of Calcutta and in 1915, I took formal vows into the monastic Swami Order and became Swami Yogananda. In 1917, I began my life's mission with the founding and running of a school for boys in Ranchi, India that combined modern educational techniques with yoga training and spiritual ideals. This school would later become Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, the Indian branch of my American Organization.
In 1920, I went to the United States as India's delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals convening in Boston. That same year I founded Self-Realization Fellowship to disseminate worldwide my teachings on India's ancient practices and philosophy of Yoga and its tradition of meditation. For the next several years, I lectured and taught on the East coast and in 1924 embarked on a cross-continental speaking tour. The following year, I established in Los Angeles an international headquarters for Self-Realization Fellowship, which became the spiritual and administrative heart of my growing work. After fifteen years of my services in the West, Sri Yukteswar conferred upon me the title Paramhansa, which means "supreme swan."
In 1946, I published my life story, Autobiography of a Yogi, which was instrumental in introducing vedic philosophy to the West. It has since been translated into eighteen languages and remains a best seller. It includes my and Sri Yukteswar's attempts to explain certain verses and events of the Bible such as the Garden of Eden story, and descriptions of my encounters with leading spiritual figures such as Therese Neumann, the Hindu saint Sri Anandamoyi Ma, Mohandas Gandhi, Nobel laureate in literature Rabindranath Tagore, famous Indian scientist Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose and Nobel Prize winning physicist Sir C. V. Raman.
On March 7, 1952, I entered mahasamadhi, a master's final conscious exit from the body. My passing was marked by an extraordinary phenomenon: a notarized statement signed by the Director of Forest Lawn Memorial Park testified: "No physical disintegration was visible in his body even twenty days after death....This state of perfect preservation of a body is, so far as we know from mortuary annals, an unparalleled one....Yogananda's body was apparently in a phenomenal state of immutability."
This photo, commonly known as "The Last Smile," is the last known photo of me, taken shortly before I left my body.
My guru lineage was responsible for providing me with the central discipline of my teachings. Sri Yukteswar was the disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya, in turn the disciple of the ageless guru Mahavatar Babaji, who had revived and—through his disciples—begun the spread of Kriya Yoga, described as a "spiritual science of Self Realization." It was through me that Kriya Yoga was brought to the West.
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Who I'd like to meet: All seekers.
“The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience. Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really all about, one must know God.”
Thank you for the friendship. Still cant get over the fact that we are flying through space on a giant rock and no one knows whats going on. However existence began im so happy to learn form your ways.
I died from the mineral and became a plant. I died from the plant, and re-appeared in the animal. I died from the animal, and became a man. Wherefore, then, should I fear? When did I grow less by dying? Next time I shall die from the man, That I may grow the wings of an angel. From the angel, too, must I seek advance: all Things shall perish save God’s face. Once more shall I wing my way above the angels; I shall become that which entereth not the imagination. Then let me become naught, naught.For the harpstring Crieth unto me: ‘Verily, unto God shall we return.’
Tengo el aroma maravilloso de en una encarnación anterior, tengo un sueño que late por una encarnación futura. Siento que nuestra vida se pierde en una linea eterna, desde el origen a la eternidad. Quiero ser responsable de como camina el mundo y cuanto aporté en otras encarnaciones y detener mi paso y reconciliarme con mis hermanos con los cuales me une el Karma bendito que corrige mi andar. sembré libremente y cosecho obligadamente de mis actos pasados. A todo aquel que se le enciende la luz de la eternidad no se le apaga jamas, aun en la duda y la negación Una sencilla reflexión, de un humilde hermano Claudio González
A linear time thought of fear of unknown possibilities is placed in your path for you to note. This is a choice in choosing the path of fear or the path of joy. As always with the One the true choice is made by the spark. Allow yourself to step into the love and become the beacon is all that is needed. In this, love and joy becomes your moment of ‘Now’.
Divine Holy Light of the Creator, we now come together to break open the First Seal.
We pray that our First Chakras open completely again now, restored as they were before, when we were back Home, filling our Spirits again with all of the Primal Powers of Creation.
We ask this in your name, Divine Creator, For our entire Rainbow Tribe of Love, all of our brothers and sisters of Light, the Earth Mother, and all beings in Creation. Thank you for your blessings in our endeavor.
Blessings Forever to you, my friend, of Eternal Love and Light.
Hi! Dropping off some love for such a beautiful angel who's talent goes above and beyond. Be in the now...Be the light you wish to see in the world...Remember, our lives begin to end the moment we become silent about things that matter. Seek truth. Sychronize. Synergize. Support life. Set your course. Stay strong. Simplify. Stay positive. Shine your light. Share your vision. Serve others. State your intensions. Sending all the peace,love, and light of the Universe. Endless blessings to all in oneness.