Mahasamadhi Blessings

On this beautiful, and magnificent morning, I ponder the safe delivery of a friend and her baby boy, and continue to hold them in my prayers as they await tests...

I pray for a friend whose father is in the process of transitioning...

And for another awaiting surgery - and still another in the midst of a long convalescence. And this is just a mere sampling of those for whom I am praying. The needs are many...

But on this day, which is also the 60th anniversary of the Mahasamadhi of Paramahansa Yogananda, I am comforted in the knowledge that he intercedes for all of my friends in a very special way.

On this day, 60 years ago, Yogananda left his earthly form to be more present to all, from the Spiritual Realm. And so, I mark this beautiful occasion, by sharing some samples from his writings which seem very appropriate and speak to many experiences and situations I have been experiencing:

"Through meditation one can experience a stable, silent inner peace that can be a permanently soothing background for all harmonious or trialsome activities demanded by life's responsibilities. Lasting happiness lies in maintaining this evenly peaceful state of mind." - from Inner Peace: How to be Calmly Active and Actively Calm by Paramahansa Yogananda (Self-Realization Fellowship, Los Angeles, All rights reserved).

"The moon's reflection cannot be seen clearly in ruffled water, but when the water's surface is calm a perfect reflection of the moon appears. So with the mind: when it is calm you see clearly reflected the mooned face of the soul. As souls we are reflections of God. When by meditation techniques we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit, and realize that the soul and God are One." - from Where There is Light by Paramahansa Yogananda (Self-Realization Fellowship, All rights reserved).

"Through meditation I will stop the storm of breath, mental restlessness, and sensory disturbances raging over the lake of my mind. Through prayer and meditation I will harness my will and actiity to the right goal." - from Metaphysical Meditations by Paramahansa Yogananda (Self-Realization Fellowship, All rights reserved).

For more information on Yogananda and his writings, please visit:
www.yogananda-srf.org

Comments

Sivamjothi said…
When we were fetus in mother womb, we were small in size. We took food from mother. After we take birth we have food from mother earth.

We grow our body by eating food/fruits/vegetables. We convert food to our human body.
Cells/blood/tissues/bones/nerves are created by the food(air/water..) we take. Which means
we have a potential to convert food to human. If food was out side, Its impossible task.

We learn everything from others. After birth mother tells who is father/mother/relatives.. Parents
feeds many other information. Friends feed what they know from others. Teachers give many knowledge about this world.

What ever stored in us act as mind. Mind acts through our five senses. Our mind act based on the
information stored.
http://deathlesseducation.blogspot.in/2012/04/who-am-i-body-or-mind-or-soul.html

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