tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14890736040875177342024-03-21T19:35:47.095-07:00Has SRF Lost its Way? NO! NO! NO!This blog is about what Yogananda wanted for
His devotees and friends.
The SRF has served His ideals and teachings
very well since His Mahasamadhi.PYisLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028042000230720662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489073604087517734.post-62291819426983088552012-09-13T16:40:00.000-07:002015-12-04T13:01:45.408-08:00How Good is Yogananda's Kriya Yoga?With so many Kriya Yoga paths and teachers crowding the world<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6ATenVc2uoOhE0VrP-xaXm4JyI7H7VZh6yZ9LiwddtvTait8ifMFGZU5wG78lk92NpYj6uHeKvUBaEHKAIQ_fTe-iDDPZN1DbYBQVzuRhc2244VsPCCdsL1tP6iCvbZUmXRDDCOZt7gX/s1600/COVER_AUTOYOGI.GIF" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6ATenVc2uoOhE0VrP-xaXm4JyI7H7VZh6yZ9LiwddtvTait8ifMFGZU5wG78lk92NpYj6uHeKvUBaEHKAIQ_fTe-iDDPZN1DbYBQVzuRhc2244VsPCCdsL1tP6iCvbZUmXRDDCOZt7gX/s320/COVER_AUTOYOGI.GIF" width="191" /></a>yoga scene in the 21st century, it can be a little confusing for seekers who have been inspired by the promises and potential of this self-transformative science. Kriya Yoga enhances and fulfills every aspect of your personal and spiritual life.<br />
You can be sure that Self-Realization Fellowship teachings are the true version of Yogananda's final Legacy for the world, Accurate in all publishing with a very complete Lessons course on Kriya Yoga Meditation from the great masters of India in this lineage.<br />
He is the genuine Kriya Yoga Master! And more.<br />
Someone has called Yogananda's Kriya yoga a "modified kriya." Such comments are political and unfounded. Anyone can teach a variation of something that will make anything else appear "modified. "All the True value finally lies totally in the Results.<br />
Yogananda Himself states, "the very same Kriya Yoga that I was taught by my Guru swami Sri Yukteswar, this is the Kriya Yoga I have given you." So unless you were there - you don't know differently! And some nonsense about sitting positions is silly.<br />
Yogananda did actually make a minor change in how Kriya is<br />done as many outside of India were slightly misdirecting part of the process. This slight change was done only with permission from His predecessors.<br />
One extra thing Yogananda created was the Energization Exercises [EE] that should be done daily. This is an amazing isometric system will enhance your practice of SRF Kriya Yoga. The EE is based entirely upon Yoga principles, needs no equipment, not calesthetics, and can be done anywhere. This is a great contribution to the methods of pranayam by Yogananda.<br />
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Be assured that if you are attracted to the teachings through the wisdom and divine love of Paramahansa Yogananda, it all comes with His personal blessings via Self-Realization Fellowship/YSS. They are one and the same. You will never need to look any further and SRF lessons will take you as far as you wish to go. From my own personal experience of many years - everything is right here [with SRF/YSS], including this Living Masters constant unfailing guidance/blessings, His writings and talks, His lessons.<br />
The Home study Lessons come with personal ongoing counseling and initiations.<br />
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World Brotherhood Community - the Greatest one is YSS/Self-Realization Fellowship. This great world community consists of the the consciousness of all loyal attuned devotees who follow the master's teachings via SRF/YSS and stay in touch with His only organization in LA and India. By participating in Yogananda's SRF/YSS meditation centers and circles regularly your progress will be assured and greater. The great ones can help you more via this path which they initiated.<br />
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As Yogananda's Kriya yoga is taught by Self-Realization Fellowship contains all the necessary guidance, wisdom, inspiration and scientific Yoga techniques that you will ever need to reach the different levels of Samadhi and Self Realization (Salvation) /enlightenment/cosmic consciousness. Simply described often as contact with your inner and outer Reality - Brahman - God - Cosmic consciousness. Be sure to follow the lessons regularly and accurately. This path is for devotees mature enough to trust in His presence and light and love. You are never on your own!<br />
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Paramahansa Yogananda says in His Autobiography of a Yogi; <span style="line-height: 11pt;">"A
master bestows the divine experience of cosmic consciousness when his disciple,
by meditation, has strengthened his mind to a degree where the vast vistas
would not overwhelm him. The experience can never be given through one's mere
intellectual willingness or open- mindedness. Only adequate enlargement of
consciousness by yoga practice and devotional bhakti can prepare the mind to
absorb the liberating shock of omnipresence. <b><i>It comes with a natural
inevitability to the sincere devotee. His intense craving begins to pull at God
with an irresistible force. "</i></b>[the God referred to here is "That"
Reality.]</span><br />
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How can we know that this is true? Try doing it properly and see the Results!<br />
The life of Paramahansa Yogananda and His divine legacy<br />
are ample proof of the efficacy and perfection of this<br />
yoga science as He taught us. The many great saints produced<br />
in this mystical path are also an amazing scientific testimony to<br />
the effectiveness and promise of these teachings.<br />
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There are always a number of restless persons who,<br />
not having followed instructions properly [listening]eventually<br />
do not get the promised results, and are swayed by the<br />
vain promises of certain other teachers to go elsewhere.<br />
The case of the workman finding fault with his tools!<br />
Then over time and personal growth as we age and learn,<br />
that person will try something else and claim, now I<br />
am getting more results. Actually, they were getting results<br />
from their residual effects of the past efforts made when<br />
they were SRF devotees. And are now starting a new point.<br />
After time goes by, they would see greater results from<br />
taking up their SRF sadhana again.<br />
Buddha was not a Buddhist - Buddha was a Yogi!<br />
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It is fairly well established at the time of writing of this<br />
essay that Lahiri Mahasaya, who began introducing<br />
the science of Kriya Yoga into India in the mid 19th<br />
century did not teach it the same way to every single<br />
devotee. He was a living Christ, who could see<br />
each individuals personal needs and taught them accordingly.<br />
So, beware of claims persons who say they have the "original"<br />
Kriya Yoga - it is just a marketing gimmick to attract you.<br />
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But, you know, from what I have found out so far, there are<br />
a number of "gurus" who are touting their knowledge and<br />
brand of Kriya Yoga. Some persons have interviewed them<br />
and found that what we call Kriya Yoga in SRF/YSS and this<br />
lineage of Babaji is not fully known to them at all. So even though<br />
they may impress you and let you be a teacher right away, even<br />
though you can get the kriya instructions right away, even though<br />
they may make so many grand claims about being original etc,<br />
be assured - you don't always know what you are getting.<br />
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It is said by some that Lahiri Mahasaya also simplified <br />
the teaching of this science to make it more adaptable to <br />
a wider range of devotees, both swamis and householders.<br />
This tradition was carried on by other Masters<br />
down the succession line such as Swami Sri Yukteswar<br />
and his chief disciple Paramahansa Yogananda.<br />
Yogananda said that "the very same kriya yoga that<br />
my Guru taught to me I have passed on to you."<br />
Paramahansa Yogananda was especially chosen<br />
and trained to disseminate His great spiritual<br />
legacy based upon Kriya Yoga meditation to the world.<br />
As a natural born teacher and a fully advanced Yoga master<br />
He was [as history now attests] well suited to this task.<br />
The only organization and representatives<br />
He established to succeed Him are the<br />
Self-Realization Fellowship/YSS, and the<br />
duly elected president of His society.<br />
There are no approved or recognized Gurus<br />
succeeding Him anywhere. Any claims to the contrary<br />
are false and opportunistic. Yogananda said that <br />
only SRF ministers would be approved annually<br />
to teach and initiate others into Kriya Yoga .<br />
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So, even though there are many others who<br />
for various reasons, will attempt to claim<br />
that they can give you the "real original<br />
kriya yoga". I assure you that they probably<br />
have no such knowledge. This is one of<br />
various claims lesser teachers will use to<br />
attract followers. In the field of religion<br />
there are a lot charlatans who want<br />
wealth and celebrity status for themselves.<br />
There are also some who are trying to work out their<br />
narcissistic traumas by controlling the lives of others- they are no Gurus.<br />
Seeker beware - "you will know them by their fruits."<br />
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As previously shown above, Lahiri Mahasaya<br />
set the precedent for some creative individual<br />
approaches for teaching kriya yoga [only for the<br />
truly most advanced Gurus]. Yoganandaji<br />
also did some minor rearrangements but teaches<br />
all the important elements of Kriya Yoga science<br />
exactly as it was handed down to Him from SY,<br />
and now in the Self-Realization Lessons course.<br />
You will need nothing else, as He also left a very<br />
advanced teaching of all the major yoga methods.<br />
He fully tested these teachings with his many<br />
devotees, some of whom became great advanced<br />
saints and are the proof that SRF Kriya works.<br />
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Because Yogananda reached cosmic consciousness long ago He is classified as a living guru, and even out of the body has been helping His loyal and faithful devotees ever since His passing, known as The Great Mahasamadhi.<br />
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He has left us this promise below, to which I<br />
Personally testify is absolutely true in my own life, and from what I understand, also in the attuned lives of millions of other SRF members and friends of Yogananda.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #93c9e3; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: #99ffd5;">"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."</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444;"> Paramahansa Yogananda, quoted in the SRF calender, August, 1993.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><i>Be sure to read the"Autobiography of a Yogi" with the orange cover. Now on Amazon Kindle at $1.99 only , look for the right publisher and get the most accurate up to date editions of Yogananda's works from "Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers, LA USA. All other editions are the ones Yogananda Himself considered flawed and other publishers selling these 1946 editions have little regard for the master wishes - He said, "I leave all my intellectual property to be controlled and published by Self-Realization fellowship only." </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><i>It has now been edited just the way the master wanted it! The 1946 edition is also on kindle and is out of date, Yogananda himself began making many changes until his demise. I trust the wisdom and loyalty of those SRF editors Master left in charge of this job. The orange covered SRF editions are the best. In them you will experience the Real living presence of Paramahansa Yogananda. Don't go for the 2nd rate 1946 editions the Master wanted changed! Don't begin your spiritual quest buying what may be bootlegged editions of the great spiritual classic.</i></span><br />
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PYisLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028042000230720662noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489073604087517734.post-30364837912551321822012-04-11T21:47:00.000-07:002015-06-18T09:25:09.583-07:00Yogananda on Loyalty to SRF/YSS <br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>NO, SRF has not lost it's way!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><b>SRF is teaching Yogananda's legacy and carrying out His Divine world vision, just as He wished, and has faithfully continued his ideals with wise, courageous, and compassionate leadership..fp</b></i></span><br />
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<b><i>'Self-Realization teachings reveal the highway of God-Realization whereon all bypaths of spiritual beliefs meet. A divine link of great masters-- Christ, Bhagavan Krishna, Babaji, Lahairi Mahasaya, and Sri Yukteswar -- is behind SRF. And God Realization is behind it, for <span style="color: blue;">Self-Realization Fellowship</span> brings to the world the light of a special dispensation.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>Loyalty is the greatest law of the spiritual path. <br />
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<b><i>In this respect I am quite orthodox. It is true that in God all saints are one; but when a particular Guru comes on earth to help other souls, those whom he helps should be loyal to the one whom God has sent to them. So from the platform I talk chiefly about my line of masters. A Self-Realizationist should be completely loyal to God, Christ, and the Masters of Self-Realization Fellowship.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The pattern for this work was laid out in 1894 -- one year before the passing of Lahiri Mahasaya. Our prime purpose in SRF churches and centers is to bring together souls who really love God, and to seek him through practical , scientific methods of meditation. <br />
We respect all paths; but we emphasize the value of Self-Realization Fellowship teachings as the path of self-unfoldment or Self-Realization."</i></b><br />
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<b><i>headquarters by taking the priceless lessons sent out every week.</i></b></div>
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<b><i> These studies will enable you to find the secret door of your soul</i></b></div>
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<b><i>-- through which you can sense the presence of the</i></b></div>
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<b><i> Self-Realization Fellowship Gurus,and Christ and Krishna waiting</i></b></div>
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<b><i>to introduce you to the infinite."</i></b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>The Great Search by Paramahansa Yogananda.</b></span><br />
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<b><i>"One who has even a faint desire to know God </i></b><b><i>finds that</i></b><b><i><br /> spiritual books and teachers are mysteriously brought to his attention.</i></b><br />
<b><i> But when the devotional flame in an aspirants heart is fully aroused,</i></b><br />
<b><i>the heavenly Father arranges to draw that soul to <br />His Kingdom through a Guru-Preceptor who perceives him.</i></b><br />
<b><i>The blind cannot lead the blind.</i></b><br />
<b><i>Only a true Guru can lead seeking devotees.</i></b><br />
<b><i>A Guru is one who so loves God that, oblivious of the self, <br />He desires only </i></b><b><i>to establish God-consciousness </i></b><b><i>in true disciples</i></b><br />
<b><i>who are sent to him by the Heavenly Father.</i></b><br />
<b><i>This is not an age in which earnest seekers will find <br />satisfaction merely by listening to spiritual sermons.</i></b><br />
<b><i>They must learn through a scientific method such as Kriya Yoga, <br />which has been given to the world through the link of SRF/YSS Guru - Preceptors.</i></b><br />
<b><i>To establish God -consciousness in the souls of men is </i></b><b><i>my great interest.</i></b><br />
<b><i>I see that everything else us futile.</i></b><br />
<i><b>The one purpose of Self-Realization Fellowship <br />is to teach the individual man the way to personal communion with God.</b></i><br />
<b><i>Those who make the effort will not miss Him."</i></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><i><u><b>The Living Guru's Promise</b></u></i></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: #93c9e3; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: #99ffd5;">"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."</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></b><br />
<span style="background-color: #93c9e3; color: #1f76c5; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><br /><span style="background-color: #99ffd5;"><b><i>Paramahansa Yogananda, quoted in the SRF calender, August, 1993.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1f76c5; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><b><i><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;">Yogananda suffered some great betrayals;</span></i></b></span><br />
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PYisLovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00028042000230720662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1489073604087517734.post-45280801834112024252011-06-01T10:36:00.000-07:002016-09-20T03:13:06.258-07:00A Brief History of Paramahansa Yoganandas work in America<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>The youthful Yogi came to the West in September of 1920</i></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i> at the </i></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>invitation of the Unitarian Fellowship to speak at the "World </i></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Congress of Religious Liberals."</i></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Upon completion of this initial engagement He remained </i></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>in </i></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Boston for about four years to teach and learn </i></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>about the ways </i></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>of American life, culture and language </i></span></b>.<br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A few years later He was inspired to settle in California where<br /> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">He established His </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>one and only unique society -</b></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: blue;"><b>YSS/</b></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Self Realization Fellowship</span></b> <span style="color: blue;">on Mt Washington near LA.</span></span></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To this organization He gave total possession and copyright and editing rights over </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">all of his writings, publications & the succession of teaching and ministerial </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">authority for the continuation of this great cause which was eventually spread </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">world wide by wise and competent successor presidents</span>.</span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>No! - SRF has not lost its way. Under continuing great <br />
leadership </b></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>SRF is a thriving and trustworthy path to self-realization....</b></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Let me share with you my experiences with Yogananda and the Self-Realization Fellowship while it was under Daya Matas leadership. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was raised in a loving family in the RC church. In my teens I was encouraged by a friend to study the new Testament. I began this study shortly after a neighbor/friend had gone of to another city to a seminary to become a priest. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After several months of dedicated study and research it became evident to me that my interpretation of the scriptures was very different than what I had been taught. How I broke free of all the old programming is another story. But it was when I later found the holy Bhagavad Gita of Hinduism that I saw it was the exact same teaching as JC gave in TNT [according to my personal interpretations. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This reminds me of a similar experience relating to Ralph Waldo Emerson and Thoreau with the Boston Brahmans a couple of hundred years ago. That was the birth of the "New Thought movements and churches Unity and Religious Science."</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This discovery led me to do a greater study of comparative religion for several years after which I took a good rest of one year.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It was then that Paramahansa Yogananda [long ago deceased] introduced Himself to me via one of His books. After which I soon read His autobiography of a Yogi - what inspiration and wisdom He poured into my soul and heart! [The orange covered edition is best, and the most accurate. This may be a good time to tell you that Self-Realization Fellowship has never lost its way. It is definitely on track and Yogananda is proud of the work of Daya Mata and others. He left instructions with His monastics to produce it as it is now. The original is quaint but not as accurate, and clearly out of date when one becomes knowledgeable of Yogananda's greater vision for His divine work.]</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At this time I was not in any way seeking a teacher or a Guru. But when touching that book I felt the immediate connection between us after just a few pages. I sent away for SRF Lessons course and knew from that time till now that this was my true path, with a master/teacher/savior I never imagined existed. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Although a lot of amazing details</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> are left out, the passing years have proved it more and more evident that Yogananda is truly one who has made a gigantic contribution to restoring the original teachings of Jesus, and the SRF lessons and publications still help me learn and grow towards greater self-transformation, freedom, and intuitive faith. Yogananda also wrote a very enlightening commentary on the Bhagavad Gita [the spoken words of Lord Krishna.] And the New Testament gospels.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As time goes by I see the Kriya Yoga works just as He claimed, and there has been good and loving personal guidance from the SRF/YSS to all devotees who need it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I met the late president Daya Mata on a few occasions, one of which was a long meeting and during which my consciousness beautifully changed while in her presence, she was a truly great saint of the higher awareness and divine love. It took me decades of meditation and learning and living wisely to reach that same consciousness that I experienced in Her pure spiritual presence.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I highly recommend the thought inspiring and self-transformative teachings of Yogananda to anyone who wants to enrich their life.</span><br />
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>MORE TO FOLLOW.....<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Paramahansa Yogananda dropped his body form on March 7 1952.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Before His unique departure however, He was able to complete </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">much of the great work he was sent here to do.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">With great insight and attunement the the Master managed to leave </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">all the manuscripts necessary for the publication of His various </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">teachings via commentaries on three major spiritual traditions.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He left the care of his work in the hands of loyal and competent</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">staff who have continued in the way He taught and maintained the </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">fidelity and intent of His ideals, vision, and teachings. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This was done by following the instructions and guidelines He gave </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to his editors in chief and other assistants to His work at SRF.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It is unfortunate that some persons who left the organization </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">did not have that same loyalty, attunement, and understanding</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">of His full teachings and vision for this great work, and have gone in directions that tend to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">distort the teachings and wishes of the Master. They have made vain claims </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">of lineage succession and have created very different ideas </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">about the spiritual life and teachings that the Master would never have condoned. And in order to grow their own organizations they are attacking the masters SRF/YSS org on the internet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>Who is qualified to teach/initiate others into the great technique of Kriya Yoga?</i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>In some ways Yogis are an easy going group, not restricting others with too many rules and limits. Their main emphasis is in the direction of freeing the earthbound spirits of devotees. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> In the early days the great Guru/Prophet/world teacher Paramahansa Yogananda on a few </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">occasions gave promising devotees in rare instances permission to teach/initiate new</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">devotees into the liberating method of Kriya Yoga.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><i>"That was then - this is now." Things change for good!</i></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After some time, seeing how great the demand for this method is and the great numbers of devotees involved, the Master made this statement in the SRF student lessons[K-7 1938];</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b style="line-height: 20px;">"Do not discuss, or divulge, any technique without first consulting with SRF headquarters, which reserves the sole right to give Kriya instruction, or to appoint a qualified SRF member to give such instruction. If you know of someone who you should have the benefit of certain SRF techniques, encourage him to become an SRF student, that he may receive the full benefits of study. If some difficulty stands in the way of his becoming a member, advise him to write directly to Self-Realization Fellowship [ or call], explaining his situation and affirming his sincere desire to receive instruction in specific SRF techniques."</b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><u> SRF Praeceptum Lessons, 1938 copyright, K-7, pg. 3.</u></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"> Or perhaps we should follow the counsel Kriyananda gave while he was working in the SRF center department:</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"> "It is our policy to permit only ordained ministers to give the Kriya Yoga initiation. Master said that after his passing he wanted only ---SRF renunciates to be ordained as ministers, and at that only after a minimum of seven years in one of our colonies[ashrams]..."</span></b></i></span><b style="line-height: 20px;"><br />
</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><b><i> signed -Donald Walters, 1957</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This more effective and complete policy was reflected in </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">changes to the Autobiography of a Yogi in the chapter on</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kriya Yoga, following the wishes of Yogananda[re editor in chief].</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Why would such a policy be necessary?</i></b></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>There is the problem of keeping the teachings and methods pure</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>so that devotees will gain the maximum benefit from their practices. </i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>In society there is the constant problem that false or unqualified teachers </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><i>will make changes/errors in the teaching of Kriya Yoga and other </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><i>techniques that will lead to eventual deterioration of these methods </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large; line-height: 20px;"><i>and cause them to be less effective.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>Also, there are ethical factors that cause one to be a more </i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>qualified teachers. If ones life is not up to such standards it </i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>will give a false and discouraging impression about the </i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>teachers and standards of Kriya Yoga and the work of the </i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>great ones. It would also play into the hands of some groups</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>who can't stand the wisdom of the east as they are under the </i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>false impression that they alone have all truth.</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>However - Self-Realization Fellowship does offer FREE </i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>basic meditation instructions on its main web site;</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i><b>www.yogananda-srf.org</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i> And for those wishing to take the SRF Lessons course</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>there is personal counseling available over the phone,</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>and in person as monastics frequently visit major cities</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>around the world.</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; line-height: 20px;"><i><b>Self-realization Fellowship - Yogananda's gift to humanity's spiritual evolution.</b></i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; line-height: 20px;"><i> </i>There was a time when the young yogi only wanted to live a secluded life meditating in the Himalayas. He changed his mind and began schools for children. Near the very spot where He meditated at his school there was a young Litchi tree, for some reason that tree [now about 90 years old and very healthy] was genetically transformed to produce (a) fruit in the off season,(b) double the fruit of your normal litchi tree, (c) with larger leaf clusters than normal. That tree is now scientifically known as the Yogananda ....................tree.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="line-height: 19.987503051757813px;">Also at this same school near Ranchi India, Yogannda's younger brother, who was in an almost dying state of health was allowed by his father to remain at the school - where He not only recovered by also became one of the world' s top Hatha yoga teachers and physical culturist in the early 20th century.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="line-height: 19.987503051757813px;">His name was Bishnu Ghosh and through Yoga he restored the health of Bikram Chowdury - they left a legacy of 500 (hot yoga) unique Hatha Yoga Studios around the world.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="line-height: 19.987503051757813px;">The examples of Paramahansa Yogananda's blessings in the lives of millions of persons are so many.<br />This is only partially why He was chosen out of many great Yogi saints of India to help the life and soul saving wisdom of the East to enrich the world outside of India when a new divine inspiration was most needed in this troubled world of Maya.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i> You are welcome to read a lot more about these matters at </i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PYislove">Yoganandas Legacy page on Facebook</a></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><i><u>My experiences with Self-Realization Fellowship;Part 1.</u></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">My great experiences with Self-Realization Fellowship/YSS. <br />No one
can make a serious comparison with all other systems and SRF Kriya Yoga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">That is why Paramahansa Yogananda says; "when you find your path stick with it and give it a good try."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">But I can say that after more than 50 years working with this
Kriya Yoga system via SRF/YSS, the promised results did come, and they are no
less than awesome. I really like for the most, part what the SRF Matas have
done for this cause. There are not many organizations of this balanced loving quality in this world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">As for those of you who didn't get the results you were
seeking, who knows why? I've found a lot of persons don't read carefully
enough, and are actually shocked when I share with them "did you read this
part?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">This is one of those complex parts of our human/spiritual
existence. Trying to know what is ones true path. Perhaps system A was more suitable to your particular needs/makeup
at some time in your life than system B. Things are so designed that it is
almost impossible to compare different paths A & B in living practice. It
only seems a little easier when we attempt this intellectually.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">In order to actually do so one would, say, after trying path
A for 10 years, actually go back to the person he/she was and start all over
again testing path B for 10 years while keeping meticulous records of research
and any other effects of ones lifestyle changes during those 10 years[ which
would never duplicate themselves.] So it is almost impossible to do a true
comparison. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">And if you add to this the great and common possibility that
so many do not even follow instructions very accurately, and so of course did not get the best of
results, even the attempt to test and compare different paths is extremely
difficult and misaligned. We just aren't that smart –<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">It is like trying to hit a moving, disappearing, and
reappearing target while using a mirror while you are riding a motorcycle on a
bumpy dirt road. Try it sometime!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Then there is the experience of the Buddha, who they say
tried so many things and decided to chuck it all and sit under the tree. But
the fact is, it was all that other stuff he did for so many years that brought
him to the point where he was capable of making that supreme final effort in
whatever way he did. Buddha is still a yogi. There is no perfect system for
all. But this world is so full of many rich and valuable paths that will take
us to Self-Realization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The biggest problem I have had with Self-Realization
Fellowship was when it was time to apply for the Kriya Yoga lessons, [which are
not charged for at all]. Those lessons are free!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Because I had a serious aversion to organizations, there
was a hesitation for a short while. So I asked myself – what has been my
experience with this divine SRF/YSS path so far? And what have been the results? And
just who is the Master?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">After some thought on these matters, I decided that Yogananda
was still the Guru {he was after 1952 my “living Guru” who was teaching me and
guiding me for about 6 years before I knew His name] a long story! And I was
still a beginner devotee, so let’s keep learning and growing. So I wrote back
and took that wonderful pledge to join SRF/YSS, and gained so so much good from that decision. It
does take some time to understand the great benefits of working in the Guru
–Disciple tradition. From the very first it creates the greatest freedom and
self-transformative creative personal growth that is unmatched. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Well, it took me many more years to understand why it was so
important for Him to create this organization. And He set it up to last for many future
millenniums. It seems a strange paradox that obedience to a guru is the path to
total freedom. Yet in a very important way that idea is connected to
"before you can lead you should learn to follow."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">SRF will keep growing even after all the original direct
disciples have passed on. SRF is a lot more than Kriya Yoga, & devotion [as
wonderful as they are]. Yogananda taught us every method to attain that highest
samadhi, japa yoga, mantra Yoga, karma yoga, kundalini in Kriya Yoga, gnani
yoga, & how the true guru is God and is within, etc . <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Many great souls are the product of this great path. Don’t
get caught up in the false advertising about all those other systems which may
or may not be better for your growth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">It will be a couple of thousand years before someone comes
along with a system that is more complete of advanced than what Yogananda has
left us. “It may not be for everyone, but it sure worked for me,” said Sri Daya
Mata, past president of SRF/YSS. I echo her sentiments! We’re all here learning
and growing and what a great adventure! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">And meeting Daya Mata was a great consciousness changing
darshan, and I said to myself –this is truly worth striving for no matter how
long it takes. Great results do come from the SRF/YSS teachings and I found
that there was nowhere else I had to go to grow!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The greatest bonus is that Paramahansa Yogananda still lives
and works with his devotees, as thousands of persons have testified. As I
myself have constantly experienced. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">One important thing is that when one progresses in ones
chosen path – the mind becomes less and less susceptible to false
rationalizations. And one definitely becomes more able to see the difference
between what is and is not. May begins to lose it hold on the mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The best we can hope for in this life is to be guided to find
that path that will help us change the most during any time and place on this
great journey from lifetime to lifetime until we are off the treadmill of the
relative world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Peace
and wisdom to all in the name of all the Great Ones.</span><br />
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