We are living in a time when all certainties, one by one, are crumbling. Everything that was built during the dark age of Kali Yuga at all levels is now somehow dissolving, while coming in contact with the higher frequency of Dwapara Yuga that we fully entered in 1899. Kali Yuga used to believe only in matter. The concept of … Read More
Gratitude
When we consciously show gratitude we open up to the flow of God’s abundant grace. We are touched and transformed on all levels of our being; spiritual, energetic and material. Our consciousness, our hearts and souls are all expanded, we feel more inspiration and all aspects of life are affected―our relationships, spiritual practices, work and service, finances and money, health … Read More
The Eight Meannesses of the Heart: How to Overcome Them – Part 8
Years ago I was involved in the founding of an Ananda center in Rome. Although I scarcely had any prior experience with starting a facility like that, my enthusiasm was intense and sincere. It was not always kept under control though. Yogananda encourages us to interiorize our spiritual enthusiasm so that we might apply it judiciously. Properly used and placed, … Read More
Whisper and Art: I Will Wait for Thee
I Will Wait for Thee In the corner of my heart I have a mystic throne for Thee. The candles of my joys are dimly lighted in the hope of Thy coming. They will burn brighter when Thou appearest. Whether Thou comest or not, I will wait for Thee until my tears melt away all material grossness. To please Thee … Read More
How to Overcome Karma-mess with Calmness
Remain ever calm within. Be even-minded. When working, be calmly active. Someday, you will know yourself to be subject no longer to the tides of Destiny. Your strength will come from within; you will not depend on outer incentives of any kind for motivation. – Paramhansa Yogananda Have you ever been on a ship, traveling during a storm, with the … Read More
Whisper and Art: I Want to Build a Rainbow-Bridge of Self-Realization
???? ???????????????? ???????? ???????????????????? ???? ????????????????????????????-???????????????????????? ???????? ????????????????-???????????????????????????????????????????? The gulf of ages lay between Thee and me, widening as the waters of my oblivion of Thee grew through centuries. I stand on this rocky shore of matter, gazing out over the gulf, hoping to see, beyond, Thy smooth shores of peace. My inner thought‐architects will build for me a bridge … Read More
Live without Fear
Human beings, having wandered away from the Source of love, God, and having identified with a vulnerable physical body, forgot their essential immortal and indestructible nature, and began believing in the reality of death and, as a result, they developed fear. There are times, however, when fear is necessary. For example, it is wise to be afraid of tigers in … Read More
How to Make your Life Creative?
When they asked me to write something on the subject of creativity, I immediately exclaimed, “Oh no, what could I say about that”. It’s difficult to explain a thing that I have always lived with since it is, for me, absolutely normal to be creative. Sadly I often hear it said, “But I’m not creative”. It’s a mistake to say … Read More
Being Messengers of Peace
Dear friends, we live in a time when each of us, regardless of our personal ideas and opinions, should be a messenger of peace. When unconscious people have thoughts of anger, and even hatred, they “don’t know what (they) are doing”. Every thought we have has an influence not only on our personal magnetism and karma, but also on our … Read More
Vitalize the Body With Life-Force
DRAW ON LIMITLESS COSMIC ENERGY Right beneath the flesh is a tremendous current. By the pickaxes of Self-realization, I have found that Life Force again. I and my Father are One. I am not the flesh. I am a bundle of electricity behind this body. Cosmic Energy is within and around you, recharging the body at all times with vitality. … Read More
The Eight Meannesses of the Heart: How to Overcome Them – Part 7
When I was in my late teens I made an unpleasant discovery: I had a fear of banks. In itself this needn’t have been a problem. But my friends and I were travelling in foreign countries, and the special checks that I was carrying needed my signature within a bank in order to be cashed. Those blurred lines that my … Read More
The Fiction of the Body; the Reality of the Soul
Since the 1990s, when the Human Genome Project (a collaboration among international scientists striving to sequence and map all of the genes of our species) was in full swing, the search for immortality has been gaining more acceptance among technologists working on a scheme to finally cheat death. One such method is called cryonics, which preserves the body after death … Read More