If you experience stage fright or if you are shy, quite your mind and know that within yourself is all the power you need to persuade or convince your audience. Performers or actors that have extraordinary abilities have a kind of throat-chocking fear before entering the stage. Fear prevents you from acting naturally as it ..
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The Master was giving a Satsang. For those of you in `Rio Linda` a Satsang by definition means listening to spiritual discourses from learned and holy people. This is Satsang. The Master was chuckling as he gave an analogy. “In old India donkeys are used for carrying laundry. In seeing a puddle of mud the ..
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Are You Prepared for a RED ALERT? Executive Summary: Prepare for a comms down/blackout environment. Obtain CB and HAM radios, fuel, food, etc Meet face to face and sort out grid down comms and who will be Home Guard and part of a “Family Safe” program to stay back and protect families, while also determining ..
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But first you need to know what is American Exceptionalism. We want everybody to love this country. We want everybody to understand how special and blessed it is. It’s not because we are better people, for those in Rio Linda that’s not what American exceptionalism is. American exceptionalism is not that we are better people, ..
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If you are reluctant to get the Covid vaccine, there is a new cure that is now being issued by the front line doctors (Ivermectin). A simple inexpensive pill that is available at all pharmacies. You can use it as a prophylactic or a cure if you get covid. While the world is on a ..
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Sri Daya Mata’s favorite picture was Paramahansa Yogananda in “The Temple of Leaves.” This picture was hanging in the hallway on Yogananda’s bedroom wall since the early 1980’s in Mother Center in Calif. and was the cover of a Special Edition in the SRF Magazine. Size 8X10 Great photo for your alter. Also a poster ..
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All motions of consciousness are on the screen of the mind. Without the graft of ego consciousness on this screen the entire army of worldly temptations would vanish like a quickly forgotten dream, then no temptation could keep you tied to the body. Today the real battle, the great enemy you find facing your soul ..
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Dedicated to Mount Washington Educational Centerby Swami Yogananda The summer-East And the wintry West They say– but Mount Washington. Paramahansaji laying flowers on George Washington’s grave, early 1920’s. Named rightly after that pioneer Of Freedom’s great career Thou does stand, the snow less guardian Himalaya of the angel land of perpetual green regalia. Nippon’s camphor ..
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There is no salvation possible without the kundalini awakening. What does that mean? For those of you in Rio Linda it is the reversing or lifting up of the spiral current and in this case, the coiled life-force in the spine. The lesson students have been warned to do things in moderation given the greatest ..
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On this planet the good the bad and the ugly are all here together and you are stuck here with the barbarians and the savages but when you leave this world your vibration will be your passport to the hereafter into the astral plane. To enter the higher realms of the astral worlds your vibration ..
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When karmic disease is imposed upon some from previous incarnations, such as cancer, those who have dragged their feet long enough away from spiritual laws, finally, as a karmic accelerator cancer comes into their life so that they can destroy a karmic bill of many incarnations to come in one single lifetime; therefore, even cancer ..
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Are you happy with the way you look? Do you think for one minute that your physical looks and body was designed by God alone? No my friend, you have contributed much work on it. With wrong thoughts and actions you will see faces that reflect much cruelty and bad actions. You see your appearance ..
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* * * * * This is the fate of those who refuse to take command of their lives which are governed solely by the laws of cosmic causation. The karmic laws are the hidden players in the game of life. When you have lost your independence you cannot say yes or no to the ..
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Back then…Dear Durga, I know not when I have been pleased with anyone next to Saint Lynn. Among my men disciples Mr. Lynn has the first seat in Heaven and in my heart and among my lady disciples you will have the first seat with Sister in heaven and in my consciousness. Your behavior and ..
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The Master gave Rajasi a bangle on Christmas of 1937 as a physical, mental, and spiritual protection. The bangle came off easily and he was afraid it would drop into the ocean and get lost. Therefore, he took it off, not knowing the danger it subjected him to. I told Master of this, and he ..
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Be wary in the study of spiritual writings and the self-confidence of your intellect. Why does the spiritual master “say” ordinary people are ill-equipped in their receiving to comprehend the truth of deeper wisdom?” Here is a perfect example of what could happen if there is an error in editing or the writers slip of ..
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Do you declare to yourself: I am a Hindu, I am an American, I am a Muslimm, I am African American? If you do racial prejudice restricts you. That is the same as wearing a badge stating what you are. What if you as a Frenchman hate the Hindus, Moslems or the Pakistanis? With the ..
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In her own words to a devotee when Dreaming or meditating… November 1984
Incredible document to be read carefully!
Paramhansa Yogananda’s Techniques What You Don’t Know About Healing Updated. Sit erect. Gently tense and relax the whole body. Calm yourself. Touch the medulla once, in order to make it easier for you to concentrate on it. Then visualize Cosmic Energy surrounding and entering the body through the medulla and at the point between the ..
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Acquiring Money Through Luck….Here are never revealed secrets for success. Many people think all they need to make money is to be smart, wrong. While the majority of wealthy people are smart, a combination of other factors comes into play. If you take several thousand money-oriented men, one unswervingly pursues wealth! Out of these unwavering ..
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Subject this morning is “Outwitting Satan.” Dr. M.W. Lewis San Diego, 7-3-55 Master: “A time will come when it will seem, that Satan will take over, but God can’t be mocked. He will have the last word!!!.” We should get in a defiant mood now! Satan, without question, is an organized force – great force ..
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While our souls are still closeted in a powerless body in the womb, memories of the past cause the baby to move around with activity; it incessantly tries to get out remembering breath and not being able to breathe. The baby struggles to free itself from the prison in the womb of the mother’s body. ..
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Do you want death to surprise you? No, I don’t mean to frighten you; down the road life will take care of that. This is just a humble warning to save yourself much pain and disappointment. You will be astonished as how happy the rest of your life could be without the attendant demands of ..
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The following: 1.The Mystery of Life and Death 2. Death Is A Reward 3. The Infinite Is Ever New 4. The Caged Bird of The Mind 5.The Actual Phenomena of Death 6. and more…..
There is a message to all of you who are middle age and to those of you younger to heed this message as a clear forewarning. The second part of your life is the most important part of your life. Because you shall be reborn in your next incarnation with the state of consciousness you ..
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There’s a lot of circumstances in Webster’s life that support linking him to Guruji. In one of the published talks, Guruji says he incarnated and was a lawyer before he incarnated as Yogananda. Picking through the noble minded lawyers in the past few hundred years comes down to a very few. William Penn and of ..
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Just Released Bio of Dr. Lewis Paramahansa Yogananda and Dr. Lewis at Lookout Point Dr. Lewis – Accomplished Yogi, Devoted Disciple and Householder Dr. Lewis was a very close disciple and friend to the great guru Paramahansa Yogananda. From the day Doctor met Master in Boston on Christmas Eve, 1920 (when he became the first ..
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The Karmic Consequences When is a human being a human being? It happens at conception and the complete design of the baby happens within four days in the embryo. Now it is necessary to understand when an abortion takes place, the mother is interfering with the progress or spiritual evolution of that soul. By killing ..
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Dear Saints and Leaders, On the night of May 30th, while praying and pacing over the United States in my home around 2 am, a demonic entity appeared right before me in an open vision. This type of encounter has only ever happened one other time while I was ministering in a foreign country in ..
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“Hope is the eternal light on the dark pathway along which the soul must travel through incarnations in order to reach God. Never extinguish hope, as you would then have to wait miserably in darkness on the pathway until you chose to rekindle your searchlight of hope and started again on your journey toward God.” He ..
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Minister of SRF for many years and Vice President from 1946 until his passing in 1060. These talks courtesy of Brenda Lewis Rosser. Daughter and worked for Master at Mother Center and she was called Brendoo when she was little. Master lived with them for 3 yrs at which time she was 2, 3, 4 ..
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Was Paramahansa Yogananda A Liberal….Who Knew? There are those RARE devotees who surrenders and makes Master’s life choices their life choices in all things including political party. These days, many devotees claim loyalty to Master but reject any notion of changing to conservative voting. Being a conservative is to join the party of Yama and ..
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This video was produced independent of SRF or any organization. It was originally produced for a local centennial celebration that has been canceled. We thought it would be helpful to make it available now. It’s purpose is to celebrate the effort our loving Guru made for us all. https://vimeo.com/403166100/092a872a17
BROTHER BHAKTANANDA Listen: Who Made God, Why Saints Come, How To Deepen Your Medition, Power of Thought, Karma, Meditation Perception of God, Reinincarnation and more. He entered the ashrams of Paramahansa Yogananda in 1939; for sixty-six years he was known for his exemplary life of simplicity and his devotion and dedicated service to Guru and ..
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A Forerunner of The New Race By Tara Mata- (An actual experience in her life) and 1933 Predictions THOSE who have read Doctor Bucke’s Cosmic Consciousness and Edward Carpenter’s Towards Democracy know that these authors believe that Cosmic Consciousness is a natural faculty of man, and that a future race of men on this earth ..
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When the two currents come together at the point between the eyebrows they become one. When you meditate do you see any light? Most of us see only darkness, complete darkness, that’s the Kali Yuga state. What does that mean? We all have cosmic light ever present at the point between the eyebrows. You want ..
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We must all go through testing by cosmic delusion in order to acquire good judgment which enables man to differentiate good from evil and equally possess the will power to surmount all trials and tests to finally become liberated from Cosmic Maya or Satan’s cat and mouse game of temptation. You will find that when ..
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Any drastic or sudden bad actions you are witnessing now of any coalition in America or in the politics of the world should not alarm the people in the United States too greatly nor incite in them unwarranted anxiety or fear for the security of their hard-won freedom and their countries safety. From judging the ..
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The low information spiritually illiterate may find this depressing. You may classify yourself. Couples under the hallucinogenic influence of emotion and passion make the impossible promises of eternal love. When they leave their bodies the sun shines over their bones in their graves along with the eternal promises they made to each other. Human love ..
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Desires are momentarily pleasing to the senses or the body. A worldly man foolishly tries to please himself with the pleasures of the body and that is all in vain. Those people die of broken hearts having vainly tried for lasting happiness from worldly material treasures. The happiness promised from mortal desires gives sorrow instead.Desires ..
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There are four stages of life that begins at conception. The first stage is the very second the spermatozoon of the father fuses with the ovum of the mother. The second is a large flash of light in the astral plane. The third stage is where the soul enters into that vehicle of light and ..
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Astrologers take notice. There are several ways of divining the future with variable dependability. You may foretell a person’s future by astrology, by observing his character, the tarot, palm readings or by retracing his past lives. Individuals with ordinary insight may only partly foretell the actions of a person by using the inferential and observational ..
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Some are destined to live in times of social upheaval, unemployment, terrorism or war, victims of a painful destiny unable to find peace in the past or comfort in the current time. These are the spiritual orphans of the world. There are those who know there is more to the meaning of life than peace ..
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Too many people misinterpret the real meaning of karma. How does karma really work? The effects of good or bad actions in our present incarnation remain in our sub consciousness, and all the effects brought over from past incarnations lie in wait in our super consciousness, like seeds, ready to germinate in a karmically defined ..
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This is the message from Turiyananda. There are various states of consciousness acquired during your life on earth which will be your passport to where you will be going to be located in the astral world; that is the sum total of everything you have done, has made you vibrate in a certain way, and ..
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An attractive woman is sitting alone having a cup of coffee. A man with a kind face walks by and in noticing her thinks to himself, “She is probably waiting for her son or daughter.” The sociable type of person walks by and thinks, “She is probably waiting for her friend.” As the sensual man ..
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When one is really alive one is conscious of his true self, he is really living. Otherwise the body is a tomb that encases the soul and buried as if dead awaiting resurrection. The great masters and yogis are souls walking with a body (aware of their divine nature) and we are bodies walking with ..
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Lemon and Baking Soda Combination Saves Lives:The combination of lemon and baking soda has a stronger effect than chemotherapy!Why was this fact kept as a secret? Being totally aware of the powerful properties lemon provides is completely opposite to the interest some world organizations have. One organic lemon with 1/2 tsp of baking soda ..
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This is aimed at uninformed people who use drugs for recreation or to just get high to escape reality and for the hopeless addicts who need to seek help. The youth and unenlightened of today is going to have some sad awakenings. Anything you take that dulls the senses or anesthetizes the brain will alter your ..
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There is a special warning here for anyone, especially parents and would be parents see below. Part I and part II what you will never learn in school, what is American Exceptionalism. On the American campus today it is more advantages for a lot of people never to set foot on one. There is all ..
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These newspaper editors and reporters who peddle leaks, fake news and gossip are around like vultures that soar high in the sky but are always keeping their minds eye circling on the carrion on the ground below awaiting their chances to swoop in to pick at the dead carcass. Journalists, professors, commentators, progressive websites, newspapers, ..
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What is the fate of those who do not meditate? Those who ‘save their lives,’ keeping themselves identified with the demands and comfort of the body, and who are reluctant to make the required spiritual labor in the struggle to sit and meditate, will discover eventually he will ‘sacrifice his life,’ of transitory happiness that ..
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Are you not generally happy because the only happiness you get comes from external circumstances and you don’t know why? There is more to the meaning of life than just peace or comfort but you are still unaware of life’s real meaning; most people are searching for happiness everywhere except within themselves where true ..
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In this world of relativity, discrimination must be our guide. However, those of you who think you are qualified to give spiritual advice to friends, co-workers or relatives who have not asked for it must realize it is of no benefit to those unappreciative who would snap at their-would be-spiritual advisor with scorn and cynicism. ..
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A guide to motivate you in becoming the architect of your future in preparing for your destiny. The various principles revealed here will completely modify your subconscious influences in playing the proper script of your life on the stage of time and space…..Talks, Meditation & Satsanga
Your Place in Life Dr. M.W. Lewis San Diego, 7-13-58 Our subject this morning: “Your Place in Life,” “Your Place in Life.” Your part in life played as God wants you to play it, that you express Divinity, is your mission in life. In that one sentence you can find your answer to this subject, ..
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These lectures are the ones given only to the monks as Dr. Lewis was in charge of them while VP of SRF. His young audience included Brother’s: Dharmananda, Bhaktananda, Anandamoy, etc…… Finally after many requests Dr. gave and recorded these precious advanced lectures to a few lay-disciples at the Hermitage in Encinitas. Thus we have ..
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The laws of karma govern out what is measured in the degree of prosperity one has been dealt with in life. Your past karmic actions will determine your financial success not your happiness. In spite of that there are outer circumstances that cause happiness or joy to temporarily express itself from within but to ..
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Don’t think because you are feeling a dry state that one hasn’t enough devotion. Why should you bother yourself because He is not showing Himself to you? When you feel this way think how long you have ignored Him! Remember God chooses those who choose Him. You must meditate more and go much deeper. In ..
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The sleeping tendencies of success in your subconscious mind must be awakened by repetitive efforts of the power of will. If you are a failure, stop wasting time or your willpower will become paralyzed. When your mind is made up on what vocation to follow don’t give up even if the ground underneath ..
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For Advance Thinkers. The very foundation of the universe and everything in it rests upon the laws of equilibrium. In the Hindu Sanskrit etymology of nature it is known as Prakṛti or that which can work beautifully by itself. Now what does that mean? The sages have taught through the millenniums the structure of the ..
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How would you like it if your prayers were put on hold because you could not get through? Maybe you should call God’s Complaint Department for Unanswered Prayers. Everybody thinks their problems are the worst. For if you pray from your mind and your prayers are not heartfelt, you are doing a little better ..
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Committing suicide is an extremely grave and fateful spiritual crime. Dim minded people who foolishly hope by ending their life to get away from the miserable burdens of their bad karma have another thing coming; suicide multiplies their karmic burdens by fueling it instead of removing it. Those individuals who have left their bodies in ..
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How would you like to find out who have you been and who you have turned out to be now and what your current karmic conditions are? Some of you have been told you were royalty in past lives and run to psychics, clairvoyants, fortune-tellers and astrologers to gather information on your past-lives and some ..
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In listening to the voice of our own ego, attributing it to an aura of divine guidance one soon learns that no matter how much misguided rationalization one uses, nothing can lessen the karmic responsibility of wrongful actions. This is why the saints and sages say children should be started on the path at age ..
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What are falling angels? They are evil beings who dwell in gloomed drenched regions of the lower astral cosmos working out their evil karma in the nether regions of dark astral worlds in base natures in vile conditions that are primarily dominated by manifestations of evil and they appear from time to time on our ..
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There are universal and cosmic laws that compel man to be active in creation. Everyone in this creation has obligations and responsibilities toward this creation. All the sacred writings and scriptures are full of passages forewarning even those advanced in the inner circle will fall from the heights if or when they choose not to ..
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The bee loves the fragrance of the lotus flower and forgetting sits in his grave while the petals close in on him to its death. The male elephant is lured by his love for sense of touch right into the trap of the tamed she-elephant. How the fish love the water and its taste and ..
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Jesus wasn’t the only Master who spoke in parables I will explain. Why do you think Jesus spoke in parables? His disciples asked him why and he said, “You are advanced in spiritual thought and receptive and the enlarged cup of your comprehension can grasp the oceanic expositions of truth from my own realizations. But ..
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For the mass consciousness of people everything is already pre-programmed and pre-written. There are millions of people on this earth who keep bringing unconsciously upon themselves all kinds of unpleasant incidents, and invite disaster or failure by the power of their own thoughts and set feelings, and they ignorantly blame some imaginary external factor, ..
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Most people measure their intellectual progress by the degree one obtains when finishing their school or college career. When a person grows fat or skinny they can tell how much by weighing themselves. In growing stronger or weaker physically, you can test your muscles by lifting weights; however it is not that easy to ..
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There are different phases and types of Yoga. For those of you in `Rio Linda` by definition yoga means Union, there is Jnana Yoga the Yoga of Knowledge or Wisdom. This is the most difficult path, requiring strength of will and intellect, Hatha Yoga the bodily activity for perfection of the body, karma Yoga the ..
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Sexual immorality frequently controls otherwise ethical and moral persons despite their eagerness and purpose to pursue the acceptance of moral correctness. As soon as one is stimulated by act or thought, the sexual force is the most compelling sense desire to be controlled and the most enslaving mortal habit there is to bring into line ..
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If you don’t know what that means continue reading. There is after-death oblivion of consciousness, identity and previous memory. Past memories can be preserved only when your consciousness is highly evolved. As death approaches you enter into a state of coma or unconsciousness and everything is forgotten. Your mind does not remember anything, only ..
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They are astral beings who are earthbound because of their attachments and strong material urges desirous to return to a physical form and roam around in the ether to satisfy their need for sense pleasures. The spiritual master says there are some tramp souls who take possession of someone’s mind and body but only of ..
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Deeply buried within your subconscious mind are multiple personalities from past incarnations. That is why most people are laden with moods which are remnants of past personalities. You may not be born with charisma but you may have had plenty of it in past incarnations. You can develop charisma and bring out your past talents ..
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Those present were, Margaret Lancaster, Laurie Pratt, Virginia Wright, Margaret Wood and Faye Wright. To this group Swamiji speaks of the incarnation following our next existence which, according to Virginia Wright and Florina Darling (Durga) to whom it was told, will be on the planet were Swamiji’s Master, Sri Yukteswarji now exists. According to Swamiji, ..
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All of the happenings on earth including previous and future events as well as human earthy affairs leave vibratory images in the ether. Those who posses a slight amount of psychic ability or power who have a sensitivity may tune in and see visual images or mental visions and is called clairvoyance. This is only ..
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The Universe Is Acting Very Suspicious. Past, present and future are being enacted in one entire colossal finite screen. Long before anyone in the western world could understand the concept Albert Einstein said our entire universe is finite and floating in the absolute. The very foundation of the universe and everything in it rests upon ..
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Do you have the yo-yo syndrome with your emotions when you have a loss? What about with a big win? Emotions are like a moving pendulum with most people. Why? Because pleasure comes with a fulfilled desire and sorrow comes with a unfulfilled desire that is not satisfied. How many times do you have to ..
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31 Articles. Most people are never able to acquire success or make enough money; it does not make any difference how much they try. There are a small percentage of people that automatically tap into their subconscious mind without being consciously aware and are utilizing the laws of success. With these few it is no ..
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Here are never revealed secrets for success. Many people think all they need to make money is to be smart, wrong. While the majority of wealthy people are smart, a combination of other factors comes into play. If you take several thousand money-oriented men, one unswervingly pursues wealth! Out of these unwavering pursuers, only a ..
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There is still the big unanswered question that has always begged an answer. Why creation and why were we created against our will? Why did He do it? The scriptures refer to God’s creation as His lila or play, a delusive deceptive appearance for the entertainment of man with the interaction of his creator. ..
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1 Through19….. One. The understanding of karma as the law of cosmic justice underlines life’s inequalities and will serve to free the human mind from hatred and resentment against God and men. To fully understand the law of cause and effect you have to first take the word innocent out of your dictionary as there ..
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A vagrant panhandler went to the richest house he could find. He went through the front gate and strangely there were no guards on duty to stop him. He advanced to the front door and pounded on it until someone answered. A voice rang out “what do you want?” the transient pleaded to the voice ..
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By SRI DURG AMATA The Master Tells Me of Rajasi’s Danger. Even as early as the summer of 1951, Master often told me that Rajasi’s life was in grave danger and that Satan was trying to destroy his body. When I asked Master why Satan wanted to destroy Rajasi’s body he answered, “Because he has ..
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We are told by the great ones and spiritual masters that a human being has been endowed with only twenty-five percent of free will. Where is the remaining seventy-five percent? It is broken up between karma, pre-natal and post-natal habits deeply buried within the subconscious mind. You can test yourself by taking five of ..
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Also How To Clear Up Misunderstandings of Direct Bible Quotes From So-Called Experts and Writers. Why do you think Jesus spoke in parables? His disciples asked him why and he said, “You are advanced in spiritual thought and receptive and the enlarged cup of your comprehension can grasp the oceanic expositions of truth from my ..
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Is there a test to determine which friends are true friends from the past? Yes, I will explain. What a wonderful experience it is to recognize and meet somebody you knew before, a person with whom you have journeyed the same roadmap of life within previous incarnations. So, in one way we are all strangers ..
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There are some who when they sit to meditate obscene, negative and disgusting thoughts stream into their minds. Why does this happen when someone would sit to do a noble thing like meditate? People on the spiritual path do not to want indulge deliberately in degenerate, filthy and sensual thinking but deeply buried within the ..
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What Is Considered The Highest Duty Of Human Service There Is To A fellow Being? When spiritual individuals, instructors or teachers inspire and motivate spiritual fugitives, runaways and escapees to come back that is considered the highest duty of human service there is to a fellow being. The Lord loves to see His children consciously ..
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For Advanced Thinkers… When the yogi retires in the spiritual eye he knows all matter, energy and gases are composed of thoughts. God could not separate himself into something else, so the only way he could make a differentiation with himself was through thoughts. Now what are thoughts? Are thoughts energy? No, thoughts are portions ..
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