Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Saralananda shares wisdom from Paramahansa Yogananda on the importance of learning to achieve stillness in deep meditation in order to feel the presence of the Divine within ourselves.
When we reach a very calm, alert, focused state of meditation, we begin to feel the joyous nature of our soul — and experience an inner communion.
As Paramahansa Yogananda said: “In the peace of meditation all waves of sensations and thoughts are absent from the mind. In the deeper state of calmness, one perceives in that stillness the moonèd reflection of God’s presence.”
This talk was given at the SRF temple in Fullerton, California, on April 3, 2022.
Yogananda’s personal instruction in the comprehensive science of meditation and the art of balanced spiritual living can be found in his Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons, a home-study course. To learn more and enroll: https://srflessons.org
Brother Saralananda refers to Paramahansa Yogananda’s revelatory commentary on the Gospels, The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You, available at https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/product/the-second-coming-of-christ-ebook/; and his translation of and commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, God Talks With Arjuna, available at https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/product/god-talks-with-arjuna-the-bhagavad-gita-ebook/; as well as two collections of Yogananda’s talks and essays: Man’s Eternal Quest, available at https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/product/mans-eternal-quest-ebook/; and The Divine Romance, available at https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/product/the-divine-romance-ebook/
He also refers to Metaphysical Meditations, a collection of Paramahansa Yogananda’s universal prayers, affirmations, and visualizations, available at https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/product/metaphysical-meditations-ebook/; Inner Peace, a collection of Yogananda’s counsel on how to be “calmly active and actively calm,” available at https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/product/inner-peace-ebook/; and a guide to effective prayer from Yogananda, In the Sanctuary of the Soul, available at https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/product/in-the-sanctuary-of-the-soul-ebook/
And he mentions a book by Sri Daya Mata, third president of SRF/YSS, Enter the Quiet Heart, which shows how each one of us can create an inner quietude that opens the heart to the Divine, available at https://bookstore.yogananda-srf.org/product/enter-the-quiet-heart-ebook/
To view more talks from this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCqADxk3PzvgapvuKmZMZzL8eloisokH6
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