The power of the present – or the meditation of concentration on the present moment In general, man’s inner attention turns, whether he is in the middle of life or in meditation, to a thought in his mind. This thought in general is something that is not connected to what is happening in this moment. […]
Paramahamsa Yogananda, born Mukunda Lal Ghosh on January 5, 1893 in Gorakhpur, India, is considered to be one of the great spiritual personalities of India. He is the one who made Kriya Yoga known in western countries, especially in the United States, through his famous book “Autobiography of a Yogi”. First published in 1946, and
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In the famous book “The Autobiography of a Yogi – An Experience in Cosmic Consciousness”, in chapter 14, Paramahasa Yogananda describes the extraordinary experience given by her Guru, Swami Sri Yukteshwar Giri. As a result of this experience, Yogananda composed the poem Samadhi which was first published in the volume “Whispers from Eternity” (Whispers from Eternity) from the 1929 edition. He often urged his disciples to read and memorize the poem he wrote because it was loaded with M
Liberation is not a place, it does not exist in paradise, on earth, or in the spirit world. Freedom does not exist somewhere in time and space, in a certain place, it can only exist now, in the present moment! Moksha (freedom, liberation) represents the state of non-ego, where the “I” volatilizes, and the self becomes free of any desires, their actions and consequences in a state of total consciousness. We are bound to this material world by attachments, desires, and incapacity
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Two yogis meditated in the shade of a tree that had a very rich crown. After a while, one of them, a little tired, said to the other, “I wonder about how long we have until liberation… Suddenly, to their astonishment, God manifested himself for them by a luminous form and said to them: – Because you have shown aspiration and consistency in your meditations, I will tell you right now how much time you have left until the Liberation. You, the one who asked, know that
