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Gospel Truth and Yogananda’s Wisdom

Gospel Truth and Yogananda’s Wisdom

We must ask ourselves this fundamental question: do we want to see as God sees? Common sense tells us that God’s sight is preferable to any other mode of seeing, because God’s seeing is absolute reality. How does God see? For the sake of brevity, God’s seeing always...

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Weekly Summary October 18 – October 22, 2021

Weekly Summary October 18 – October 22, 2021

Monday: When another person stirs anger, resentment, jealousy, or judgment in us, it is our own issue; they have simply struck a familiar nerve within us. Projecting our own toxic issues onto them just adds to the collective chaos that is so prevalent in our...

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The Light And Blessing Of The Dark Night

The Light And Blessing Of The Dark Night

God is love, only love. Therefore, God’s every action toward us is a loving action, intended to further our spiritual evolution. At times, God’s love comes to us as divine fire, but never to punish and always to purify us of ignorance and all that obscures our vision....

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The Light And Blessing Of The Dark Night

The Light And Blessing Of The Dark Night

God comes to us as a great and powerful light which enables us to see clearly what is inside of us. At times, this “shadow work” can be very uncomfortable. However, if we stay present to the intensity of God’s light, allowing it to purify our hearts, something...

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The Light And Blessing Of The Dark Night

The Light And Blessing Of The Dark Night

We have all had the experience of leaving a darkened room and stepping outside into brilliant sunlight. Initially, the experience of light is so intense that it is painful to the human eye, even though sunlight is actually life-giving. What is true below is true...

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The Light And Blessing Of The Dark Night

The Light And Blessing Of The Dark Night

We stumble and trip over ourselves because we are in the dark; we are not sufficiently attuned to God’s light so as to wisely traverse life’s obstacles. Please do not interpret the word “light” as a metaphor. Light is literally God’s pure and pristine presence within...

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