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Winter 2019
THE UNFOLDING PETALS OF SELF-REALIZATION: Keys to Gauging Spiritual Progress
Paramahansa Yogananda
Selections from the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda that inspire the seeker to enter the portals of the new year with renewed enthusiasm for Self-realization
DRINKING OF GOD’S JOY IN THE COMPANY OF TRUE DEVOTEES
Brother Chidananda
Excerpts from Brother Chidananda’s satsanga given on the final evening of the 2019 SRF World Convocation
BE MESSENGERS OF GOD’S LIGHT AND LOVE
Sri Mrinalini Mata
SRF’s fourth president shares a message from Paramahansaji encouraging devotees to become what the world needs, those “who will carry a torch of spiritual perception…to burn away the dark ignorance which keeps souls from realizing their oneness with God.”
“O CHRIST, WE BOW TO THEE”
Paramahansa Yogananda
An outpouring of the heart in spontaneous prayer during an all-day Christmas meditation conducted by Paramahansaji at the Mother Center
“BOUNDLESS LOVE OF GOD AND GURU”: A Report on the 2019 SRF World Convocation
This year Convocation’s outreach was greatly expanded by livestreaming, which enabled thousands around the globe to participate in numerous events remotely.
THE BHAGAVAD GITA: Its Immortal Message for Our Present Age
Dr. Karan Singh
A renowned Indian public servant and author comments on the modern relevance of the ancient scripture.
SCIENCE SAYS LASTING RELATIONSHIPS ARE BASED ON KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY
Emily Esfahani Smith
Recommendations for happy, stable relationships based upon recent scientific research into the behaviors of couples
Featured CD recording for this issue:
“Be Messengers of God’s Light and Love”
Sri Mrinalini Mata
In this talk presented at the 2011 SRF World Convocation, Sri Mrinalini Mata exhorts us all to fulfill Paramahansa Yogananda’s highest ideals — to be channels of God’s light and love to help illumine this world.
