Melbourne Meditation Group of Self-Realization Fellowship

The Crucifixion

And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him….
Then said Jesus, “ Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.”
--Luke 23:33-34

Of all the miracles performed by Jesus, none was equal to that mightiest miracle of the spiritual victory of divine love over evil: " Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." These words have created in human hearts an everlasting monument to Christ-love......

His act of forgiveness on the cross was the utterance of a divinely human Jesus who had attained final victory over flesh and cosmic delusion and passed the greatest test to which the flesh can be subjected. Even while the dearest thing in life, the human body, was suffering the pangs of torment and imminent death, Jesus did not falter in manifesting his divine nature….He gave his body but never yielded his spirit.

--Paramahansa Yogananda, The Second Coming of Christ, The Resurrection of Christ Within You

When I Am Only A Dream
from Songs of the Soul by Paramahansa Yogananda

I come to tell you all of Him,
And the way to encase Him in your bosom,
And of the discipline that brings His grace.
Those of you who have asked me
To guide you to my Beloved's presence —
I warn you through my silently talking mind,
Or speak to you through a gentle significant glance,
Or whisper to you through my love,
Or loudly dissuade you when you stray away from Him.
But when I shall become only a memory, or a mental image, or silently speaking voice,
When no earthly call will ever reveal
My whereabouts in unplumbed space,
When no shallow entreaty or stern stentorian command will bring from me an answer—
I will smile in your mind when you are right,
And when you are wrong
I will weep through my eyes,
Dimly peering at you in the dark,
And weep through your eyes, perchance;
And I will whisper to you through your conscience,
And I will reason with you through your reason,
And I will love all through your love.
When you are able no longer to talk with me,
Read my Whispers from Eternity;
Eternally through it I will talk to you.
Unknown I will walk by your side
And guard you with invisible arms.
And as soon as you know my Beloved
And hear His voice in silence,
You will know me again more tangibly than you knew me on this earth plane.
And yet when I am only a dream to you,
I will come to remind you that you too are naught
But a dream of my Heavenly Beloved;
And when you know you are a dream, as I know now,
We will be ever awake in Him.

God has sent you to me, and I shall never fail you....Even when I am gone, my help will always be given to devotees all over the world, if they keep in tune. Never think for a moment that when I am physically absent from you all, I am not otherwise with you. I shall be just as deeply concerned for your spiritual welfare when I am no longer in this body as I am now.

This is my New Year’s wish for you: that you all reach the land beyond your dreams, where there is peace and joy eternal.

“Make your heart an altar of Christ-love…so that you may love all people, seeing in their body-temples the dwelling place of omnipresent Christ.”

-Paramahansa Yogananada

Online Inspirational Youth Programs - SRF Online How-to-Live Classes for Children and Teens

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SRF Convocation 2023, a weeklong immersion in the “how-to-live” teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda is conducted from July 30 to August 5.
You may register in the link below.

Convocation 2023 | Self-Realization Fellowship We cordially invite you to join us for the weeklong Convocation 2023 event, offered free of charge.

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God has sent you to me, and I shall never fail you....Even when I am gone, my help will always be given to devotees all over the world, if they keep in tune. Never think for a moment that when I am physically absent from you all, I am not otherwise with you. I shall be just as deeply concerned for your spiritual welfare when I am no longer in this body as I am now. I shall always be watching over each one of you, and whenever a true devotee thinks of me in the silent depths of his soul, he will know that I am near.

Develop metaphysical reason and destroy anger. Look upon the anger-arousing agent as a child of God; think of him as a little five-year-old baby brother who perhaps has unwittingly stabbed you. You should not feel a desire to stab this little brother in return. Mentally destroy anger by saying: “I will not poison my peace with anger; I will not disturb my habitual joy-giving calmness with wrath.”

How can family life help us find our inner joy and share it with others? In this week’s talk with period of meditation, SRF monk Brother Ishtananda provides wisdom from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda on how to experience the Divine in family life. To watch the talk, please visit: https://srfyoga.org/42u9MO5

What do you say when you talk to yourself? Are you complimentary? Are you encouraging? Learn more about positive self-talk by reading an excerpt from “Reinventing Your Life: Eight Self-Change Strategies That Work” by Lawrence Martin, a longtime devotee of SRF: https://srfyoga.org/3MX5Yiw

“Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power of Spirit. After that you should utilize all necessary material means to achieve your goal…”

– Paramahansa Yogananda

Pain and pleasure are transitory; endure all dualities with calmness, while trying at the same time to remove their hold. Imagination is the door through which disease as well as healing enters. Disbelieve in the reality of sickness even when you are ill....The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery.

--Swami Sri Yukteswar

What is needed is a Guru, a Savior, who will awaken us to Bhakti (devotion) and to perceptions of Truth.

--Sri Yukteswar, in Holy Science

We invite you to join our MMG BI-ANNUAL WINTER SOCIAL. Details are below:

Date: Saturday, 30th July
Venue: Balwyn Evergreen Centre, 45 Talbot Ave, Balwyn 3103
Time: 1.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Cost: Free

Guru Purnima Message — 13 July 2022

Dear Ones,

On this sacred day, I join with you all in honouring the inner attunement of heart, mind, and soul with our beloved Gurudeva that is the sacred foundation of our spiritual lives. Hold in your hearts, on this occasion and always, his divine promise: “Unknown I will walk by your side and guard you with invisible arms.” Through your faith in him, and your loyal practice of the sadhana he has given, you will advance steadily and surely toward the divine goal.

The perfect, God-united guru embodies all of the same qualities as God Himself — omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence — therefore, whenever we reach out to the Guru for his help, protection, guidance, and love we can know that he is there ready to respond to the deep call of our souls.
With unceasing love and blessings,
Brother Chidananda

It was on a Thursday in July of 1915, a few weeks after his graduation from college, that Mukunda Lal Ghosh (the birth name of Paramahansa Yogananda) was initiated into India’s ancient Swami Order by his guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar, and took the monastic name of Yogananda — bliss (ananda) through divine union (yoga).

“Making others happy, through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice, is a sign of true greatness. To hurt another soul by sarcastic words, looks, or suggestions, is despicable.”
― Paramahansa Yogananda, Where There is Light: Insight and Inspiration for Meeting Life's Challenges

"Place your heart with God. The more you seek peace in Him, the more that peace will devour your worries and sufferings." — Paramahansa Yogananda

We invite you to join us for a special guided meditation and introduction to yoga meditation in honor of the 8th United Nations International Day of Yoga (June 21). SRF monk Brother Tyagananda shares Paramahansa Yogananda’s thoughts on what truly defines yoga and meditations, and provides tools for how to meditate and experience the benefits of meditation in a guided meditation in English. We hope you will enjoy this experience of “What Is Yoga, Truly?”

Additionally, the guided meditations conducted in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and German last year for International Day of Yoga will be featured on our website. To watch, please visit: https://bit.ly/3HyjS7H

The Divine Art of Kirtan

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Guided Meditation on Paramahansa Yogananda’s Chant “In the Temple of Silence” | Brother Chidananda Brother Chidananda, president and spiritual head of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, leads a guided meditation on Paramahansa Yo...

“As our Guru said over and over again, the life and the teachings of Jesus are universal. They are not meant for just a particular denomination of religion, a particular sect. They are universal for the entire human family, just as the science of yoga is universal.” — Brother Chidananda

In this excerpt from a 2020 Easter Service, Brother Chidananda talks about the universal consciousness in all creation — Christ Consciousness — that was manifest in Jesus, and that each one of us has the potential to realize within ourselves. To view the video, please visit: https://bit.ly/3rrsXsf

“Although Good Friday is a day of solemnity, it is also one of victory—the triumph of Spirit over flesh, of divine love and forgiveness over hatred and enmity. We can partake of that victory in our own consciousness if, as Paramahansaji emphasized, we set aside time on Good Friday and again on Easter Sunday for a period of deep meditation—praying that we might increasingly manifest in our own lives the love for God and attunement with His will expressed in the life of Jesus.” — Sri Daya Mata

On this day in 1925, Paramahansa Yogananda held the first Easter service at the SRF International Headquarters atop Mt. Washington in Los Angeles.