So many fans and devotees of Swami Yogananda in this comment section. What kind of a wonder was he... That after decades every generation that reads his biography can't but help feel so close to him. What a limitless love!
This is a simple but essentially very important testimonial from a wonderful soul. For those who obviously missed it! This shows how the Guru Yogananda guided Bob with great skill to open up to his own light and truth. The changes he describes are the awakening from the relative unreal world to REALITY. It happens in stages -the fullness of which Yogananda describes in his orange covered Autobiography of a Yogi.
Bob raymer i would like to hear more about your experiences with that great Yogananda about whom im very much obsessed. You are really a great soul to meet such a great msster.
the problem is - even though you experience only a small fraction the sensory world in which you live and work, that world is not the REAL world it is the world of relativity - the unreal world. When Paramahansa Yogananda says there is a God - a REALITY, it is from direct experiences, when you say there is no God it is intellectual guesswork. The point is - you don't care just yet. The main thing that the Guru does for the devotee is show him how to find his own truth and freedom.
It seems to me that in the Yoga system . Most of the people I've met want all these far out visions. If something bad happens . O that was your bad karma. Hey where's the Love compassion and kindness. That's what it's about .
MOST OF THE COMMENTS BELOW MUST BE FROM COMPETING, LESS EVOLVED, GURUS: OSHO,L.RON HUBBARD, J KRISHNAMURTI, etc, TRIBE OF DEVOTEES.HENCE THE NEGATIVITY. GOOD INSIGHT, GOOD KARMA.
This guy is not a good speaker; sadly. I found it hard to stay listening to him. Not sure if he has the spiritual depth to understand all that happened and with all its due reverence.
An 'open mind', that is exactly the opposite of belief where acceptance of unfounded assumptions + ideas r encouraged. The yogis make it up + U R expected to accept it + believe it. If u don't it is your fault. Doubt is seen as a flaw. U r encouraged to doubt science yea that is of the material world and delusion but the imaginings of the yogis is true they know more than the smartest people who have ever lived because u must distrust the mind even which can be fooled, nevermind the deluded guru
Kevin said it all. Try to uplift your consciousness a bit Scottsdale. These 4 minutes could be the best period of your life- with all the other minutes a sheer waste. Think.
