“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good.” – Genesis 1:3-4
Yogananda taught that each of us is an individual expression of God’s one radiant light. He came to the West to help us awaken that light within, that it might shine more fully through our lives.
Yogananda once looked upon a group of disciples and said, “You have no idea how beautiful you all are—I see you all as light.” Yogananda, like all true masters, could perceive the light of the soul—ever shining through the darknesses of this world.
“As moving pictures are sustained by a beam of light—so are all of us sustained by the Cosmic Beam, the Divine Light pouring from the projection booth of Eternity.” – Paramhansa Yogananda
Just as the rays of the sun cannot shine clearly through a mud-splattered window until it has been cleaned, so too, this inner light cannot be fully expressed through our lives without spiritual purification. This purification comes through deep meditation, selfless service, and self-offering born of introspection. Continue reading
OM is within, and all around us. It lies at the heart of all things, animate and inanimate. It is through OM that we have journeyed away from our home in God—into this world of maya and delusion—and it is through OM that we will find our way back to our true nature of oneness with God.
Paramhansa Yogananda said that we cannot stand still on the spiritual path: we are either moving forward or we are moving backward. He also said that the minutes are more important than the years. If we want to see improvement over the years, we must start by making the right effort today.
