The Kalamazoo Meditation Group of Self-Realization Fellowship

05/13/2023

Like an insistent child, constantly call to the Divine Mother until She says: “All right, what is it you want?” She is so busy with creation, She doesn’t reply at once; but to the naughty child who cries and cries for Her, She will come.

The Divine Mother is most anxious to have you back with Her, but first you must prove to Her that you want Her alone - Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

02/02/2023

“You have come to earth to entertain and to be entertained.”

― Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi

01/15/2023

"If you keep your mind on the resolve never to lose your peace, then you can attain godliness. Keep a secret chamber of silence within yourself, where you will not let moods, trials, battles, or inharmony enter. Keep out all hatred, revengefulness, and desires. In this chamber of peace God will visit you."
--Paramahansa Yogananda on the Way to Achieve World Peace

12/23/2022

"Each year at Christmastime there are stronger than usual vibrations of Christ-love and joy that emanate to earth from the heavenly realms. The ether becomes filled with the Infinite Light that shone on earth when Jesus was born. Those persons who are in tune through devotion and deep meditation feel in a wondrously tangible way the transforming vibrations of the omnipresent consciousness that was in Christ Jesus." - Paramahansa Yogananda on the True Celebration of Christmas

12/17/2022

‘‘In helping others to succeed I shall find my own prosperity. In the welfare of others I shall find my own well-being.’’
— Paramahansa Yogananda

12/12/2022

"Do not take life's experiences too seriously. Above all, do not let them hurt you, for in reality they are nothing but dream experiences....Trust in God and destroy fear, which paralyzes all efforts to succeed and attracts the very thing you fear."

05/17/2022

" Throughout the day we have countless opportunities to take our minds within, even if it is only for an instant, and talk to God." - Sri Daya Mata

05/08/2022

In every difficulty, each of us has a choice: lose heart and yield to maya; or with full faith persevere, knowing that Divine Mother is always near, ready to bestow Her power and grace to help us to overcome delusion.

05/06/2022

Therefore never bemoan what happens to you. Never feel defeated by any circumstances of your life. Strive always to think, "Lord, I have faith that no trial or experience comes to me without Your permission. I know I have within me, through Your blessing, the strength to cope with anything that comes." Even when your task seems superhuman, remember that the Divine is just stretching the rubber band of your consciousness, expanding its potentially infinite capacity. --Sri Daya Mataji (Only Love, p21)

04/25/2022

Through difficult daily lessons my Divine Mother is teaching me that material habits attract material things, while spiritual habits attract spiritual things.

04/12/2022

Christ said, “Love God with all Thy heart, all Thy mind, and all Thy soul and with all Thy strength” that means that all your attention must be on Him when you are meditating, and then He will respond to you. - SRF magazine

04/10/2022

Jesus suffered, Jesus struggled, and Jesus won. From the cerements of human frailties he rose up to declare: “I am immortal.” Jesus was the ideal sent for us to follow. He did not come on earth to enact the drama of life and death in an ordinary way; He came to show us that what he could do, we too can do –provided we meditate as he did, and provided we love God as He did.