A Meditation on Resurrection

A Meditation on Resurrection

(Paramahansa Yogananda encouraged all meditators to expand their consciousness during the Easter season by attuning it to the infinite Christ Consciousness — the projected consciousness of God immanent in all creation; the universal consciousness, oneness with God, manifested by Jesus, Krishna, and other avatars. Following is one of the meditations he gave:)

Christ is risen. He is risen from the limitations of the physical body, the astral body, and the causal body into Omnipresence. One with omnipresent Christ Consciousness, Jesus is risen in the heart of every flower, every ray of sunshine, every noble thought. He is risen in the atomic age, and all its devastations will not hide the birth of his spirit of new life, new humanity, rising from the cradle of wisdom and universal love.
He is risen in our minds, our hearts, our souls — there is no separation between him and us. He is walking in the garden of our love, in the garden of our sacred devotion and in the garden of our meditation.

He is risen in every atom and cell, he is risen in the clouds, he is risen in all planets. He is risen in the universes and the wandering radiations around the universes, and in the cool light beyond. He is risen from the universes into the quiet of Cosmic Consciousness. And he will rise again in you and through your devotion. When your wisdom shall awaken, you will behold the resurrection of Christ within you. And through your meditation and divine communion you shall be resurrected with him, from the sepulcher of the body and mortal consciousness into the ever blissful infinitude of Spirit.

O Christ, thou art resurrected in Spirit. We rejoice in thy resurrection, and in its reassurance of thy promise: that as children of God, having descended into the sepulchre of flesh, we too shall reascend into our Father’s kingdom. On this Easter, all our devotion, all the cries of our hearts, all the perfume of goodness within us, we lay at thy feet of omnipresence. We are thine, receive us! Through the Christ Consciousness, resurrect us with thee in the Eternal Spirit. Keep us in that kingdom of Bliss ever and forever.

Prayer and Affirmation for Easter Morning

Prayer and Affirmation for Easter Morning
~Paramahansa Yogananda

Heavenly Christ, saturate our consciousness with Thy consciousness.
Give us a new birth in Thee.
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Affirm and feel:

Heavenly Father, awaken me in Christ Consciousness.

Christ and I are one.
Joy and I are one.
Peace and I are one.
Wisdom and I are one.
Love and I are one.
Bliss and I are one.
Christ and I are one.

Honor Yourself

Give yourself great respect. Let every thought and every action you direct toward yourself to be how you would treat someone for whom you feel both admiration and gratitude, and someone you would like very much to have as a dear friend.

Every thought should be only what you would direct toward such a person. Every action you take shoul...d be colored with deep respect, deep kindness and an underlying love for yourself.

You are everything.You are your best friend. You are the one person who will always be there.Treat yourself this way. Give yourself the credit you are due. Honor yourself for how hard you have worked, all of the wonderful things you have done, the many, many ways in which you have learned and grown. Honor yourself for all of this.

You are worth it all. You are worth every kind word and loving act. Treasure yourself today, just for being exactly the person that you are, right now.
~Quado

Life Is A Book

Life is a book, we all read it.
Love is a blessing, we all need it.
Always be happy, walk with a smile.
Remember in this world we are just for a while.
~Unkown

Love adorns itself;
it seeks to prove inward joy by outward beauty.

Love does not claim possession,
but gives freedom.

Love is an endless mystery,
for it has nothing else to explain it.

Love's gift cannot be given,
it waits to be accepted.
~Tagore

Now is the Portal to Peace

Now is the Portal to Peace
~Quado

Let the calm of the inner world wash over you like a wave on the sea.L et the peace and calm that is there for you soothe you and cool you, wash over you and bring you into a state of grace.

You can train yourself to access peace. You can learn a deep inner peace that will carry forward into your life, filling you with a well of peace that is there for you to tap into when you need it during the day.

All that is good in your life comes from this well of peace.The best choices are made from this place, the place beneath emotion, the place beneath confusion. You are connected to all of the wisdom in the world and you are connected through peace. The emotions keep this knowledge from you. Peace gives you access.

And the way to find peace is to enter the Now, this moment, right here, right now. This moment is the portal to a deep peace this is always there, always accessible and always yours.

How to Know Everything About Anything

How to Know Everything About Anything
~Owen Waters

Soul awareness is like standing on a mountaintop compared to being down in a valley: The view is incredible. You can see so much more from the mountaintop than when you were down in the valley looking for a way up to higher ground.

Similarly, with its wider vision, your soul can see everything that relates to any situation or challenge in your life. At a soul level, you have an understanding of the dynamics of everything that affects you.

The trick is to tap into that super-awareness and gain the insights that will help you best manage the situations in your daily life. When you are faced with a challenge or a difficult decision, you need look no further than your own soul consciousness.

Here’s how to make that connection to your inner resources. Like playing a musical instrument or running in a race, intuitive insight is a skill that improves with practice, and you can start using it right away.

Start by reminding yourself that, within you, lies the great resource of soul awareness. It knows everything about any situation that you face and it knows how each possible solution could unfold.

You need that information, and if you feel some doubt as to whether your inner being could really could be that all-knowing, here’s the key:

Think as if, and it will be.

Know that your soul consciousness knows. You just have to open a willing connection and let the answer come through.

If you have difficulty doing this for yourself, then try a little role-playing instead. The Greek origin for the word psychic means ‘of the soul,’ which is exactly what you want – information from your all-knowing soul awareness.

Role-play: Step out of your current mindset and think as if you are the world’s greatest psychic! Think as if you are about to perform perfectly, as the world’s greatest psychic always does, and correctly divine the answer to the problem that you face. Feel the certainty that such a person feels, knowing that, yet again, you are about to come up with the ideal solution.

Try it; it works! And, the more you try it, the better it works.

There is an elegant, ideal solution to every problem and your soul knows the answer every time. That’s what souls do for a living.