PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -- METAPHYSICAL MEDITATIONS

Описание: PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA -- METAPHYSICAL MEDITATIONS

ABOUT THIS BOOK.

Throughout his early years in America, in the public lectures and classes he gave during extensive speaking tours, and in later years at the Self-Realization Fellowship temples he founded, Paramahansa Yogananda would often lead his audiences in an affirmation, visualization, or prayerful invocation. Reflecting the myriad ways in which the Infinite Spirit may be addressed and perceived, these metaphysical methods had a wide appeal. In 1952 a collection of nearly 200 of them was published by Self-Realization Fellowship in Metaphysical Meditations. The book has been in continuous publication ever since. Offering a wellspring of hope and inspiration, it has found a growing audience of appreciative readers among those of all faiths. In addition Yogananda created a renowned and voluminous body of works on the yoga science of meditation, the art of balanced living, and the underlying unity of all great religions. Today this unique and far-reaching spiritual legacy lives on, inspiring millions of truth seekers all over the world.

Meditation is the science of God-realization. It is the most practical science in the world. Most people would want to meditate if they understood its value and experienced its beneficial effects. The ultimate object of meditation is to attain conscious awareness of God, and of the soul’s eternal oneness with Him. What achievement could be more purposeful and useful than to harness limited human faculties to the omnipresence and omnipotence of the Creator? God-realization bestows on the meditator the blessings of the Lord’s peace, love, joy, power, and wisdom.
Meditation utilizes concentration in its highest form. Concentration consists in freeing the attention from distractions and in focusing it on any thought in which one may be interested. Meditation is that special form of concentration in which the attention has been liberated from restlessness and is focused on God. Meditation, therefore, is concentration used to know God.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
“The ideal of love for God and service to humanity found full expression in the life of Paramahansa Yogananda.
Though the major part of his life was spent outside India, still he takes his place among our great saints. His work Continues to grow and shine ever more brightly, drawing people everywhere on the path of the pilgrimage of the Spirit.”
In these words, the Government of India paid tribute to the founder of Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, Self-Realization Fellowship, upon issuing a commemorative stamp in his honour on March 7, 1977, the seventeen anniversary of his passing.
A world teacher whose presence among us illumined the path for countless souls, Paramahansa Yogananda lived and taught the highest truths of life. Born in Gorakhpur, India, in 1893, Paramahansa Yogananda was sent by his guru to the United States in 1920 as India’s delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals.
For the next decade Paramahansa travelled extensively, giving lectures and classes in which he instructed thousands of men and women in the yoga science of meditation and balanced spiritual living.