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Yogananda and the Restored Gospels 

It was Paramahansa Yogananda who
not only made a great contribution
to the restoration the ancient teachings
of Jesus Christ to the world, but according
to many recent witnesses personally
lived that Christ like life in every aspect.
With great clarity He shows us the way to
transform  our lives through proper practice
of Self-Realization Fellowship
Lessons... and other important writings.

This Masters life example and works are altering
direction of Western civilization. 

These are the scientifically proven and
time tested methods that Jesus and Krishna
privately taught to their disciples in ages past.
  This is what was never written
by JC's  Apostles following the master's instructions.
JC said "Hearing they do not hear, 
seeing they cannot see,..." so I speak to
them in Parables pp

The lives of many true saints of this path are 
a great testimony to the quality of His wisdom and grace! 
Details are found in Autobiography of a Yogi. 

Gospel writings & teachings have suffered many 
distortions for political, cultural, Personal and other 
reasons  for so many centuries, leaving the average
believer with faulty understandings of the Real
nature and presence of the real "First Christ."
This universal "Christ Consciousness" was known long
before the time of Jesus as "Kristos" for the Greeks 
"Kutustha Caitanya" or "Krishna consciousness" for Hindus.
In the 19th century a number of savants and 
healers in the East and the West began significant 
spiritual movements to popularize the more
accurate picture of ancient teachings of the
 formless Christ consciousness, Pluralism,
transcendentalism, and self transformation.

This early work in India and America has been
further clarified and demonstrated in the
lives of a number of  persons such as the Fillmores,
M Curtis Hopkins, Earnest Holmes, Emmet Fox,
and many others of the New Thought Alliance.
 But it was Paramahansa Yogananda who brought
from India the advanced methodology of  Kriya Yoga
techniques and of his own life example.
He founded the non-sectarian  society of the
Self-Realization Fellowship/YSS.
This legacy and the work of others is clearly
 changing the direction of  Western civilization. 

That same "Consciousness of the Christ"
that was fully manifested in the lives of many other 
saviors from various cultures since the world began. 
Open up your mind to these new and enlightening concepts.
One will not make serious progress spiritually until one
can go beyond the dark programming of ones cultural
religious  heritage. Which more or less teaches you 
popular ideas of the "many". 

Remember always, Yogananda's teaching of 
this "universal Christ Consciousness"  does not
contradict the Bible, but it may seem to contradict
your personal interpretation of  said scriptures.
If your education and programming was done
by academics and clergy, you may have
some serious work to do on reprogramming yourself.

Paramahansa Yogananda said;   Do you see how much the church movement
needs reformation?
They expect people to follow religion by proxy.
But truth has to be lived, it has to be Realized as part of ones being."
[Page 239, Journey to Self Realization, SRF Publishers LA USA.]

The most important missionary
duty you will ever have is changing yourself! 
Free yourself  from the "One Way Trap." 

One of the cultural deficits that originated with
the writings of the first gospels was the tradition
of secrecy that allowed writers to give only a hint
of the means and methods of becoming like a Christ.
Jesus said that the public should be taught in
"Parables", as they could not understand deeper issues.
His apostles followed this tradition by leaving out
most of the esoteric methodology for achieving that
higher consciousness. All of this missing data is
now being unveiled by the Holy Spirit through
Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship.
These advanced concepts of Pluralism and
Kriya Yoga, and the teachings of Christ Consciousness
that were taught to the original apostles in private by Jesus. 

The earth is no longer flat, the sun
does not revolve around the earth , the earth 
is not longer about six thousand years old.
We have many,many, lifetimes on this planet.
No one Prophet, Faith, sect, or Holy Book
is some God's "only way" or final word on truth.
That " Only One Way" chant is now a dying
Myth in today's better informed world.

The Self Realization Fellowship, to whom
Paramahansa Yogananda gave full authority
and copyright over his legacy and teachings,
and through which the spiritual blessings
and personal guidance of the master still richly flows,
 maintains the devotion and fidelity
of Yogananda's wisdom and spirit.
Yoganandaji is a "Living Prophet."Those who seek lesser
teachers teachers will primarily look for a body.
They will be also looking for someone who
will give them a position or praise as a
lesser teacher long before they are ready - this is an Ego trap.  
 A true Guru will teach you how to become really free
of all of your limited programming, and teaches
a non-sectarian universal
way of relating in harmony with all our relationships. 

...Loyalty and obedience to the Guru and his work...

The essential principle involved in this pledge begins with the
basic function of the Teacher- student relationship. 
When the devotee fully commits to learning and practicing
the wisdom techniques of a path such as SRF, it
will be very difficult [if not impossible] to make real
progress while being half-hearted or jumping from
one path to another. Consistency helps 
maintain the momentum of spiritual progress!
These things take time and much learning, practice, and patience.
This type of commitment and single minded devotion
with a true master will result in a self-transformation
that brings a freedom and independence unknown to 
most persons who are still imagining that they 
will succeed doing it in their own way.
 It usually doesn't work out that way.

The Self-Realization Fellowship

is the most complete and accurate  source
 for the  Teachings and Blessings of
Paramahansa Yogananda! 
See what the Master says below.

Self-Realization Fellowship is not a cult, this NRM is not
and offshoot or sub group of any other faith or church.
It is a mystical Yoga path involving self-effort and Grace.
SRF/YSS is non sectarian,
and honors the validity of  all true faiths. 

Paramahansa Yogananda on LOYALTY! 
{letter to a student} 

"I am sending you immediately the wonderful things that
 have come to me about Kriya Yoga and Pranayama.

"Please strictly refrain from describing the technique of Kriya Yoga,
which is indelibly a part of our work for disciples only.
……..Kriya Yoga indeed has a very popular appeal….
Everybody is anxious to receive it after reading the
autobiography of a Yogi, and I am giving it to them
only after they have received their foundation
 in the Praecepta [SRF] lessons.

The science of Kriya Yoga is mentioned 
in the book but the art of Kriya Yoga
 will be learned from SRF Headquarters."
"This is not the end of your relationship
 with SRF or Kriya yoga – but the beginning.
Keep contact with headquarters and you will
be linked with the masters, by which salvation
 is reached quickly…..some take Kriya Yoga
and become fully satisfied and forget all about
 the link with the masters - they will never reach God.
"Kriya Yoga is the fastest airplane route to God,
but it has to be piloted by the gurus-
SRF teachings regularly received."

by Paramahansa Yogananda. 
 © Self-Realization Fellowship 
Los Angeles CA USA

Yogananda speaks about SRF Lessons Course
and the spiritual connection to 
the great ones through SRF/YSS.

"It is not enough just to attend
 the meetings at SRF centers.

Those who are serious about
 final emancipation should establish 
a link with  Self-Realization Fellowship
headquarters by taking the
 priceless lessons sent out every week.

  These studies will enable you
 to find the secret door of your soul
-- through which you can sense the
 presence of the 
 Self-Realization Fellowship
 Gurus, and Christ and Krishna 
waiting to introduce you to the infinite.

" No man can come to me,
 except the Father which has
 sent me draw Him." jc

 The heavenly Father can be reached
 only through His messengers.  Christ and
the great gurus of Self-Realization Fellowship
 are such messengers."

 (C) Self-Realization Fellowship
Publishers LA USA 
 

PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA
SPEAKS ON LOYALTY
TO KRIYA YOGA &  SRF/YSS

 "Self-Realizationists should become dyed in Kriya Yoga.
Those of you who know kriya yoga should 
practice it faithfully and help this, your church.

 You should concentrate on
Kriya meditation and service to mankind.
The more a devotee does Kriya,
the more faithfully he will embrace this path.

 Remember that the church
 is the hive and God is the honey.
 That is why we should avoid
 too many social activities,
and stressing instead meditation
 and service to all.

 These teachings will draw real followers to this path,
 those who sincerely want God,
 who will practice Kriya Yoga
 and be whole heartedly for SRF,
 thinking about its welfare
 and working for it loyally." by PY 

(C) Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers LA USA

   Also see Free Meditation Instructions

 Go to:  www.yogananda-srf.org

What did Jesus really say
privately and publicly in Judea?

Book Review notes by PYislove  (c) 

"  The Second Coming of Christ;
     Resurrecting the Christ within you. "

 by Paramahansa Yogananda
published by Self-Realization Publishers, LA USA 2004

 
Yogananda's soul enlightening commentary
"The Second Coming of Christ:Resurrecting the Christ Within You,"  
  is a long awaited literary spiritual masterpiece from
Self-Realization Fellowship Publishers.  [ Sept 2004].
This was later followed by an introductory edition to
the larger work called "  The Yoga of Jesus. "  

These revealed Commentaries are not intellectual dissertations about religion and Christ.  Even the printed words here seem are saturated and radiant with the light of the Holy Spirit with the authors consciousness. 
Vibrating with the living presence of Paramahansa Yogananda on each page.
Such is the enduring legacy of  true living prophet. 

The author now describes His inspired methodology;

"The only reliable standard of Scriptural
interpretation is the testimony of actual perception
-to go into that state of consciousness
 in which the prophets perceived the truths they expounded
 and thereby witness the meaning they intended. "
             Sri Paramahansa Yogananda...

This clear definition is reflective of the lucidity and clarity of this whole 
revealed document.  Enlighten your consciousness by studying it! 

 This new global spiritual revelation/world scripture is destined to reshape the worlds view of many religious/spiritual concepts. As this mind opening work  dissolves many dogmatic barriers it will greatly aid in bringing about a true Brotherhood of Humanity as more and more persons seek with devotion to change their own consciousness, to a real religious tolerance and ecumenicism. 

Accelerating the higher spiritual awareness that Self-Realization Fellowship has been inspiring in the world since Paramahansa Yogananda arrived in the West almost a century ago.

In spite of some academic claims that something written over 60 years ago may be out of date. You will find that Yogananda's Gospel commentary is at least equal to if not superior to anything written recently on this subject, and most of all, it is uniquely a most enlightened new world scripture that will give spiritual seekers and scholars alike a clear and inspiring sources to draw from when comparing various classical world scriptures of the great living prophets. This Scripture takes one far beyond the cerebral academic notes of many other documents issued for past centuries, perhaps millenniums.  It will transport one back the the wisdom of the church fathers and apostles of Christ, and the true saintly devotees of Lord Krishna.

 There are several significant reasons that make this work especially qualified to accurately represent the real teachings of Jesus the Christ. Which will include the esoteric wisdom  that Jesus only gave his disciples in private,  free from the crowd entertaining of parables that the many find valuable and instructional .
Parables are of value, but in private Jesus had much more to say to the "few" who
wanted more than certainty and social comfort.  Even as any system of education has different levels of teaching so is the difference of what is given to those in kindergarten and those who are in much higher levels of learning. We are all at different levels not because of any particular church[or non] we are associated with,
more so because of the developmental level of our consciousness/awareness.

Joining a particular cult [or church] no matter what its bragging chorus is, does not by itself put one in touch with truth through the HOLY SPIRIT. Far too many NRMs 
have been created by false prophets and teachers for their own personal glory and gain. "You will know them by their fruits." 

One of the most remarkable testimonials about this new scripture comes from the following reliable source;

Bro. Anandamoy said in a Yoga Journal Interview:

YJ; "   You were with Paramahansa Yogananda at his retreat in the desert when he was writing his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. Can you tell us what that was like? "

Br A: "   It's very hard to convey. It was for me a spiritual experience—and you cannot describe a spiritual experience with language, because language is based on sense perception. I can only say that when I went into the room where he was working, the presence of God was so tangible that it was to me like stepping into God Himself. That divine vibration filled the whole room, and clearly flowed through the Master. Whereas a scholar might pause to consider how he wanted to interpret an idea, Paramahansaji didn't need to stop and think about what to say. He just went on hour after hour—without interruption, without pause, sometimes far into the night. It was obvious that he was in a deep state of God-communion, and that he was receiving his inspiration directly from God.

"   I remember on one occasion, his secretary stopped typing and said, "Sir, the word   you just used does not exist in the English language."   The Master turned to her and said, "  Yes it does. Look it up in the dictionary." "Sir, it's not here."    "Then that dictionary is no good," he replied. "Look in another one."    She searched for the word in a second dictionary, but it was not there either. So he again told her to look in another dictionary. She left the room and came back with two more dictionaries—bigger ones—and set them down on the floor. The third one did not have it, but the fourth one, the biggest one, did. "You see,"   he said, "if the word didn't exist, God would not have given it to me." Then he asked not to be interrupted anymore. "We have important work to do,"   he said.

"   So you see, this was not an intellectual interpretation, "  man-made"    so to speak, based on one man's thought about what life was all about. This was truth, straight from God...

"   Part of his mission was to interpret the scriptures of East and West—specifically, the Gita, which is the essence of the Vedas and the Upanishads, and certain parts of the Christian Bible, namely the Gospels and some passages of Revelation and Genesis—and show that their teachings are fundamentally the same. He said, "   In their underlying unity, all true scriptures reveal the same truths. . . . The seeming differences of revelations are on the surface merely, caused by the racial and environmental influences surrounding the prophets. Each one is singing his own hymn of the same one Infinite. "    E N D

(Bro. A talking about the Gita in Yoga Journal)

"    Yogananda also said in the introduction to SCC that He did not write this, He was only the instrument. It came directly from Christ.  " 
When He completed this monumental work He also said, "A new scripture is born." 

When you read/study this new and sacred revealed scripture, you may then see why it stands out and restores truth. Then compare this work with others and you should see the difference!  

(a)The author Himself actually lived the life described in these gospels- Paramahansa Yogananda was a modern Christ in every regard. If one cannot see this in the Second Coming book, this fact can be further verified through a couple of more years study of the Masters life and other teachings. Plus when this book was released there were still a few living witnesses to His divine stature. And for the future, many have written of their experiences with this great Master. He was and still is a " living Master."

(b)Yogananda goes far beyond other academics/clergy and theologians. He not only gives a spiritually potent and convincing explanations of Jesus teachings and the spiritual life, but also the fullest and clearest self-trans-formative teaching on how to reach that high state of Self-realization. He takes you on the actual journey and explains every step of the way. You would not get more or better instruction even if you were in the presence of another physical teacher. Keep in mind here, that a teacher living in a body , unless
God-Realized, is not a living Master or Guru. He like most of us is still spiritually dead.

(c)The proof and value of the extensive spiritual instructions you will find in the second coming [and other works by Yogananda] have already been effectively verified by Yogananda's divine lineage and many successor disciples and devotees - it works! SRF/YSS has an outstanding number of highly evolved souls who reached 
highest levels of God-Realization using these described teachings and methods. 

 
(d)His approach in that he is not attempting to prove the authenticity and factualness of the Early Gospels [see Page 69] is very telling of His foresight and wisdom. This very area, is where many embarrassed and presumptuous writers previously made their first mistake. Assuming that everything in writing is the unadulterated "  word of God."  
This intelligent caution alone sets him apart and speaks to his humility.
His work also avoids another great error, taking everything literally..........

(e)Yogananda teaches the mystical path of Yoga Sciences and Vedic spiritual wisdom as the background to share with us the inner/complete meanings and purposes of Jesus the Christ's teachings and mission. Whereas various other commentators on these same documents have been attempting to show the origins of many Gospel passages/ideas as originating mainly in Pagan, Buddhistic, and Egyptian traditions. Many of which in themselves may have origins in India.

(f)The value and veracity of a true revelatory spiritual message rests in part upon its useful and original ideas and answers for the spiritual seeker. Here Yogananda gives us a cornucopia of valuable and refreshingly original approaches to many of the heretofore mysteries of the bible. He fills in a lot of the blanks that were left when other writers on these subjects attempted to  come up with similar concepts.
One can clearly see herein the difference between previous "attempts"   to explain subtle spiritual matters and Yogananda's inspiring teachings. These commentaries are not a product of the Intellect, but a direct transmission of wisdom from the Reality of Christ Consciousness.

Yogananda Himself describes the process as;

"The only reliable standard of Scriptural interpretation
is the testimony of actual perception- to go into that state of consciousness in which the prophets perceived the truths they expounded and thereby witness the meaning they intended. " Paramahansa Yogananda...

(g) And above all, the author avoids the greatest of all pitfalls so many others got tripped up on - the true meaning of Christ's second coming! You will find in the gospels that the reason why Jesus says "no man can know the day or the hour of his return", is simply because he will not be making a public earth shaking second public appearance. Something that Prophets/saviours never have returned this way and never will for many good reasons. This actual second coming occurs only in the lives of those who become one with Him as Christ consciousness or God and is happening to a few souls continually from all faiths. To faithful devotees of many various Avatars. This process is fairly well explained in the Gospels themselves, and clarified beautifully by Paramahansa Yogananda with a great deal of evidence.

All others who have attempted to claim the popular idea of a world shaking celebrity public return have ended up looking like fools and frauds. They were all still lost in popular dogmatic belief systems left over from the times when Rome was calling the shots. Many of todays church beliefs were not divinely inspired, but actually political decisions to control others. Yogananda instead supports His universal "Christ Consciousness" concept with ample evidence and conviction, freeing all seekers and faithful from the blind opportunism that has victimized them in the past by the popular doomsday Jesus returning concepts. The pretense by so many false teachers and clergy that they knew when Jesus would return is one of the main claims used by power seeking persons who like to impress the naive believers to gain large followings by pretending to "  know" the future.
Such persons are the ones that the scriptures warn us about - " False Prophets."

It gives credit to this Gurus way of returning the power from blind leaders to the individual devotee. It further demonstrates how obedience to the Master results in the greatest freedom, self-empowerment, and god-realization for all who make the effort using the right means. Then one becomes truly free. Free from so many old habits, addictions, and bad programming and institution misdirection.

This work thus truly represents the Jesus of Judean times, and shares with us His inner teachings that were given to the Apostles in private. Before time, men, and politics distorted and/or lost so much of the beautiful wisdom that Jesus taught back then. And much that was also kept so secretive, as was required in the mystical customs of those ancient days.

It is truly fitting that after the attempts of so many other well meaning but ineffectual claims of other prophets who claimed credit for themselves restoring Jesus true teachings, it is a Yogi prophet from India [where Jesus spent almost half of his life] who is able to finally reveal the true light and clarity of that ancient and sacred teaching. A light that has already given new hope to millions of spiritual seekers around the globe for the last hundred and fifty years.

This book tells us about some of Jesus amazing connections with India that have been verified through history. Yogananda goes into great detail on spiritual practice, wisdom, and healing,  also the Master -Disciple relationship as the door to heaven before death, and the value of the spiritual life to the fulfillment of ones happiness, freedom, and every other noble goal of life. The author presents a universal teaching that persons of all faiths will greatly benefit from, even without changing their own faith. This is literally the Science of Religion.

See more reviews on this great book at ; Amazon.com,  or......

Further Reading: 
to understand Yogananda's ground breaking
 concept of the true "  Christ Consciousness  "
"   and the only begotten Son,"  please read
"  The Yoga of Jesus "   
                             By SRF Publishers LA USA.
In particular pages No, 7 and  65. for starters....
There are so many persons who think they are
witnessing for Christ and eternal life without a clue to
 what or who this really means.
This will create a great change in your understanding of this matter!
NOW is the time to begin your reprogramming towards greater truth.... 



      What is Self-Realization?

Paramahansa Yogananda tells us that;
       
"Self-Realization is the knowing-in body, mind and soul- that we are one with the omnipresence of God; that we do not have to pray that it come to us, that we are not merely near it at all times, but that God's omnipresence is our omnipresence ; that we are just as much a part of Him now as we ever will be. ...................   All we have to do is improve our knowing."

 

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Yogananda describes the process of true interpretation;

"The only reliable standard of Scriptural interpretation
is the testimony of actual perception- to go into that state
of consciousness in which the prophets perceived the truths
they expounded and thereby witness
the meaning they intended. " Paramahansa Yogananda...