September 2015 Newsletter

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Dear *|FNAME|* Do you have a guru? Perhaps Yogananda or Jesus is your guru. We have many friends who follow the paths of various gurus. It is a great blessing and joy to accept and be accepted by a guru, living or not. I put my life in the hands of Paramhansa Yogananda every day. This brings so much light into my heart! I find it somewhat harder to do what my Guru tells me I should do! I have to keep working on it. I know that the more I do – as guided by Yogananda - the more surely and quickly I will progress on my own spiritual path. He has given me the tools. If you have another guru, then it is his or her teachings and practices you should follow. Yogananda compared not following your guru's teachings to going to a doctor to get a prescription but tossing it away when you return home. Swami Kriyananda wrote ""Don't expect to get there if you merely depend passively on the guru - like a superstitious patient whom one may imagine framing his prescription and hanging it on a wall - as if expecting the writing itself to make him well!" Every night when I awake, I see how quickly I can think of him and start repeating "AUM Guru." As I begin all my daily activities I try to remember to pray or ask for the Master's blessings. When I see others, I try to recognize God in them. When something happens to me – which to me may appear to me to be good or bad - I immediately thank my Guru because he has me in his hands, and sends me what I need. Paramhansa Yogananda gave us great encouragement when he said: "If you practice even a hundredth part of what I teach you, you will reach God." We are given the tools and the promise. The Masters' blessings on your journey, Nityananda

Teachers at The Expanding Light share many of the revolutionary tools which Yogananda brought to the West. We welcome everyone seeking to find a true path, or to discover a higher octave of their own being. Some Upcoming Programs SEPTEMBER: Yoga Getaway for Labor Day 15% OFF The Chakras: Inner Guide to Self-Realization 15% OFF Learn How to Meditate 15% OFF Prenatal Yoga Retreat 15% OFF Therapeutic Yoga Retreat 15% OFF Tools for Success 15% OFF OCTOBER Personal Retreat Plus Sharing Nature Training and Retreat You Can Change Your Brain CEU Painting Magic Into Your Life First-Timers' Week already priced very low! Click for Full Calendar offerings Blog Posts An Ayurvedic Retreat by Maitri Jones Divine Remembrance by Satyana Willard Remodel Your Life by Badri Matlock Subscribe to our blogs here Inspiration from Paramhansa Yogananda “To get off the wheel, you have to desire freedom very intensely. Then only will God release you. Your longing has to be fervent. If it is, and if you are determined no more to want to play, the Lord has to release you.” From Conversations from Yogananda Inspiration from Swami Kriyananda “… the Master warned us, ‘You must listen to what I tell you, even in the little things.‘ I think we may take his words to mean, ‘especially in the little things.‘ For these, particularly, though they seem unimportant, may be vitally important…, especially if he emphasized them repeatedly.” From Conversations from Yogananda

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