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If there were no death, fifteen hundred million people would monopolize the Infinite. The planets and the universes would trademark God with the sale of finitude. The Infinite would be exhausted. Life and death would lose the taste of charming mystery. Everything would grow old and stale. The Infinite is ever-new—so by His Infinite Magic Wand of renewing death He keeps everything ever expressing, ever remodeling itself into a fitter vehicle for infinite expressions.

Hence this paradox—the dance of death—shattering worlds, pulverizing skulls, crumbling roses, destroying fifteen hundred million people every hundred years, killing billions of fishes, trillions of bacteria and powdering sextillion countless atoms. The life beautiful is evolving, training souls in the factory of mighty death. Death is the cosmic furnace in which the dross of all objects and living souls is purified. Death comes to a dutiful soul as its promotion to a higher state; it comes to a failure soul to give it another chance in a different environment.

Paramahansa Yogananda, in East West, Vol 3: 6 September - October 1928, 'The Mystery of Life and Death
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"The old theory of matter as essentially different from spirit is gone."

"The spirit contained in matter, and matter, are the same, just as hydrogen oxygen gas contained in a closed jar made out of a block of ice is of the same essential composition as the jar itself. The thing contained is made of the same material as the container. If it were otherwise, matter and spirit would have to be the result of two co-existing infinite forces, which is impossible. As the ocean becomes the waves, so does spirit become matter. Spirit and matter are the same as the ocean and the waves. The waves are distorted ocean—so is matter distorted, objectified spirit.

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"The Eternal Father, God, Swami Parambrahma, is the only Real Substance, Sat, and is all in all in the universe."

"These four - the Word, Time, Space, and the Atom - are therefore one and the same, and substantially nothing but mere ideas. This manifestation of the Word (becoming flesh, the external material) created this visible world. So the Word, Amen, Aum, being the manifestation of the Eternal Nature of the Almighty Father or His Own Self, is inseperable from and nothing but God Himself; as the burning power is inseparable from and nothing but the fire itself."

"Indestructible and Ever-Existing Real Substance"

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"Yogananda said that Gyanamata was liberated, and somwhere in the scriptures it says that one cannot become liberated until you've helped others reach God." -Borg108

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There are three stages of spiritual seeking. In the beginning, it is perfectly fine, and in fact desireable, to read different spiritual books and explore all the paths one feels drawn to in order to find the one that is best for him or herself. Then comes the phase where Daya Mata probably perceived you to be. There it is best to focus on one's chosen path and teachings, imbibing the vibrations of the teacher and not diluting one's efforts. At that time, other spiritual teachings may confuse and even distract one from one's goal. This is why SRF postulants read only Yogananda's writings. Later on, when one becomes more grounded and settled one one's path (and has greater discrimination), there is no problem in reading other spiritual writings. Daya Ma was probably telling you what she did at the time to help you get through stage 2 successfully.

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You have to use your discrimination to distinguish between siddhis displayed by seekers who have limited realization. Such powers can distract them from their goal. This is different than siddhis displayed by saints who have already reached the goal of life and/or are acting in harmony with the divine will. Was Christ wrong when he walked on water, changed water to wine, or fed multitudes with 5 fishes and loaves of bread? Maybe you're going to tell us now that none of these things really happened, according to some biblical scholar.

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I feel ultimately however much we may differ and argue over some issues, we should do so like opposing lawyers that eat lunch together in an amicable fashion afterwards.

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YellowBeard raises an eyebrow. Mmmm. Guru Busters

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How many people actually question Yogananda in comparison to the amount of blind praise and worship?

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Since Yogananda shaped the practice according to his tastes (as most gurus do), when we do it, we're saying that we believe he had some kind of superhuman vision into the subtle workings of the soul.

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Kriya is associated with a lot of corrupt groups. A notable example is the "Solar Logos" Kriya cult that was started by a Yogananda direct disciple. These people are actually waiting for UFOs to come pick them up and deliver them to Salvation.

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Kriya may actually delude the mind as some meditations do. I say this as respectfully as possible, Punk has some 'colorful' views on life.

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We of course have different views on this ...

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