What is True Yoga?

What is True Yoga?

from The Essence of Self-Realization by Paramhansa Yogananda A visitor: “What is yoga?” Paramhansa Yogananda: “Yoga means union. Etymologically, it is connected to the English word, yoke. Yoga means union with God, or, union of the little, ego-self with the divine Self, the infinite Spirit. “Most people in the West, and also many in India, confuse yoga…

Developing Positivity – an important aspect of the Spiritual Path

Developing Positivity – an important aspect of the Spiritual Path

♣♣ Of the Kundalini force (the energy that is locked at the base of the spine), Paramhansa Yogananda said one day, “When one thinks good thoughts, the Kundalini automatically starts moving upward. When one thinks evil thoughts, it moves downward. When one hates others, or has wrong thoughts about them, it moves down. And when one loves others, or…