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Welcome to the June 2015 edition of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India eNewsletter. This month, we commemorate the first ever United Nations-sanctioned International Day of Yoga, which takes place on June 21, by sharing with you enlightening thoughts from Paramahansa Yogananda on the universality of yoga.
Paramahansa Yogananda on "The Universality of Yoga" International Day of Yoga 2015 Sharad Sangam 2015 – Online Registration Now Available
Inspiration and Counsel From Paramahansa Yogananda Yoga is a system of scientific methods for reuniting the soul with the Spirit. We have come down from God, and we must reascend to Him. We have seemingly become separated from our Father, and we must consciously reunite with Him. Yoga teaches us how to rise above the delusion of separation and realize our oneness with God. The poet Milton wrote of the soul of man and how it might regain paradise. That is the purpose and goal of Yoga − to regain the lost paradise of soul consciousness by which man knows that he is, and ever has been, one with Spirit.
The world's various religions are based more or less on the beliefs of man. But the true basis of religion should be a science that all devotees Jun apply in order to reach our one Father-God. Yoga is that science. The practice of a science of religion is imperative.
It is all right to enjoy life; the secret of happiness is not to become attached to anything. Enjoy the smell of the flower, but see God in it. I have kept the consciousness of the senses only that in using them I Jun always perceive and think of God. "Mine eyes were made to behold Thy beauty everywhere. My ears were made to hear Thine omnipresent voice." That is yoga, union with God. It is not necessary to go to the forest to find Him. Worldly habits will hold us fast wherever we Jun be until we free ourselves from them. The yogi learns to find God in the cave of his heart. Wherever he goes, he carries with him the blissful consciousness of God's presence.
Celebrating Yoga Worldwide and Paramahansa Yogananda's Mission to Bring Yoga to the West Daiji World, an online news portal, wrote in an article dated March 5: "If India's idea of an International Yoga Day has found easy acceptance in the UN, much of the credit must go to Paramahansa Yogananda, India's first yoga guru in the U.S....He played a huge role in laying the foundation for yoga in the United States a century ago." We invite you to visit a Yogoda Satsanga Society of India ashram, kendra/mandali near you, many of which will hold special meditations and other functions to commemorate the International Day of Yoga. Read more and explore Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings and the many yoga resources on our website.
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 Anyone who has established God in his soul temple is a yogi. He can say, with me, that Yoga is for the East, North, South, and West − for all people, that they Jun follow the byways of theology to join the highway of Yoga. The right road leads to the palace of God's bliss. — Paramahansa Yogananda
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