Yogoda Satsanga Society of India
Welcome to the November/December edition of the Yogoda Satsanga Society of India eNewsletter. During this holy season, we share a meditation of Paramahansa Yogananda on celebrating the birth of the universal Christ Consciousness within ourselves. May your holidays be filled with the peace and joy of the Divine..
A Meditation on Christ Consciousness by Paramahansa Yogananda
Celebrate the birth of Christ in the cradle of your consciousness during the Christmas season. Let His vast perception in Nature, in space, and in universal love be felt within your heart.
Break the limitations of caste, colour, race, religious prejudice, and inharmony, that the cradle of your heart be big enough to hold within you the Christ-love for all creation.
On every Christmas morn of your inner perception, prepare precious packages of divine qualities and deliver them to the beloved souls who gather around the Christmas tree of inner awakening to commemorate His birth in understanding, truth, and bliss.
Celebrating the birth of omniscient, omnipresent Christ Consciousness on the joyous Christmas festivity of your inner awakening, you will find the unbroken happiness of your dreams.
Let the omniscient Christ Consciousness come to earth a second time and be born in you, even as it was manifested in the consciousness of Jesus.
In 1931 Paramahansa Yogananda inaugurated the custom of holding an all-day meditation service during the Christmas season. His purpose was to foster the communion with the Christ Consciousness that he said constitutes the true celebration of Christmas. Yogoda Satsanga Society of India annually observes this custom in its ashrams, kendras, and mandalis and invites you to participate.
As additional inspiration for the Christmas season, please enjoy this audio excerpt of a Christmas meditation conducted by late YSS/SRF Sanghamata and President Sri Mrinalini Mata (1931–2017) at the SRF Mother Center.
