Autobiography Chapter 13, Part 6: Yogananda finds bliss in a remote jungle

[@ramaraju2982]

Jai.. Guru 🙏

[@mariarosenberger89]

Re holding hands -isn’t it interesting how little kids so easily and spontaneously take each other’s hands, just to walk around and do whatever, innocently and openly? It’s noteworthy maybe that there are chakras in the palms of the hands. We should all still be like that! 😊 Re rock candy. It so happens I grew up with a candy-&-ice cream store nearby where rock candy was sold. Now I can recognize the form of it as resembling crystals, likely one of its attractions, in addition to the pure sugar).

[@mariarosenberger89]

Re the idea of “betraying” God. Line 15 of “The Hound of Heaven” reads: “All things betray thee who betrayed Me.” There’s a recording of guruji reciting excerpts on the CD, “Songs and Chants.” It’s very touching and powerful.

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Correction: line 15 of the poem “…who betrayest me.” Autocorrect strikes again 🙃

[@YoganandaPodcast]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing, interesting to note the reference from "The hound of heaven".. what an epic poem! Francis Thompson must have been a genius!

[@nikitarasania]

The first part of Guruji's conversation with RGM reassures him on SYji's words that mountains cannot be your guru. In the second part Mukunda asks for samadhi. Why did he ask RGM for samadhi? I see that RGM answer on this also centers around reassuring Mukunda on SYji's contact and that he is the only one to bestow him such experience. Is it also because Mukunda admires this great saint so he wanted highest blessings from him as well. Just some thoughts around this conversation!!