Sunday Service

With Nayaswami Mantradevi

It’s important to let go of attachments and old negative thoughts, so that we don’t bring them with us when we pass on. Nayaswami Anandi shares two excellent techniques for doing so.

Why pray to God if he already knows what we need? Because prayer helps us grow.

As devotees, we need to keep our mind on what is most important — God’s bliss.

To grow and expand in yourself, you must have courage to do what you believe is right, regardless of anyone else’s opinion.

True love comes not from us, but from God — when we attune with that love completely, we become saints.

We are in a new age, and religion needs to be approached in a new way.

The human incarnation is a great blessing; it’s as a human that we have the freedom to choose to evolve and be one with God or to just live in his dream.

The ego is the barrier between us and freedom, peace, and perfect joy.

“The real temptation is the contraction into darkness, away from light.” Jyotish explains the two opposing forces in the universe and how the choices we make daily that bring us towards one or the other.

Diksha explains two currents of consciousness exist within each of us: one compelling us downward and therefore outwards; another bringing us inward and upwards toward God.

God hides the truth in some ways, but reveals it in many others — the choice to find it is up to us.

In this weeks sunday service, Devarshi talks about how the two most important truths on the spiritual path are rendering selfless service and cultivating devotion.

Paramhansa Yogananda said that the magnetism of a guru is necessary for us to reach Self-realization.

Becoming one with the Christ Consciousness means knowing how to follow It through the crowds of our own conflicting thoughts and desires.

Attunement with a true guru, which Paramhansa Yogananda emphasized with his disciples, is one of the most important facets of a search for God.

Light is one of the eight attributes of God, and it can transform us entirely.

By concentrating at the spiritual eye, we can still our consciousness and perceive our Higher Self.

Regardless of our upbringing, culture or life circumstances, we always have the choice to rise, to become light.

The more we allow energy to collect around our ego, the faster we fall — but if we focus on the light, we become lighter, and rise.