🌾 *H U M I L I T Y* 🌾 🌸 For years Sri Daya Mata has had this inspiring quotation on her desk: Humility is perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is never to be fretted, or vexed, or irritated, or sore, or disappointed. It is to expect nothing, to wonder at nothing that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at rest when nobody praises me, and when I am blamed and despised. It is to have a blessed home in myself, where I can go in and shut the door, and kneel to my Father in secret, and be at peace as in a deep sea of calmness, when all around and above is troubled. Canon T. T. Carter #dayamata #humility #yogananda #kriyayogaguru #selfrealizationfellowship https://www.instagram.com/p/CpAoR5QSAHV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Mataji [Daya Mata] has written in her diary about our two visits Sanyal Mahasaya, and I will use her notes here: “We enter a large, bare room, and seat ourselves in front of a small colorful rug. Within a few moments we hear a movement on the stairway and soon a man of slight form walks in. Seating himself on the rug, he looks curiously at each of us as we are introduced and pronam to him. … He is very reticent to talk about himself and when questions are put to him we see that he turns the conversation to Lahiri Mahasaya. His eyes light up with love as he reminisces about those glorious days at feet of his guru; a pleasant gentle laugh bursts forth at times. His eyes remain aloof and one feels in his presence a deep serenity and peace. …. Sri Sanyal: I had it in mind at the age of 14 to study the Vedas. I had never thought of going for instruction to Lahiri Mahasaya; but when I found him, he asked me to study the Vedas with him. On the first visit I had no idea of initiation but only an ordinary visit; but when I saw him, he began to smile for no reason at all, and kept smiling and smiling. And intuition came to me that his smile meant that he was my guru and that I would have to come to him for initiation. I was initiated by him at the age of 15; and when I was 16 he asked me to give kriya yoga initiation to seekers. I have now given initiation to about 5000 persons. When I was 15 or 16 I had malaria. My eldest sister wrote to Lahiri Mahasaya in Benares asking if I would be cured. He replied that there was no danger, that I would not die young, for I had much work ahead of me. He wrote this message in his own hand. #lahirimahasaya #sanyalmahasaya #dayamata #yssofindia #yogananda #kriyayoga #kriyayogaguru https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci4mDUBuR98/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Yogananda’s talks and classes in the earliest years of his ministry were recorded only intermit­tent­ly. However, when Sri Daya Mata (who later became president of his world­wide organization) joined his ashram in 1931, she undertook the sacred task of faithfully recording Yogananda’s hundreds of lectures, classes, and informal talks. Source yssi.org #yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #dayamata #yssofindia #meditation #yoga #kriyayogaguru https://www.instagram.com/p/CbY1sz0hTja/?utm_medium=tumblr

January 31st 1946 Golden World City Encinitas. Dear Faye, Many years God as travelled us together working for him.Your birth has been important in the family of SRF and the family and parents who brought you up. Your sincere joyous and intelligent service to SRF and to God has been extremely pleasing to me. May you be born in the Cosmic Mother and inspire all with your spiritual motherliness only - only to bring others to God by the example of your life. Happy Birthday to you - Blessings Eternal P Yogananda Love and a little token from me. #birthanniversary #dayamata #yssofindia #kriyayoga #yogananda https://www.instagram.com/p/CZZZKB2Bk8S/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Each one of us has our particular cross to bear, our own karmic burden. We must not bemoan this. It is false notion that because one is a devotee of God, he or she is entitled to a life that is untouched, unruffled, by any difficulties----that we can require of Him that our days be calm and our workload be "not too much, Lord; just what I can carry evenly so that I do not get upset." That is not a realistic expectation. If we tell God, "I am devoting myself to You; therefore it is Your duty to see that my life is happy and that nobody troubles me," we can know for certain that His response will be, "My child, you have much yet to learn. If you are My own, then you have given Me the right to permit whatever is best for you." Devotees who do so are like the little kitten: The mother cats picks it up and carries it around; she puts it here or puts it there. Whether she places it on a soft cushion or a cold hard surface, the kitten does not cry or whine. The mother is there, so the kitten is content. The Divine Mother of the universe is looking after each one of us in this way. When the devotee says, "Well, Mother, You know best," and has a sweet sense of surrender and trust in Her, he or she is expressing the attitude of a real disciple on the path. ~ Sri Daya Mata Self-Realization Magazine #kriyayoga #dayamata #yssofindia https://www.instagram.com/p/CQOMxscn3KA/?utm_medium=tumblr

Spirituality lies not in the power to heal others, to perform miracles, or to astound the world with our wisdom, but in the ability to endure with right attitude whatever crosses we have to face in our daily lives, and thus to rise above them. #DayaMata #HelloSeptember