Daily Meditator, Meditation

The Power of Listening

Jobs were scarce during the worldwide depression in the 1930s. In a small Midwest town in the United States the telegraph office announced they’d be hiring a new telegraph operator. On the day of the interview, sixty hopeful men packed the waiting room. To relieve their tension, most of the job applicants joked and chattered loudly with one another. One … Read More

Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth

AUM: Stories of Protection

When you feel worried or anxious, call on HOLY AUM. Pray believing in its sovereignty over matter. Remember always Yogananda’s promise: “When you are in the consciousness of AUM, nothing can touch you.”

Daily Meditator, Meditation

Contentment Is the Supreme Virtue

Whatever comes of itself, let it come, but I am ever content in my inner heart. —Swami Kriyananda “When you can be happy in the present,” Paramhansa Yogananda said, “then you have God.” I experienced this truth one day after losing my way in the mountains. It was late spring, and snow still covered the Sierra Nevada high country. While … Read More