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WANT TO SEE GOD? - JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES - PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA
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00:01Have you ever closed your eyes and felt something calling you from within?
00:05Have you ever experienced a moment so profound that when you closed your eyes, the entire world seemed to dissolve?
00:12As if, in that quiet darkness, something sacred stirred, something beyond words, something deeply divine.
00:20In this video, we invite you to take a journey into that silence, a journey that Paramahansa Yogananda himself walked with unwavering devotion.
00:28This is not a journey tied to any religion or tradition.
00:33This is a journey of the soul.
00:35The search for the divine is not out there in the material world.
00:38It lies deep within, in the stillness of your own spirit.
00:42And today, we're going to take you into that stillness, into the quiet place where true awakening begins.
00:49If you've ever felt drawn to silence, even once, then what you're about to hear will resonate deeply.
00:55But if you're in a noisy place or find yourself easily distracted, pause this video for now.
01:02Come back when you can listen with full attention, because this isn't just a video, it's a doorway to something sacred.
01:08And partial knowledge, especially in such matters, can be misleading.
01:12This message holds depth, clarity, and a transformative energy, and it must be received in full.
01:19So please, watch this video till the very end.
01:22Don't skip a second.
01:24Every word and every feeling shared here is a step toward the sacred threshold of silence, where only you and the divine exist.
01:33And if, at any point, you feel touched, even slightly fun by this journey, let us know with a simple like.
01:40And if you're ready, drop a comment below that says,
01:43I am going within, to let us know you're walking this path with us.
01:48Now close your eyes.
01:49Let's begin this mysterious inward journey, the very same one that Paramahansa Yogananda embarked upon.
01:56Why does the world always pull us outward?
01:59Have you noticed how life constantly drags our attention outward?
02:03From the moment we wake up, our senses leap into action, looking, listening, seeking.
02:09Our consciousness races toward the outside world.
02:12We chase love, peace, happiness, even God, believing we'll find them somewhere out there.
02:18We go to churches, temples, sacred sites, or seek guidance from wise teachers, hoping something external will show us the way.
02:26But Yogananda once said something profound.
02:29The day you close your eyes is the day you take your first step inward.
02:33It sounds simple, but it's not just about shutting your eyelids.
02:36It's about silencing the mental chatter, the endless loop of thoughts, fears, and memories.
02:42The real eyes are the eyes of the mind, and those eyes rarely close.
02:46They are constantly jumping from the past to the future, from imagination to worry.
02:52And as long as they remain open, you cannot perceive the divinely, because God is not an object that appears before you.
02:59He is not a vision.
03:00He is silence, infinite, still, and deeply alive.
03:05The turning point in Yogananda's journey.
03:10Yogananda's own spiritual journey began with this realization.
03:14He too searched far and wide, from temple to temple, from saint to sage.
03:18But what he received were only words, not experiences.
03:23Shadows, not light.
03:25Until one day, weary of the endless search, he simply closed his eyes.
03:29That exhaustion, as it turns out, was not a failure.
03:33It was grace.
03:35Sometimes, the moment you feel most defeated is when God finds a way in.
03:40Yogananda sank inward.
03:42No words, no expectations, only silence.
03:46And in that vast inner stillness, something stirred.
03:50A wave of light, a subtle vibration rose within him,
03:54as though a hidden door had quietly opened in the depths of his heart.
03:58That door was not unique to Yogananda.
04:02It exists within all of us, within you, within me.
04:06But our greatest mistake is that we keep looking outside for what has always been within.
04:12To truly see the divine, you must be willing to let the outer world dissolve like a passing dream.
04:19Then, and only then, does the inner world begin to reveal itself as real.
04:24What do you first encounter when you go within?
04:28So, what happens when you close your eyes and journey inward?
04:32Do you see God instantly?
04:34No.
04:35First comes darkness, confusion, restlessness, a storm of thoughts.
04:41Because the room of your inner being, neglected for so long, has collected dust, fear, doubt, noise.
04:48Even Yogananda faced this.
04:51He said,
04:51When I first closed my eyes, I found no divinity inside me, only my own noise and my regrets, my desires, my fears.
04:59God was nowhere to be found.
05:01But he understood something crucial.
05:03That noise was the path.
05:05And to find peace, he had to walk through the storm.
05:08This is where many seekers get discouraged.
05:12They sit in meditation, hoping for peace, and instead find discomfort.
05:17They believe something has gone wrong, but they don't realize.
05:20The first thing that emerges is always the unrest.
05:24The very thing we've hidden from all our lives.
05:26The mind will resist, it will whisper fears.
05:30It's dark in here, it'll say.
05:32You might get lost.
05:34This isn't safe.
05:35But if you stay, if you dare to go deeper, then something miraculous happens.
05:42Patience brings the first glimpse of the divine.
05:45Yogananda once said he sat in silence for many days and nights, with no desire, no expectation, just pure presence.
05:52And then one day, the darkness shifted.
05:56It turned into light.
05:58This is sacred.
05:59Do not fear the darkness.
06:01Don't run from it.
06:03It's the first form of God's light.
06:05A cleansing silence that empties the mind of everything it no longer needs.
06:11The mind is like a vessel.
06:13It's full of clutter.
06:15Thoughts, emotions, distractions.
06:18And yet we expect God to enter this overflowing cup.
06:21Instead, allow the mind to be still.
06:25Let the thoughts come and go.
06:27Don't cling to them.
06:28Don't resist.
06:29Just witness.
06:31This witnessing, this silent observation, was Yogananda's core practice.
06:37To watch without interference.
06:39To simply be.
06:41And when you do that, something begins to shift.
06:44The noise softens.
06:47Thoughts slow down.
06:49A subtle music begins to rise.
06:50Not from the outside, but from the very depths of your being.
06:54When silence reveals the truth.
06:56In that sacred space, Yogananda reached a point where all language ceased.
07:02There were no words.
07:03No concepts.
07:04No time.
07:05Just a vast, living stillness.
07:08He didn't see God.
07:09He became one with God.
07:11Not in a meeting.
07:12But in a dissolving.
07:13Like a drop disappearing into the ocean.
07:16Or the ocean dissolving into the drop.
07:19And that's the paradox.
07:21You cannot find God.
07:23As long as you exist as a separate identity, the divine cannot be fully realized.
07:29Because where there is duality, there is distance.
07:32The moment Yogananda dissolved, when his ego vanished, what remained was God.
07:39But the ego is stubborn.
07:41Even spiritual identity, calling yourself a seeker, a yogi, a knower of truth, can become
07:46a refined form of ego.
07:49Yogananda saw this.
07:51He watched even the ego of meditation rise within himself.
07:55And he let it go.
07:57He surrendered completely.
07:59Outwardly, he appeared calm.
08:01But within, a revolution was unfolding.
08:04Every mask fell.
08:06Every illusion crumbled.
08:08And what remained was that, the pure, formless presence of the divine.
08:12No form.
08:14No image.
08:15Just presence.
08:16There was no vision.
08:17No shape.
08:19No voice.
08:20Just an undeniable, all-pervading presence.
08:23As if existence itself was vibrating with consciousness.
08:27He didn't say, I saw God.
08:29He said, only God remained.
08:32Yogananda disappeared.
08:34This is the final truth.
08:35Where there is no seeker.
08:37No search.
08:38No effort.
08:39Only the truth remains.
08:42What changed?
08:44After this experience,
08:45now comes a powerful question.
08:48What happens when someone experiences such depth?
08:51Do they return to the world the same?
08:53The answer is no.
08:54They may come back.
08:56But they are never the same person again.
08:59Yogananda returned to the world.
09:01But now, he wasn't just a man.
09:03He was a wave of stillness.
09:05A living presence.
09:07Wherever he went,
09:09people could feel the fragrance of silence around him.
09:12After his meditations,
09:14it took him time to open his eyes.
09:16Because now,
09:17everything he saw was infused with divinity.
09:20A tree was no longer just a tree.
09:23It was a pulsing, conscious energy.
09:26A person wasn't just flesh and bone.
09:28They were a sacred journey in motion.
09:30He wrote,
09:31What happens when someone truly experiences God?
09:49It's not just a change in how you see the world.
09:52It's a transformation in how you exist in it.
09:55After this encounter,
09:57life no longer feels like a struggle or a burden.
09:59Instead,
10:00everything becomes a miraculous unfolding.
10:04This is the kind of shift
10:05that happened in the life of Paramahansa Yogananda.
10:09His journey led him to this profound understanding.
10:12And from that moment,
10:14every interaction he had with people
10:15was no longer the same.
10:17It wasn't just meeting people.
10:19It was connecting with the divine essence in them.
10:23When Yogananda left India,
10:25he stepped into a different kind of world.
10:27He entered a new civilization.
10:29Structured,
10:30modern,
10:31constantly striving for progress.
10:33He saw a world filled with material success,
10:36but often devoid of inner connection.
10:39People had plenty,
10:41yet something essential was missing.
10:43They had amassed knowledge,
10:44but lacked inner wisdom.
10:46Peace seemed to have slipped away
10:48amidst the race for advancement.
10:50Yogananda felt a calling,
10:52a deep inner push,
10:53that the time had come to share
10:55what he had experienced.
10:56Not just with India,
10:58but with the entire world.
11:00This was a universal truth
11:01already residing in every human being,
11:04yet invisible to most.
11:06His mission was not to bring something new from outside,
11:09but to awaken what had always been within,
11:12taking the inner message to the West.
11:13When Yogananda came to the West,
11:17he shared a message that was both ancient and radical.
11:20He emphasized that God is not found in distant heavens,
11:24but within one's own being.
11:26What he had once taught in India,
11:27he now expressed in fresh,
11:29relatable terms for a new audience.
11:31He believed the Western world was ready
11:33for the deep spiritual practices
11:35of meditation and self-realization,
11:37but it had to be presented with the right lens.
11:41He explained that meditation and inner exploration
11:43were not religious rituals
11:45confined to a particular culture.
11:48They were universal necessities.
11:50He boldly declared that spirituality and science
11:52are not opposites,
11:54but reflections of the same ultimate truth.
11:57Science uncovers the external structure of reality.
11:59Meditation reveals its inner nature.
12:03Both are different expressions of the same truth,
12:06experienced through different faculties.
12:08This concept was new and challenging for the Western mind,
12:12where self-realization had long been confined
12:14to religious boundaries.
12:17A new spiritual science.
12:20Yogananda didn't just talk about meditation.
12:23He brought practical techniques
12:24and showed how these methods
12:25could transform every aspect of life.
12:28He taught how to balance the body's energies,
12:31calm the restless mind,
12:33and connect deeply with the soul.
12:35His approach was revolutionary,
12:37blending ancient wisdom with modern sensibility.
12:40He showed the West that spirituality
12:42isn't a belief system.
12:44It's a living science
12:45that anyone can experiment with
12:47in their personal journey.
12:49This was a major contribution,
12:51presenting spiritual growth
12:52not as faith-based dogma,
12:54but as an inner exploration
12:56with measurable benefits.
12:58Yogananda's teachings
12:59were simple in their expression,
13:01but profound in meaning.
13:04He often said,
13:04whatever you are,
13:05that is God.
13:06You only have to recognize it.
13:08With this powerful message,
13:10he began planting the seeds
13:11of transformation around the world,
13:14facing doubt and resistance.
13:16But Yogananda was also aware
13:17that this path would not be easy.
13:19He understood that not everyone
13:21would welcome his message
13:22with open arms.
13:24When he stepped onto Western soil,
13:26he knew he was entering
13:27unfamiliar terrain,
13:28where many people saw life
13:30through the lens of logic and progress.
13:32Skepticism was inevitable.
13:35Some viewed him as a mystic
13:36from an exotic land.
13:38Others dismissed him
13:39as a promoter of outdated traditions.
13:41There were critics
13:42who labeled him a dreamer,
13:44a preacher, even a fraud.
13:45But Yogananda's inner stillness
13:47was unshaken.
13:48He taught his followers
13:49a powerful truth.
13:51Listen to criticism,
13:53but don't carry it in your heart.
13:55If you hold onto it,
13:56it will harm you.
13:57If you don't understand something,
13:59you don't have to force it.
14:00Just accept and let it be.
14:03He faced doubt
14:04not with defensiveness,
14:05but with love.
14:06He didn't argue or retaliate.
14:09He remained rooted in his truth,
14:11letting his presence and message
14:12speak louder than any defense.
14:14He reminded people
14:15that criticism
14:16often says more about the critic
14:18than about the one being judged,
14:20from understanding
14:22to inner experience.
14:25Yogananda understood
14:26that true transformation
14:27doesn't happen just through ideas.
14:29It requires personal experience.
14:33He introduced the Western world
14:34to a deep foundation
14:36of meditative practice.
14:38Slowly,
14:39people began to see
14:40the results for themselves.
14:42Not through borrowed beliefs,
14:43but through direct encounters
14:45with inner peace and awareness.
14:47He showed that
14:47everyone is on a personal journey,
14:49but no one is alone.
14:51He emphasized
14:51that we all share
14:52a common root,
14:54not outside,
14:55but deep within ourselves.
14:57He was not just sharing words.
14:59He was transmitting energy,
15:01an energy that helped others
15:02awaken to their true self.
15:04Through his teachings,
15:05people began to realize
15:06that the world
15:07is not only around us,
15:09it is also within us.
15:11Each of us exists
15:12in two worlds,
15:13the outer
15:14and the inner.
15:16What we see
15:16and what we feel,
15:18both are mirrors
15:19of who we are,
15:21returning to his homeland.
15:23But a question
15:24stirred within him.
15:26Would his homeland
15:26accept this message too?
15:29The insights
15:29he brought to the West,
15:31would they find resonance
15:32in the land
15:32where he was born?
15:34India,
15:35with its ancient
15:36spiritual roots
15:37and deeply embedded traditions,
15:40was it ready
15:40for a fresh interpretation
15:41of its own wisdom?
15:43Would people there
15:44embrace this new energy
15:45or cling to the old ways?
15:48This question echoed
15:49in his mind
15:49as he returned to the land
15:51where he first began
15:52his spiritual journey.
15:54India had shaped
15:55his early thoughts
15:56and now he was coming back
15:58with the same truth,
15:59but with a new light.
16:01Yogananda held
16:02a deep faith.
16:04He believed
16:04that this was the time
16:05for a meaningful union
16:06between the past
16:07and the present.
16:09He wanted to give India
16:10a new lens
16:11through which to see
16:12its own traditions,
16:14not to change them
16:15but to breathe
16:15new life into them.
16:17He hoped to help people
16:18not only reconnect
16:19with ancient wisdom
16:20but to apply that wisdom
16:22in the modern world.
16:25India's Transformation
16:26When Yogananda returned
16:29to India,
16:30he found that the country
16:30too had changed.
16:31It was more fast-paced,
16:34more modern,
16:35more complex.
16:36Yet despite these changes,
16:38he brought with him
16:39the same profound peace
16:40he had carried
16:41throughout the West.
16:42He knew that spiritual truth
16:43doesn't belong
16:44to any one place.
16:46It lives wherever
16:46the heart is open.
16:48And now,
16:49he was ready to offer
16:50that truth to India
16:51once again
16:52with deeper clarity
16:53and renewed conviction.
16:56His journey
16:56between East and West,
16:58between tradition
16:59and innovation,
17:00between resistance
17:01and acceptance,
17:02was never just about
17:03teaching others.
17:05It was about awakening
17:06something eternal
17:07in every human being.
17:09And that truth
17:10still waits,
17:11quietly,
17:12within each of us.
17:14There,
17:14standing once again
17:15on the ancient land
17:16of India,
17:17he felt something stir
17:18deep within him.
17:20It was more than nostalgia.
17:21It was a calling,
17:23a profound realization
17:24that the spiritual wisdom
17:26of this land
17:27needed to be revived.
17:28but not in the way
17:29it had always been confined,
17:31not limited to temples
17:32or monastic retreats,
17:34nor locked behind rituals
17:35and traditionalism.
17:37This time,
17:38the message
17:39had to break free.
17:40It had to reach the people
17:41in their cities,
17:43in their homes,
17:44in the midst of modern chaos
17:45and material distractions.
17:48Yogananda knew
17:48that many were drowning
17:49under the weight
17:50of material pursuits,
17:52emotional stress,
17:53and mental unrest.
17:55For them,
17:56spirituality
17:56wasn't even a consideration.
17:59They were too busy surviving.
18:01And yet,
18:01it was exactly these people
18:02who needed the light most.
18:04Not a light
18:05that required
18:05abandoning their lives
18:07and becoming ascetics,
18:08but a light
18:09that could shine
18:09within their daily lives.
18:11His message was simple
18:12but deeply transformative.
18:14Yogananda did not teach
18:16that God resided
18:16only in temples
18:17or sacred texts.
18:19He reminded people
18:20that the divine
18:21is not distant or external.
18:23It is alive
18:23within every human being.
18:25You don't need to travel
18:26to a shrine
18:27to discover God.
18:28You are the shrine.
18:30Your heart is the temple.
18:32When you fill yourself
18:33with love,
18:34when peace becomes
18:35your nature,
18:36you are already
18:36in communion
18:37with the divine.
18:39He wasn't contradicting
18:40Indian traditions.
18:42He was offering
18:42a new lens
18:43through which to view them.
18:45A perspective
18:45that was both ancient
18:46and refreshingly new.
18:48An inward journey
18:49toward the soul
18:50that transcended
18:51caste,
18:52religion,
18:52and cultural boundaries.
18:54He wasn't bringing
18:55something foreign
18:56back from the West.
18:57He was reviving
18:58the core of what
18:59India had always taught,
19:01that the soul is eternal
19:02and God dwells within.
19:04But he wasn't merely
19:05a speaker
19:06or philosopher.
19:07Yogananda taught
19:08that meditation
19:09was the gateway
19:10to experiencing
19:11this inner divinity,
19:12not just theory,
19:13but direct experience.
19:16Through deep meditation,
19:17one could reach
19:18the stillness within,
19:19a place untouched
19:21by the outer world's noise.
19:23In this inner silence,
19:24he said,
19:25a person could find
19:26calmness,
19:27clarity,
19:27and even freedom
19:28from the emotional
19:29and mental burdens
19:30that plagued
19:30their daily life.
19:32As he began to speak
19:33across India,
19:34he encountered
19:35a different kind
19:35of resistance.
19:37It wasn't always
19:37open criticism.
19:39It was subtle,
19:40a quiet hesitation,
19:42a cultural defensiveness.
19:44The very people
19:45who revered
19:46their ancient scriptures
19:47and teachings
19:47were often unsure
19:49about the practicality
19:50of his message.
19:51They questioned
19:52whether such a perspective,
19:54which seemed to come
19:55wrapped in a modern outlook,
19:56could really coexist
19:57with their traditions.
19:59What Yogananda was offering
20:00wasn't a contradiction
20:01to Indian philosophy.
20:03It was a bridge
20:04between the timeless
20:05and the timely.
20:06He had experienced
20:07the West.
20:08He had seen
20:09how hungry people were
20:10for spiritual depth
20:11in the middle
20:11of their fast-paced lives.
20:13And now he wanted
20:14to reawaken
20:15that same spiritual spark
20:16in India.
20:17But he understood
20:18this wouldn't happen
20:19overnight.
20:20It would take time,
20:21compassion,
20:22and patience.
20:23He spoke not only
20:24to ears,
20:25but to souls.
20:26There was a mysterious
20:27power in his words.
20:29Even those who doubted him
20:30felt something stir.
20:32Sometimes,
20:33in his public talks,
20:34he would notice
20:35three types of listeners,
20:37those who remained detached,
20:39those who were curious,
20:40and those who were moved.
20:42And in those silent moments
20:43of realization,
20:44he knew his message
20:46was quietly seeping
20:47into the hearts
20:47of his homeland.
20:49Yogananda deeply respected
20:50Indian heritage.
20:52He never encouraged people
20:53to abandon their traditions.
20:55Instead,
20:56he urged them
20:57to dive deeper
20:57into the essence
20:58behind those customs.
21:00What you're searching for,
21:01he told them,
21:02is not far away.
21:03It's not in temples
21:04made of stone.
21:05It is within your breath,
21:07within your awareness,
21:08within your soul.
21:10Every tradition points
21:11to this truth,
21:12but many forget
21:13to look past the surface.
21:15He offered a fresh view
21:16of Indian culture,
21:17not as something rigid,
21:19but as something living
21:20and breathing,
21:21capable of evolving
21:22and resonating
21:23with modern life.
21:24His message
21:25began to catch fire,
21:26not just among monks
21:28and seekers,
21:28but among ordinary people.
21:31Meditation was no longer
21:32seen as the realm
21:33of secluded sages.
21:35Slowly,
21:35it became a practical tool
21:37for daily life,
21:38for peace,
21:39for healing.
21:41Yogananda had a vision,
21:42a vision in which India
21:43could rediscover its soul
21:45through modern eyes.
21:46He wasn't trying
21:47to westernize Indian thought.
21:49He was simply showing
21:50that spiritual wisdom
21:51is universal
21:52and can be molded
21:53to fit any time or place.
21:56The essence remains the same.
21:58The forms may change,
21:59but the truth is eternal.
22:02He began simplifying
22:03complex spiritual ideas
22:05for the common man.
22:06He knew that people
22:07were deeply connected
22:08to their heritage,
22:09but also struggling
22:10to find relevance in it.
22:12His goal wasn't
22:13to dismantle ancient teachings,
22:15it was to give them
22:15new life,
22:16to awaken a generation
22:18that could feel
22:18their own inner power
22:19and live by it.
22:21What he was creating
22:22wasn't just a philosophy,
22:23it was a movement,
22:25a quiet revolution
22:26of consciousness.
22:28But of course,
22:28it didn't come easy.
22:30Each step was met
22:31with hesitation,
22:32resistance,
22:33or the inertia
22:34of deeply ingrained habits.
22:36Still,
22:37Yogananda leaned
22:38on his inner strength.
22:40He knew this transformation
22:41would take time.
22:42He never rushed it.
22:44He often said that truth
22:45is not something new,
22:46it is something forgotten.
22:48And all he was doing
22:49was reminding people
22:50of what was already
22:52inside them.
22:53His faith never wavered.
22:55He believed that the human soul
22:57once awakened
22:57could rise above fear,
22:59doubt,
23:00and even suffering.
23:01That was the real battle,
23:03not outside,
23:05but within.
23:06But he also understood
23:07that change triggers fear.
23:10Many were afraid
23:10of letting go
23:11of the comfort
23:12of old patterns.
23:13It wasn't the traditions
23:14themselves,
23:15but people's rigid
23:16attachment to them
23:17that blocked transformation.
23:20Yogananda never
23:21attacked these traditions.
23:23Instead,
23:23he challenged people
23:24to explore
23:25the deeper truths
23:26hidden within them.
23:27He would say,
23:28your fear
23:29is your limit.
23:31Only by moving
23:31through that fear
23:32could one find
23:33the true source of power.
23:35And that power
23:36was not external.
23:38It was not a god
23:38in the sky.
23:40It was the divine spark
23:41already pulsing
23:42in your soul.
23:44Yogananda was aware
23:45that this would be
23:45a slow journey.
23:47But for him,
23:48slowness was not failure.
23:49It was part
23:50of the sacred process.
23:52Seeds take time
23:53to bloom.
23:55And this seed,
23:56the awakening
23:56of inner consciousness,
23:58was already sprouting
23:59across the land.
24:00India had always
24:02been the land
24:02of saints,
24:03mystics,
24:04and enlightened beings.
24:06But Yogananda's
24:07contribution was unique.
24:09He didn't want people
24:10to idolize God
24:11outside of themselves.
24:12He wanted them
24:13to feel that God within,
24:15not as an idea,
24:16but as an experience.
24:18He believed that God
24:19was not something
24:19to be seen with the eyes,
24:21but something to be felt
24:23with the soul.
24:24To help people get there,
24:26he emphasized
24:26the power of meditation,
24:27not as a ritual,
24:29but as a direct doorway
24:30into the soul.
24:32He said that when you
24:32close your eyes
24:33and turn your gaze inward,
24:35you don't just find peace,
24:37you find the presence
24:38of the infinite.
24:40That same divinity
24:41has always been with you
24:42waiting to be remembered.
24:43This message may have
24:44sounded new to some,
24:46even radical,
24:47but in truth,
24:48it was the deepest message
24:50hidden in every
24:51ancient tradition,
24:52waiting to be uncovered again.
24:54He reminded people
24:55that the path to God
24:57does not require a priest,
24:59a temple,
25:00or even a book.
25:02It requires only silence,
25:04sincerity,
25:05and the courage
25:06to look within.
25:07And slowly,
25:09something began to shift.
25:11Worship no longer
25:12remained just an act.
25:13It became a feeling,
25:15a presence,
25:17a way of life.
25:18The inner spark
25:19was reigniting.
25:22Yogananda's teachings
25:23had a magnetic quality,
25:24even those unfamiliar
25:26with spirituality
25:27felt drawn to his words.
25:29Ordinary people
25:30began meditating,
25:31not to renounce the world,
25:32but to embrace life
25:33more deeply,
25:34more clearly,
25:35more joyfully.
25:36But even as this
25:37inner revolution
25:38was growing,
25:39Yogananda recognized
25:40another looming obstacle,
25:42the fear of change.
25:44Many people resisted
25:45not because they disagreed,
25:47but because they were afraid,
25:49afraid to question
25:49old habits,
25:51afraid to evolve.
25:52And yet,
25:53he embraced
25:54even this challenge.
25:55He knew that fear
25:56was simply
25:57unawakened potential.
25:59Face your fear,
26:00he would say,
26:01and your soul
26:02will meet you
26:03on the other side.
26:04He trusted that
26:05the truth he carried
26:06would ultimately
26:07reach every open heart.
26:09His message
26:09had never been
26:10about creating followers.
26:12It had always been
26:13about awakening leaders,
26:15individuals who would
26:16take responsibility
26:16for their inner growth
26:18and realize that
26:19divine power
26:20was not a myth,
26:21but a personal experience.
26:23The real question
26:24now was,
26:26would India fully
26:27embrace this new light?
26:29Would people step
26:30beyond inherited beliefs
26:31and dare to feel
26:32their own truth?
26:33That question would
26:34shape the next phase
26:35of his journey.
26:36This was the question
26:37that demanded an answer.
26:39To uncover it,
26:40one more step
26:41had to be taken.
26:42The answer
26:43to Paramahansa
26:44Yogananda's
26:44long inner battle
26:45now seemed
26:46closer than ever.
26:48But that next step
26:49would prove
26:49even more challenging
26:50than the last.
26:51Would his divine message
26:52take root
26:53in the soil of India
26:54or would another
26:55deep trial
26:56test him once again?
26:58As we move
26:58into this new chapter
26:59of his life,
27:00we begin to witness
27:01a critical turning point.
27:03Yogananda's mission
27:04was no longer
27:05just a personal journey.
27:07It was now unfolding
27:08into a broader,
27:09transformative movement.
27:11His message
27:11was beginning
27:12to resonate
27:12with the hearts
27:13of countless people
27:14across India.
27:15But the journey
27:16was still far from over.
27:18Every time
27:19we embrace
27:19a new vision,
27:20a new philosophy
27:21or a new way
27:22of life,
27:23the universe
27:24often tests us
27:25at a deeper level.
27:27The next challenge
27:27is no longer
27:28about receiving
27:29the idea.
27:30It is about living it,
27:32anchoring it
27:32into reality.
27:34And that's
27:35where Yogananda
27:36now stood.
27:37It was no longer
27:38just about sharing
27:39his teachings.
27:40The question was,
27:42could those teachings
27:42truly transform lives?
27:45Could they reshape
27:46the collective mindset
27:47of a society?
27:48He believed
27:49transformation
27:49was not limited
27:50to individual hearts,
27:52but must also reflect
27:53in the very fabric
27:54of the culture.
27:55And for that to happen,
27:57people had to shift
27:58their entire way
27:58of thinking.
28:00That was no simple task.
28:02What Yogananda
28:02was asking of people
28:03wasn't to blindly
28:05follow a philosophy.
28:07He never told anyone
28:07to accept his teachings
28:09without reflection.
28:10Rather,
28:11he encouraged
28:12every individual
28:12to discover
28:13their own deep
28:14inner power,
28:15the divine strength
28:16already within them.
28:18His core message
28:18was timeless
28:19and radical.
28:21Don't search for God
28:21outside yourself.
28:23Look within.
28:24Everything you've ever needed,
28:26all the power
28:26and truth you seek,
28:28lives inside your soul.
28:30This was not just an idea.
28:32It was a spiritual revolution.
28:34And he was carrying
28:35this message
28:35to every corner of India,
28:37hoping to spark
28:38a conscious awakening.
28:40But this movement
28:41was not about
28:41preaching alone.
28:43It wasn't enough
28:44to merely speak of divinity
28:45or teach abstract
28:47spiritual concepts.
28:49This required
28:49genuine inner work,
28:51practice,
28:52discipline,
28:53and transformation
28:53that went far beyond
28:55mere words.
28:57Yogananda didn't just
28:58focus on calming
28:59the body or mind.
29:01He guided seekers
29:02towards something
29:02far more profound,
29:04the experience
29:05of the soul itself.
29:07He gently reminded
29:08Indians that meditation
29:09was not a religious ritual
29:11to be performed mechanically.
29:13It was a living method
29:14to awaken the hidden
29:15divine potential within.
29:18True spirituality,
29:19according to him,
29:20was not confined
29:21to temples or scriptures.
29:23It lived in the heart
29:24of every individual
29:25willing to journey inward.
29:27Meditation was simply
29:28the gateway
29:29to this discovery.
29:30He never said
29:31that those who don't meditate
29:32are spiritually inferior.
29:35What he believed
29:36and taught with compassion
29:37was this.
29:39A person who walks
29:41the path of the soul
29:42can find peace
29:43in any situation.
29:44Through inner alignment,
29:46the storms of the outside world
29:47lose their grip.
29:49That was the peace
29:50he wanted others to find.
29:52But the biggest question
29:53still loomed large.
29:55Would Yogananda
29:55be able to fulfill
29:56his mission?
29:58Would his message,
29:58born from deep inner silence
30:00and sacred experience,
30:01become permanently embedded
30:03in the consciousness
30:04of his homeland?
30:04This was the moment
30:06he made a decisive choice
30:08to take his life's work
30:09to an even higher level.
30:11His message in India
30:12was no longer a whisper.
30:14It had become a movement,
30:15a powerful wave
30:16of spiritual
30:17and social transformation.
30:19He never wanted people
30:20to escape the world
30:21through meditation.
30:22Instead,
30:23he urged each individual
30:24to engage with life
30:25more fully
30:26from a place
30:27of spiritual awareness.
30:29He dreamed of an India
30:30that would awaken
30:31not only to inner peace,
30:33but to outer strength.
30:34a nation empowered
30:36by a new vision of self,
30:38a vision rooted in truth,
30:40awareness,
30:41and divine purpose.
30:42This phase of his life
30:44had now become
30:45a defining chapter,
30:46one that would eventually
30:47ripple across
30:48not only India,
30:49but the entire world.
30:51His words carried
30:52a simple yet powerful truth.
30:55God is not outside you.
30:57God is within you.
30:59And when you recognize that,
31:00your entire life transforms.
31:02It becomes infused
31:04with purpose,
31:05clarity,
31:06and inner fulfillment.
31:08This wasn't just
31:09Yogananda's goal.
31:10It was his life's essence,
31:12to lead others
31:13to that same truth,
31:14to be a guiding light
31:15for those seeking peace
31:17beyond the chaos,
31:18stillness beyond the noise.
31:20As we approach the close
31:22of this extraordinary phase
31:23in Yogananda's life,
31:25we must pause to reflect.
31:27How many lives
31:28were touched by his journey?
31:30How many hearts
31:31were opened?
31:32He didn't just offer teachings.
31:34He reshaped the way
31:35the world understands meditation,
31:38spiritual practice,
31:39and inner truth.
31:40Even today,
31:41his teachings continue
31:42to inspire millions.
31:44They remind us
31:45that what we are looking for
31:46is not somewhere
31:47out in the world.
31:48It is already within us,
31:50waiting to be awakened.
31:52Yogananda's message
31:53has now become
31:54an eternal current,
31:55an undying stream of wisdom
31:57that continues to guide
31:58and uplift
31:59countless souls.
32:00He taught us
32:01to see life
32:02through a different lens,
32:03one that reveals
32:04the sacred
32:05in the everyday,
32:06the divine in the self.
32:08He reminds us
32:09that once we truly discover
32:10our inner power
32:11and peace,
32:12we begin to understand
32:13the greatest truth of all,
32:14the truth
32:15that has always lived
32:16inside us,
32:18the truth
32:18that no external force
32:20can take away.
32:21Though Yogananda's
32:22physical journey
32:23may have come
32:24to its final chapter,
32:25his light still shines.
32:27Every person
32:28who walks the path
32:29he revealed
32:30continues that journey.
32:32Every heart
32:33that turns inward
32:34becomes a part
32:35of that eternal transformation.
32:37And that, perhaps,
32:38is the most profound miracle,
32:40not just a message shared,
32:42but a revolution
32:43awakened in the soul.
32:45And one last request
32:46before we go.
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33:04take care and stay connected
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