Happy Thanksgiving! How blessed were the many Thanksgivings we spent with Master. I always remember how much he appreciated this tradition of setting aside a day to acknowledge the silent Giver behind all the good in our lives...~Sri Daya Mata Thanksgiving Day, Canada #thanksgiving #gratitude

from Vancouver Meditation Group's newsletter Happy Canadian Thanksgiving weekend #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #thanksgiving #happythanksgiving #CanadianThanksgiving #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

The All-Sufficient One does not need our thanks, however heartfelt, but when we are grateful to Him, our attention is concentrated, for our highest benefit, upon the Great Source of all supply. ~Paramahansa Yogananda Happy Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. #selfrealizationfellowship #thanksgiving

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mother Center, following are excerpts from a talk given by Sri Daya Mata in the Mother Center chapel some years ago, in which she reminisces about the early history of this center...~SRF website #selfrealizationfellowship #yogananda #sridayamata #dayamata

No matter what experiences you go through externally, or what lessons you are learning through those experiences, let the consciousness always be centered on that one Reality —the one thing that will never fail you, that will never change... God, and your relationship with Him. ~Sri Mrinalini Mata

Sunday October 5, 2025 Victoria Meditation Group chapel #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda Victoria Meditation Group on IG instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup Victoria Meditation Group on X x.com/yyjmeditation

No matter what causes it, whenever a little bubble of joy appears in your invisible sea of consciousness, take hold of it and keep expanding it. Meditate on it and it will grow larger. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #joy #meditation

All nature that we behold is the mother aspect of God, because in nature we find beauty, gentleness, and kindness....When we look at all the good things in nature, we feel a tenderness rise within us; we can see and feel God in nature. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #yogananda

Our dear Brother Ramananda, a monastic disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda for nearly sixty years, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at the Self-Realization Fellowship International Headquarters in Los Angeles. ~SRF website #selfrealizationfellowship #Ramananda

Lahiri Mahasaya Birthday Commemoration Service September 30, 2025 Victoria Meditation Group of SRF #selfrealizationfellowship #lahirimahasaya #commemorationservice #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

The year 2025 marks the 100th anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda’s founding of the international headquarters of Self-Realization Fellowship —where he lived, taught, and communed with God for more than 25 years. #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #mothercenter #yyj

“Banat, banat, ban jai.” (Making, making, one day —behold!— made.) ~Lahiri Mahasaya, on perseverance in meditation #selfrealizationfellowship #lahirimahasaya #meditation #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

The message of Yoga will encircle the globe. It will aid in establishing the brotherhood of man: a unity based on humanity’s direct perception of the one Father. ~Lahiri Mahasaya #selfrealizationfellowship #autobiographyofayogi #lahirimahasaya #kriyayoga

Lahiri Mahasaya Commemoration Service #selfrealizationfellowship #lahirimahasaya #autobiographyofayogi Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

Victoria Meditation Group Lahiri Mahasaya Mahasamadhi Commemoration service September 26, 2025 #selfrealizationfellowship #LahiriMahasaya #commemorationservice Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

The real smile is the smile of bliss that comes when you meditate, when you feel the joy of God’s presence. That is the smile on Lahiri Mahasaya’s face. He is seeing the world partially, but seeing God fully. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #LahiriMahasaya #bliss #joy #Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship

Bringing More Divine Light Into the World, from SRF newsletter #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #divinelight #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

No matter what we are doing outwardly, our deeper mind can be absorbed in the One alone, ever whispering, “Thou art my only love.” ~Sri Daya Mata #selfrealizationfellowship #sridayamata #dayamata #love Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

from SRF Fullerton Temple newsletter #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #srfFullertonTemple #calmness #peace #love #harmony #goodwill Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

No matter how well you think of someone, or how close you are to that person, it is important to sweeten that relationship with good manners and thoughtfulness. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yyj #relationships #friendship #thoughtfulness #goodmanners

On this day in 1920, Paramahansa Yogananda first arrived in America as the Indian delegate to an International Congress of Religious Liberals being held in Boston that year. #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup

All men would be able to transform their lives by hearing with deep attention the simple counsel given in the ethical codes of all religions. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #yogananda Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

Learn to appreciate and express the divine qualities within yourself, not out of egoistic pride, but because you are dearly cherished by the Eternal Beloved who wants to give something of Himself to this world through you. ~Sri Daya Mata #selfrealizationfellowship #sridayamata #dayamata #dayama

No matter how many times you fall down, get up with the determination to be victorious. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #victory #determination #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

from SRF Encinitas Temple newsletter #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #lahirimahasaya #autobiographyofayogi #srfEncinitasTemple Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

No matter how many cords are around your feet, no matter how many sins you have committed, remember this: the minute you know in your heart that the happiness which is found in the temple of silence is the most tempting, then you will be free. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #yogananda #freedom #happiness

Entrance gate to Self-Realization Fellowship Mother Center Mt Washington, Los Angeles, California #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

SRF minister Brother Achalananda presents ideas from Paramahansa Yogananda on how to attain an awareness of the Divine you can take with you wherever you go. ~SRF YouTube Channel #ParamahansaYogananda Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

After the death of a prophet, his inspirational guidance is usually changed into a dogmatic creed by blind adherents....Direct realization of the divine bliss-contact of God will hold the followers of Self-Realization Fellowship together. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #paramahansayogananda #meditation #yyj

from YSS newsletter #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #yogodasatsangasocietyofindia #yssi #selfrealizationfellowship #EnergizationExercises Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

No matter how busy we are, we should not forget now and then to free our minds completely from worries and all duties. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

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On this day in 1943, Paramahansa Yogananda dedicated the Self-Realization Fellowship Temple in San Diego, California. Yogananda conducted inspirational services at SRF San Diego Temple for many years. #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #srfSanDiegoTemple #srfSanDeigo #yyj

...no individual or nation should selfishly give its entire thought to food or raiment, but should be humble, share prosperity with all brothers, and acknowledge God as the only Giver and Owner of all the earth’s gifts. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #yogananda #prosperity #yyj

from SRF Seattle Center newsletter #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #happiness #simplicity #joy #introspection #inspiration #bliss #meditation #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

Mother, I give You my soul, soul, soul call; You can't remain hidden anymore. Give my Mother a soul, soul, soul call; She can't remain hidden anymore. Come out of the silent sky; Come out of the mountain glen. Come out of my secret soul; Come out of my cave of silence. ~SRF Cosmic Chants #yogananda

Read an inspiring excerpt from the recently released anthology, "Solving the Mystery of Life." ~SRF website #solvingthemysteryoflife #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

After prayer and calm reflection, our attitude should be: “I’ll get busy and go in the direction that seems best, but if at any moment You show me that my decision is not right, I will give it up. I am not attached to my personal opinion; I want only to tune in with your will. ~Sri Daya Mata #yyj

On this day in 1942, Paramahansa Yogananda dedicated the SRF temple in Hollywood, California, as a “Church of All Religions.” #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #srfHollywoodTemple #HollywoodTemple

No great soul can help you unless you help yourself. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #enlightenment Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

SRF Lake Shrine meditation gardens reopened August 27 #SelfRealizationFellowship #srfLakeShrine #LakeShrine Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

from SRF Fullerton Temple newsletter #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #srfFullertonTemple #FullertonTemple #love #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

No duty is more important than our duty to God, because no other duty can be performed without the power that we borrow from Him. But this spiritual obligation should not be looked upon as a burden, for God is a haven of peace, love, rest, and understanding... ~Sri Daya Mata #paramahansayogananda

from SRF newsletter The Way to Achieve World Peace #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #peace #worldpeace #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

The ability to live in a spirit of gratitude does not necessarily depend on the fulfillment of desires. It is a choice we can make each day with the knowledge that regardless of outer circumstances we will always have one supreme blessing —God’s eternal love. ~Brother Chidananda #gratitude #SRF

from SRF Encinitas Temple newsletter #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #lahirimahasaya Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

In this presentation on Paramahansa Yogananda’s Kriya Yoga teachings, Self-Realization Fellowship monk Brother Satyananda shares an important key for letting go of any emotional drama that is currently fighting for our attention in meditation. #selfrealizationfellowship #BrotherSatyananda #yyj

No cruelty exists in God's plan, because in His eyes there is no good or evil —only pictures of light and shadows. The Lord intended us to view the dualistic scenes of life as He does Himself —the ever joyous Witness of a stupendous cosmic drama. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship

#paramahansayogananda #yogananda #yogodasatsangasocietyofindia #yssi #selfrealizationfellowship #yyj #meditation #concentration Victoria Meditation Group on IG and X instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup x.com/yyjmeditation

No matter how busy we are, we should not forget now and then to free our minds completely from worries and all duties. ~Paramahansa Yogananda #selfrealizationfellowship #paramahansayogananda #yogananda #busy #yyj Victoria Meditation Group on IG instagram.com/victoriameditationgroup