Week 36: Ego—Friend or Foe?
Our Affirmation For September Stanza 9
From the book
The Beatitudes: Their Inner Meaning by Swami Kriyananda
Rays of One Light: Weekly Commentaries on the
Bible and The Bhagavad Gita
by Swami Kriyananda
Paramhansa Yogananda tells the story in Autobiography of a Yogi of the levitating saint, Bhaduri Mahasaya.
“Master,” said a disciple of this saint once, ardently. “You are wonderful! You have renounced riches and comforts to seek God and teach us wisdom!” It was well-known that Bhaduri Mahasaya had forsaken great family wealth in his early childhood, when single-mindedly he entered the yogic path. “You are reversing the case!” The saint’s face held mild rebuke. “I have left a few paltry rupees, a few petty pleasures, for a cosmic empire of endless bliss.
How then have I denied myself anything? I know the joy of sharing the treasure. Is that a sacrifice? The shortsighted worldly folk are verily the real renunciates! They relinquish an unparalleled divine possession for a poor handful of earthly toys!”
Week 36 Ego—Friend or Foe?
What inspired me from this week’s reading from the Rays of One Light to share with everyone was…
That which the ego relinquishes, offering it up to soul-consciousness, is reclaimed forever in cosmic consciousness. Nothing is ever lost.
But before we enter into our reflection and meditation we will listen to
Divine Mother's Song to the Devotee by Paramhansa Yogananda.
Divine Mother's Song to the Devotee by Paramhansa Yogananda
Let’s Reflect on
“That which the ego relinquishes, offering it up to soul-consciousness,
is reclaimed forever in cosmic consciousness.
Nothing is ever lost”.
