Manifesting Divine Consciousness in Daily Life

By Sri Mrinalini Mata

In this inspiring and practical book she vividly brings to life her personal experiences of Paramahansa Yogananda’s sublimely wise spiritual training and unconditional love. In exploring what it really means to seek God, Mrinalini Mata talks about the infinite potential of the mind, the cultivation of will power and evenmindedness, and how the practice of Kriya Yoga can uplift and transform our lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Self-Realization Fellowship
• Release date: Nov 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9780876128114

Sri Mrinalini Mata

Sri Mrinalini Mata, l’une des personnes formées et choisies par Paramahansa Yogananda pour poursuivre la mission mondiale de son organisation après son décès, est présidente et chef spirituel de la Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India depuis 2011. Née en 1931 dans le Kansas, elle rencontra le Guru en 1945 au Temple de la Self-Realization Fellowship de San Diego. À peine quelques mois plus tard, avec l’autorisation de ses parents, elle entra dans l’ashram de Sri Yogananda à Encinitas, en Californie, comme religieuse de l’Ordre de la Self-Realization. Au cours de leur collaboration quotidienne durant les années qui suivirent (et cela jusqu’au moment de la mort du Guru en 1952), Paramahansaji la forma personnellement à préparer la publication de ses écrits et de ses discours une fois qu’il serait parti. Sri Mrinalini Mata a effectué six longs voyages en Inde afin de servir l’œuvre du Guru dans ce pays, et elle fut vice-présidente de la SRF de 1966 à 2011. Elle est également éditrice en chef des publications de la SRF. 

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About This Book

The lectures in Manifesting Divine Consciousness in Daily Life were originally published by Self-Realization Fellowship in its quarterly magazine, Self-Realization, which was founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1925.

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Ebook edition, 2022.

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Contents

Preface

Part I

Practical Lessons in Manifesting Divine Consciousness in Daily Life

Part II

The Blessings of Kriya Yoga in Everyday Life

How-to-Live Series

Preface

Self-realization is the knowing—in body, mind, and soul—that we are one with the omnipresence of God; that we do not have to pray that it come to us, that we are not merely near it at all times, but that God’s omnipresence is our omnipresence; that we are just as much a part of Him now as we ever will be. All we have to do is improve our knowing.

—Paramahansa Yogananda

In his how-to-live teachings, Paramahansa Yogananda has given to people of all cultures, races, and creeds the means to free themselves from physical, mental, and spiritual inharmonies—to create for themselves a life of enduring happiness and all-round success.

The books in this series present Paramahansaji’s how-to-live wisdom on many subjects, providing readers with spiritual insight and practical keys for bringing into daily life the inner balance and harmony that is the essence of yoga. Through the practice of meditation and the universal principles of right action and right attitude highlighted in these books, one can experience every moment as an opportunity to grow in awareness of the Divine.

While each book addresses a distinct topic, one message resonates throughout the series: Seek God first. Whether speaking of creating fulfilling relationships, raising spiritual children, overcoming self-defeating habits, or any of the other myriad goals and challenges of modern living, Paramahansa Yogananda again and again refocuses our attention towards life’s highest attainment: Self-realization—knowing our true nature as divine beings. Through his inspiration and encouragement, we learn how to live a truly victorious life—transcending limitations, fear, and suffering—by awakening to the infinite power and joy of our real Self: the soul.

—Self-Realization Fellowship

MANIFESTING

DIVINE CONSCIOUSNESS

IN DAILY LIFE

PART I

Practical Lessons in Manifesting Divine Consciousness in Daily Life

Condensed from a talk given by Mrinalini Mata in Auckland during a visit to SRF centers in Australia and New Zealand

It is such a privilege to be here in your beautiful country, and to greet all of you, Gurudeva Paramahansa Yogananda’s disciples, halfway around the world. No matter what the locale, no matter what the nationality, every individual who is following these teachings is part of one fellowship of souls seeking God. As our Guru often said to us, All of you devotees are as my family. And even after I am gone, there are many, many devotees yet to come, from the far corners of the world. I know who they are, and they will be drawn by God to seek Him. They will feel a great divine awakening and love, which will bring them to this path for the fulfillment of that realization. The one wish in my heart, my deep prayer, is to bring to you—and to leave in your hearts, minds, and souls—a deeper longing for God, and a deeper awareness of the reality of His presence, the nearness to each one of us of that Infinite Being.

Those of us blessed to be around Paramahansaji found in him a living embodiment of all the spiritual