Dear Self,

The St. Francis Prayer offers moving and powerful ways to find peace and bring healing and transformation to every life. If you want to deepen your sense of serenity so that your very life becomes a wellspring of joy, spend time in the company of this prayer — brought to life in Swami Shankarananda’s beloved series of talks.

A realized Master, Swami helps us know and feel the pure devotion and faith that St. Francis embodies. Swami's talks are brilliant, good humored, and inspiring — lit with love and wisdom, and offered entirely spontaneously, without notes or script, in this series of Sunday talks.

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peaceWhere there is hatred, let me so love;Where there is injury, pardon;Where there is doubt, faith;Where there is despair, hope;Where there is darkness, light;Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I mayNot so much seekTo be consoled, as to console;To be understood as to understand;To be loved as to love;For it is in giving that we receive;It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

If you have heard this teaching before, we invite you — as Swami so often invites us — to hear it as if you are hearing it for the first time. Often we receive these teachings right when we need them.

In loving service,The Karma Yoga Team at Awake Yoga Meditation

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Beloved Self,

Please enjoy this Zoom replay of the Sunday Morning Meditation, which includes:

* Meditation Topic - Instant Self-Enlightenment: Living Light (#2 of 8 in series)

* Gayatri Mantra Chanting

* Reflection on Prayer - Pages 170-171 in Swami Premananda’s Prayers of Self-Realization

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The third chakra, manipur, holds power. It can empower us with fortitude or it can lead us astray through greed. Swami Shankarananda describes the power that our beliefs and choices have in this outcome and the way we can energize fortitude in our lives so that we can face adversity with equanimity of mind.

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About the Series

Excerpted from the beloved series entitled Kriya Yoga: Inner Path to God, these talks on the “spiritual science of Self-enlightenment” were presented live by the founder of Awake Yoga Meditation, Swami Shankarananda, before he left the body in 2014. Each talk beautifully describes the function of each of the seven chakras in the process of self-unfoldment and shares some specific techniques that you can use right now to either enhance your existing meditation practice or prepare for your own Kriya Yoga journey.

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The second chakra, svadisthan, is the center of our emotions. It can give us serenity or it can go awry and give us anger, jealousy, vanity, pride, egotism, cruelty, vindictiveness, and judgment. In this episode, Swami Shankarananda shares the philosophy and techniques behind keeping svadisthan serene and centered in love, instead of fear.

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About the Series

Excerpted from the beloved series entitled Kriya Yoga: Inner Path to God, these talks on the “spiritual science of Self-enlightenment” were presented live by the founder of Awake Yoga Meditation, Swami Shankarananda, before he left the body in 2014. Each talk beautifully describes the function of each of the seven chakras in the process of self-unfoldment and shares some specific techniques that you can use right now to either enhance your existing meditation practice or prepare for your own Kriya Yoga journey.

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About the Series
Excerpted from the beloved series entitled Kriya Yoga: Inner Path to God, these talks on the “spiritual science of Self-enlightenment” were presented live by the founder of Awake Yoga Meditation, Swami Shankarananda, before he left the body in 2014. Each talk beautifully describes the function of each of the seven chakras in the process of self-unfoldment and shares some specific techniques that you can use right now to either enhance your existing meditation practice or prepare for your own Kriya Yoga journey.

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Discover what Kriya Yoga is. Swami Shankarananda, the founder of Awake Yoga Meditation, lovingly describes how it has endured through the millennia and the powerful role it has played in the world, across many different religious traditions, and in the hearts of sincere spiritual seekers.

To learn more about Kriya Yoga or to start your Kriya journey, visit: awakeyogameditation.org/kriya.

ABOUT THE SERIES
Excerpted from a beloved series entitled Kriya Yoga: Inner Path to God, these talks on the “spiritual science of Self-enlightenment” were presented live by the founder of Awake Yoga Meditation, Swami Shankarananda, before he left the body in 2014. Each talk beautifully describes the function of each of the seven chakras in the process of self-unfoldment and shares some specific techniques that you can use right now to either enhance your existing meditation practice or prepare for your own Kriya Yoga journey.

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Weaving together teachings from the Upanishads, the Buddha, Lahiri, and the yogic tradition, Swami Nityananda reveals how to clear away blockages that prevent us from living in the immeasurable love already within us.

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Weaving together teachings from Psalm 8, Paramahansa Yogananda, science, and the yogic tradition, Swami Nityananda discusses the vastness of the universe and how connecting with that vastness can help us be more present in our lives.

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