Below is an excerpt from “Strengthening Character by Developing Spiritual Courage and Endurance,” a talk given by Swami Chidanandaji at the 2015 SRF World Convocation. (Swami Chidananda Giri became the fifth president and spiritual head of Yogoda Satsanga Society of India/Self-Realization Fellowship in 2017).
This video opens with Swami Chidanandaji quoting Paramahansa Yogananda as advising, “Day and night, affirm what you really are,” before leading three powerful affirmations to draw on our true identity and positive-minded strength as the soul, ever one with the Divine. Swami Chidanandaji also extols the practice of Paramahansaji’s Energization Exercises and discusses the relationship of the body to the spiritual eye, the single eye of intuition and omnipresent perception at the Christ (Kutastha) centre (ajna chakra) between the eyebrows.
To learn Paramahansa Yogananda’s YSS Energization Exercises and the complete science of meditation taught as part of the Kriya Yoga path, we invite you read about and consider applying for the Yogoda Satsanga Lessons, a comprehensive home-study course from Paramahansaji that shares his “how-to-live” teachings for balanced spiritual living.
On the YSS website you can learn more about the science of affirmations and read an excerpt from Paramahansaji’s book Scientific Healing Affirmations, now in its 100th year in print.
