Autobiography Chapter 14, Part 1: Paramahansa Yogananda's precursor to samadhi

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This episode covers the start part of chapter 14:
to
“...Thwarted and exposed, I made my way sadly to his side.”

Summary:

Paramahansa Yogananda writes the most comprehensive description of the Samadhi experience in all literature, we endeavour to give this the devotion and careful attention that it deserves. Before this experience Mukunda describes the beautiful re-union with Sri Yukteswar, one which includes forgiveness and a beautiful expansion of divine love. We also explored the other importance themes of this section: the role of an ashram head vs that of a guru, the need to reduce our expectations and the common problem of scattered thoughts during meditation.

0:00 Summary of previous episode and chapter;
3:20 Expectations from Chapter 14;
7:10 The Return and the Apology
22:00 Expanding my heart;
31:30 Disobedient thoughts;
49:00 Looking forward to the next episode.

Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the next part of chapter 14 from:
“Poor boy, mountains cannot give you what you want...”
to
“...Aum, the vibration of the Cosmic Motor.”

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