God as Divine Mother

Swami Kriyananda, Yogananda Paramhansa

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God as Divine Mother

Wisdom and Inspiration for Love and Acceptance

By Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda

“The role of the Divine Mother is to draw all Her children, all self-aware beings everywhere, back to oneness with God.”—Paramhansa Yogananda

For many of us, the image of God we grew-up with conjures more thoughts of judgment and condemnation than of loving acceptance.

“The Mother is closer than the Father. No matter what you do, She still loves you. She won’t judge you. No matter who you are, She’s your friend. She’s on your side and will always forgive you.”

In this book, you will discover: Who is Divine Mother?; How to develop the heart’s natural love; What attitudes draw Her grace; How to tune in to Divine Mother.

Included also are over thirty poems and prayers dedicated to God in the form of Divine Mother, as well as original chants and songs by the authors. 

We long for a God who loves us exactly as we are, who doesn’t judge us but rather helps and encourages us in achieving our highest potential. In this book, discover the teachings and inspirations on Divine Mother from Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic Autobiorgaphy of a Yogi. These teachings are universal: No matter your religious background, or lack thereof, you will find these messages of love and acceptance resonating on a soul-level. Included also are over thirty poems and prayers dedicated to God in the form of Divine Mother, and original chants and songs by the authors.

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Devotional
• Divine Mother
• Devotion
• Swami Kriyananda
• Spirituality
• Eastern
• Religion
• Paramahansa Yogananda

Informations

• Publié par: Crystal Clarity Publishers
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781565895485
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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God AS Divine Mother
W ISDOM AND I NSPIRATION FOR L OVE AND A CCTEPTANCE
By Paramhansa Yogananda and his disciple, Swami Kriyananda
CRYSTAL CLARITY PUBLISHERS Commerce, California
2022 by Hansa Trust
All rights reserved. Published 2022
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Dedication
W E, YOUR HUMBLE DISCIPLES , offer this book as a bouquet of devotion-dipped flowers at your feet, beloved Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, and to our divine friend and guide, Swami Kriyananda. May this book of your works inspire many to feel God as the Nearest of the near and the Dearest of the dear.
Contents
Dedication
Introduction
PART ONE : Yogananda s Teachings on Divine Mother
1 Who Is Divine Mother?
Human Motherhood vs the Divine Mother
The Mother-Instinct
God in Nature
Form vs Formless
Ideal Worship Not Idol Worship
The Form Dearest to Our Hearts
Going Beyond Form
2 Developing the Heart s Natural Love
God Is Love
Reason and Feeling
Intuition
Feeling vs Emotion
3 Duality
Duality as Expressed in Man and Woman
Duality as Expressed in the Universe
Cosmic Vibration
God Is Always More
The Choice is Ours
The Indestructible Soul
The Satanic Force
Inner Communion
4 The Time for Knowing God Has Come
Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energies
The Age of Energy
What We Need Is Love
The Concept of Divine Mother
5 Attitudes That Draw Her Grace
You Are What You Think
Letting Go of Self-Definitions
Developing Right Attitudes
Responding with Love
Expanding the Heart s Love
Living According to Our Highest Potential
6 How to Tune In to Divine Mother
The Mother Is Closer Than the Father
The Nearest and Dearest
Divine Mother Is on Your Side
Accept Where You Are
Perseverance Is Key
Have Faith in Your Own Goodness
What She Gives, You Take
Divine Mother Knows What She s Doing
Infinite Compassion and Forgiveness
Always Have I Loved Thee
7 Raising Your Consciousness to Her Level
Expanding the Sense of Self
Choosing Happiness
Developing a Personal Relationship with God
Opening to Divine Grace
Pray for Devotion
8 The Mother of Us All
Mother of East and West
AUM, TAT, SAT and the Holy Trinity
Communing with Divine Mother as AUM
Mary, the Mother of Jesus
Kali
Yogananda s Vision of Kali
Ram Proshad s Vision of Kali
Yogananda s Mother
Ananda Moyi Ma (Joy-Permeated Mother)
Yogananda
Message from Divine Mother to Swami Kriyananda
PART TWO : Inspiration of Divine Mother
9 Poems and Prayers to Divine Mother
Techniques for Healing at a Distance
POEMS
Sinking in a Dream
Thou Mother of Flames, Show Thy Face, Too Long Hidden Behind the Veil of Thy Cosmic Motion Picture
The Lost Two Black Eyes
My Devotion
I Was Made for Thee
PRAYER DEMANDS
I Will Be the Naughty Baby of the Divine Mother
Make Me Clean Again, Divine Mother
I Loved All Things That I Might Learn to Crave Only Thee
The Bee of My Mind Loves to Drink from Thy Blue Lotus Feet
Make Me a Lion of Thy All-Conquering Wisdom
Special Universal Daily Demand for Divine Guidance
Receive the Orphans and the Stricken; They Have Come to Thy Door
Whether Dead or Living, I Am Held in Thine Immortal Arms
Come to Me as Kindness
Demand to Be Fed with the Cosmic Rays
Dance in Me Thy Dance of Infinity
Emerging from the Cocoon of Ignorance
Rock Me to Sleep on Thy Bosom of Peace
Divine Mother, Come Thyself into the Waiting Temple of Our Love
O Divine Mother, I Am Thine, For Thou Art Eternally Mine
Thou Didst Reveal Thy Silver Rays of Speaking Silence
In the Temple of United Hearts
I Pour Out My Love at Thy Feet of Immortality
With the Torch of Our Devotion, Blaze Away Our Dark Indifference
By Loving All My Friends May I Find Thy Love
Teach Me to Find Happiness in the Joy of Others
A Million Salutations at Thy Petaled Feet, O Lotus of Light
I Offer Thee a Garland of Devotion
Demand That the Cosmic Sound Lead Me from Ignorance to Wisdom
The Caravan of My Prayers Is Moving Toward Thee
Rock Me in the Cradle of All Space
Prayer for Expanding Love from Myself to All My Brethren
10 Chants and Songs to Divine Mother
YOGANANDA CHANTS
Thousands of Suns
I Give Thee My Soul Call
Where Is There Love?
What Lightning Flash
O God Beautiful
Door of My Heart
When My Dream s Dream Is Done
Om Song
Blue Lotus Feet
KRIYANANDA CHANTS AND SONGS
Fill Me With the Sound of AUM
When I Awake
Come Out of the Darkness, Mother
AUM Kali
Mother of Us All
Mother of Wisdom
The Divine Mother
Farther Away from the Stars
About the Authors
Further Explorations
Introduction
We all long for a God who loves us exactly as we are, who doesn t judge us but rather helps and encourages us to achieve our highest potential.
In this book, you will discover a compilation of Paramhansa Yogananda s teachings and inspirations on Divine Mother. These teachings are universal: No matter your religious background, or lack thereof, you will find these messages of love and acceptance resonating on a soul level.
Yogananda referred to God as Divine Mother. He himself worshiped God in the form of Kali, the Hindu goddess representing Mother Nature. However, Yogananda didn t teach extensively about God as Divine Mother - his sharing on Her was more through his personal devotions, prayers, and poems.
Swami Kriyananda, Yogananda s direct and close disciple, expounded upon the Master s teachings and devoted an entire chapter in his book, The Hindu Way of Awakening, to the Divine Mother. He also lectured on how to relate to God as Divine Mother and shared thousands of stories about Yogananda, some of which are included in this volume.
Part One presents Yogananda s wisdom concerning the Divine Mother, helping us understand: Who is Divine Mother? How do we connect with Her? and, for that matter, Why would we want to connect with Her? Part Two is purely for sharing inspiration and awakening the heart s love through Yogananda s prayers and poems, as well as his and Kriyananda s chants and songs.
May you feel the love of Divine Mother awakening in your heart of hearts. And may you share Her blessings with everyone you meet and with the entire world, which is in such dire need of Her mercy and compassion. As Yogananda often prayed: Divine Mother, may Thy love shine forever on the sanctuary of our devotion, and may we be able to awaken Thy love in all hearts.
God AS Divine Mother
Part One
Y ogananda s T eachings on D ivine M other
O lullaby of all soothing, rising, crashing waves, sing to me the song of my beloved Mother, Eternity.
Chapter One
W HO I S D IVINE M OTHER ?
Divine Mother, I care not what I may permanently possess, but give to me the power to acquire at will whatever I may daily need.

Human Motherhood vs the Divine Mother
Hindus fondly quote the refrain from a famous poem by Shankaracharya:
Bad sons there are many,
But never has there been a bad Mother.
Considering how little this statement jibes with the evidence, since many mothers show themselves to be uncaring, indifferent, and capable of mistreating and even, occasionally, murdering their own children, it says much for Indian womanhood that Hindus can even quote this statement sentimentally. Yet I ve never heard it quoted except with heartfelt and quite touching conviction.
It must be added, nevertheless, that Shankaracharya s poem was not written in praise of human motherhood. He himself was nothing if not realistic; he saw human existence itself as an illusion. His poem, then, was in praise of the Divine Mother. And of Her he spoke truly: Never has there been a bad Mother.
There are many kinds of love, but love for the mother, inspired initially by the mother s love for us, is very special.
I don t mean to imply that the mother aspect of love stands alone, nor that it is, necessarily, the most satisfying for everyone. It is simply very special.
It is difficult even for mothers to expand to others the love they feel for their own children. It is not so difficult, however, to create an abstraction of love for one s own mother, and refine it to such a degree that one visualizes motherly love as smiling at one from Nature herself - from every hillside, from every flower.
The Mother-Instinct
We should try always to refer present to cosmic realities. No human mother is perfect, unless indeed she has attained saintly perfection in God. All human mothers are, however, channels for the Divine Mother-consciousness. Some of them, it must be granted, are clearer channels than others. Some of them, conversely, are quite impure channels: Their selfishness muddies, or desiccates with sirocco winds of anger and hatred, the flow of pure love. It is women s responsibility to open their hearts to the love that is implanted in them by Nature, like a seed, through the miracle of birth. This gift is an irrefragable instinct. Human beings have - unfortunately, in this case - the free will to override their own natural instincts. It helps, therefore, to study the instinctual ways of animals.
The Divine Mother is the source of the mother-instinct. We are Her own. As Yogananda prayed, Divine Mother, naughty or good, I am Thy child. Thou must release me from this nightmare of delusion! You can pray like that, with confidence, to the Divine Mother: scoldingly if you like; with pressing urgency if you like; demanding of Her in ways that you might not dare to addr