How to Awaken Your True Potential
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Yogananda rouses you to awaken your true nature, beginning by looking at the habits that hold you back and how best to change them. He gives practical steps to prepare you for the inner journey of awakening. The book includes not only the meditation technique that he calls "one of India's greatest gifts to the world," but many other techniques for achieving inner stillness and realization. Yogananda also shows you how, once you begin to discover the power of your soul nature, to use higher consciousness to live more productively and successfully.
This priceless handbook is drawn from courses and articles he wrote in the 1920s and 1930s, and most of the material is not published elsewhere. The book is organized in a potent, easy-to-absorb format.
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Paramhansa Yogananda
Born in India in 1893, Paramhansa Yogananda was trained from his early years to bring India's ancient science of Self-realization to the West. In 1920 he moved to the United States to begin what was to develop into a worldwide work touching millions of lives. Americans were hungry for India's spiritual teachings, and for the liberating techniques of yoga.
In 1946 he published what has become a spiritual classic and one of the best-loved books of the 20th century, Autobiography of a Yogi. In addition, Yogananda established headquarters for a worldwide work, wrote a number of books and study courses, gave lectures to thousands in most major cities across the United States, wrote music and poetry, and trained disciples. He was invited to the White House by Calvin Coolidge, and he initiated Mahatma Gandhi into Kriya Yoga, his most advanced technique of meditation.
Yogananda's message to the West highlighted the unity of all religions, and the importance of love for God combined with scientific techniques of meditation.
Content
- How To Awaken Your True Potential
- CONTENTS
- 1. A Sacred Invitation
- 2. Control Your Destiny
- 3. Choose Freedom, Not Misery
- 4. Free Yourself from Limiting Habits
- 5. Cultivate Good Habits
- THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND THE TARES [WEEDS]
- 6. Use the Power of Your Mind
- 7. Discover Your True Nature in Silence
- 8. Contact God Through Devotion, Prayer, and Meditation
- 9. Meditation Techniques
- 10. Live Your True Potential
- Appendix: Practice the Techniques in This Book
- About the Author
- About Ananda and The Expanding Light
- Further Explorations
