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[rumbling]
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[humming]
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>> I was conscious
in my mother's womb,
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feeling the movements
in her body,
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aware of my own helpless state.
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[heartbeat]
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[rumbling]
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This body, bundle of bones,
is not I. Occasionally,
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the darkness of the womb
would be disappeared,
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and light would visit me.
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On one side, I wanted to
express myself as a human being.
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Yet, on the other
side, I didn't,
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because I felt I was spirit.
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[rumbling]
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[chatter]
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I see behind the scenes.
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The visible man is a shadow.
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As soon as I change
my consciousness,
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I see everything just as if
it were a motion picture.
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>> I distinctly remember the
excitement of meeting Swami
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Yogananda.
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He was straight from the heart.
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He looked strange, like
a woman with long hair.
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But I remember
his powerful eyes.
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He created such a stir.
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>> I remember the first time
I heard Yogananda's voice.
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I got a record, I think,
from SRF, and I put it on.
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I didn't know what
to expect, you know?
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And then this booming, powerful
(LOUDLY) I, Paramahansa
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Yogananda, am singing.
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Sing with me.
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I went, aaaagh.
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>> I, Paramahansa
Yogananda, am praying.
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Pray with me.
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Bless me, that with
the awakening dawn
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I may awaken all souls with
my own and bring them to thee.
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[music - paramahansa yogananda]
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He wasn't trying
to sing prettily.
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He wasn't trying to
entertain people.
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He was singing,
you know, to God.
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It was so powerful.
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>> While I was in India,
I was with Ravi Shankar.
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He gave me "Autobiography
of a Yogi."
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I just looked at the
cover, and he just
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zapped me with his eyes.
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I mean, I can't imagine-- if
I hadn't read that, I probably
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wouldn't have a life, really.
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I probably would have
kicked the bucket,
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or I'd just be, you know,
some horrible person,
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have a pointless life.
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It just gave meaning to life.
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>> Steve Jobs apparently had
only one book on his iPad.
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Lo and behold,
that book turns out
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to be "The Autobiography
of a Yogi."
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>> Yoga, for many, has become
something that you do with
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your body.
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But the yogis never taught that.
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The way that Yogananda
taught yoga was use the body.
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You have a body.
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But it's really about the mind,
expanding your consciousness.
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>> Who am I?
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Who you are?
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Why we came to this
Earth as a human?
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>> It's really very easy to get
lost in the complexity of life.
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>> We are conflicted
beings as humans.
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One of the deepest
things about us
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is that our lives don't make
sense except in the mystery.
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>> Yogananda provided us
a vocabulary to talk about
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the human spirit that got
away from dogma, and doctrine,
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and ritual.
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And whether it be a Hindu,
Muslim, Christian, Jewish--
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whatever tradition
you're part of--
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Yogananda charted a path
inward that connected you
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with your own divinity.
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>> Buried during the Dark
Ages, Kriya Yoga was revived
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for modern man by the deathless
yogi Mahavatar Babaji.
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Babaji instructed
Lahiri Mahasaya
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to teach Kriya Yoga to
others, the transmission
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of the ancient science
from guru to disciple.
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Unknown to society in general,
a great spiritual Renaissance
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started in a remote
corner of Banaras.
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[chatter]
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[chimes]
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As the fragrance of flowers
cannot be suppressed,
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so devotees from every part of
India began to seek the divine
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nectar of this liberated master.
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Day after day, the guru
initiated one or two devotees
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into Kriya Yoga, the
science of meditation.
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Early in their married life,
my parents became disciples.
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Lahiri Mahasaya predicted
my birth and that
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through this body
many shall receive
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the spiritual
enlightenment of India.
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The message of yoga will
encircle the globe, he said.
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It will aid in establishing
the brotherhood of man.
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But when I heard the word
guru, it frightened me.
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For I knew what that
responsibility meant.
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>> His great burden is to be
the representative of this
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5,000-year-old tradition.
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>> This is a man with
intuitive knowledge,
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extraordinary yogic powers, and
he could perceive events that
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were decades in front of him.
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But his teachings
caused controversy.
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>> He would be
called into question,
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and everything he worked
for would unravel.
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[whispering voices]
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[locomotive]
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>> Every soul is on a journey.
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People are at different
levels in that journey.
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I think we all believe that
there's more to life than what
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we experience every day.
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>> Yogananda happens to be
what I would call a spiritual
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prodigy, a spiritual genius,
which means he had access
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to a domain of awareness that
most people don't have access
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to.
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Like mathematical
geniuses, he explored
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a much larger territory
in the spiritual domain.
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>> Sometimes, I used to
lapse into the consciousness
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of my true spirit.
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Clear recollections came
to me of a distant life
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in which I had been a yogi
amid the Himalayan snows.
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>> He also had visions
of seeing his guru.
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Throughout the ages,
there have been
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mystics who come with
special knowledge, that
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helps us understand our
place in the Universe.
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Yogananda was born at the
dawn of the Atomic Age, when
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modern physics would
shatter our most
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basic beliefs about
the nature of reality,
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and paved the way for an
ancient and hidden teaching
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to be received by many.
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>> Yogananda had been told since
infancy by saints and seers
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that he'd be taking these
teachings to the West.
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But he thought, how
is this possible?
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You know, it was absurd, because
he barely spoke any English.
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>> One day, my mind
went away from Ranchi.
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I went to the
storeroom to meditate,
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and I fell into an ecstasy.
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[rumbling]
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America.
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Surely, these people
are Americans.
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>> It's scary to the mind.
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I think the first thing
was, [exhales] oh my god.
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>> Imagine in your own life
having a message so strong that
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it totally changes
your life in a moment.
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And at that time, he'd been
here about three years.
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He probably thought
this was his life work.
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>> I had founded a school,
following the educational
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ideals of the rishis, whose
forest ashrams had been
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the ancient seat of learning.
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Overcoming restlessness
of the body and mind
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by concentration techniques,
achieved astonishing results.
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>> He established a
"How to Live" school.
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I wish we had "How
to Live" schools.
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You have to learn your grammar.
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You have to learn your
math and your science.
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But you also have to
learn how to live.
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>> --and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
[non-english speech] 1, 2, 3,
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4, 5 [non-english speech]
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>> Ma'am, love conquers all.
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>> Love conquers all.
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Very good.
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>> He's in love
with his country.
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He is being respected
by his community.
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He's seeing his vision manifest
where children are learning
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the art and science of yoga.
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And then he's sitting
there, and all of a sudden
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he becomes aware that he
has to leave all of it.
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>> God is taking
me away to America.
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>> He never wanted
to come to America.
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That was not part
of his dream at all.
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Let me just go to the Himalayas
and just live in a cave there.
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I can do good there.
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I can pray for people.
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But his teacher said no,
you must go to the West.
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Go to America.
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>> Tears stood in my eyes as I
cast a last look at the little
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boys and the sunny
acres of Ranchi.
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I knew henceforth I would
dwell in foreign lands.
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[gunshots]
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[MUSIC - SPIKE JONES
AND HIS CITY SLICKERS,
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"THE CHARLESTON"]
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(SINGING) Charleston,
Charleston, made in Carolina.
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Some dance, some prance.
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I'll say there's
nothing finer than--
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[clarinet solo]
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>> How alone I was here.
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Not a soul I knew.
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I had heard many stories
about the materialistic West,
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a land very
different from India.
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It was somewhat of a
daunting experience
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to go out on the streets.
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My strange dress prompted
boyish mockery and--
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and catcalls.
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>> Who's that?
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>> There were kids that
were throwing stones at him,
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calling him names.
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>> I think he was called
a magician at one point,
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a snake charmer.
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>> In 1920, many Americans were
still not used to having Jews
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here.
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And now comes a
darker-skinned swami
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in orange robes and a turban.
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>> I noticed some hot dog signs.
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In imagination, I saw all kinds
of dogs going through the meat
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chopper, and I
thought, my Lord, why
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did you bring me to the
land where people eat dogs?
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>> When Yogananda
came to United States,
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it was after World War I. The
world was a very different
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place.
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It was a very powerful time.
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>> There was this
upsurge of freedom--
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freedom of sexuality,
freedom of expression.
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Boundaries of known reality were
being shattered and penetrated.
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You had the Einsteinian
revolution sort
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of flowering into
quantum physics,
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and it became clear
that the world
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was not what it appeared to be.
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>> Western philosophers are
talking about the death of God
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and Yogananda says, it's
not about the death of God.
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It's about the
reconceptualization
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of the Divine.
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>> It's significant that
Yogananda's first lecture
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in America was called
the Science of Religion--
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not Hinduism, because using
religious terminology,
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in Western people's minds, would
place his offerings in a box.
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But Self-Realization?
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Oh.
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Yoga?
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Oh.
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Those are universal.
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>> The spine and the brain
are the altars of God.
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That's where the
electricity of God
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flows down into the nervous
system, into the world,
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and the searchlights of your
senses are turned outwards.
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But when you will reverse the
searchlights, through Kriya
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Yoga, and be concentrated
in the spine,
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you will behold the Maker.
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That's what
Self-Realization teaches--
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the technique of meditation,
recharging the body battery
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with cosmic energy.
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For it is not a creed
or dogma, but a science
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of the soul and spirit.
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How the soul descended from
the cosmic consciousness
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into the earth, and
the body and the senses
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is the purpose of this work.
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>> Imagine hearing that
God is in your spine.
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In 1920, it was radical.
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It was a bold explanation of
where to go to experience God.
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>> For me, God is still
a bit unfathomable.
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>> She-- she's in everything.
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She's in everyone.
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>> If you call him
energy, that's fine.
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>> Yogananda thought of
Self-Realization as a science.
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He thought of Kriya
Yoga as a science.
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Religion has a lot of
baggage, but a science
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means that it's part of
a scientific process.
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It's empirical.
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You can test certain things.
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And your own spiritual
practice and Self-Realization
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is that scientific process.
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>> An individual is sort
of an organized packet
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of consciousness that is
part of a bigger ocean
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of consciousness, in that when
you are meditating and going
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deep within, such as in yoga,
your inner consciousness is
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combining with that
higher consciousness.
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>> You couldn't have described
to a Westerner what Yogananda
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was teaching prior
to the 20th century.
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There simply wasn't
a vocabulary for it.
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The apparently solid body
is made up of these whirling
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atoms, and protons,
and electrons,
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and those are
composed of energy--
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the basic substance of creation.
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>> The body is potentially
vast and omnipresent.
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This earth is nothing
but movies to me.
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Just like the beam
of a motion picture,
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so is everything made
of shadows and light.
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That's what we are-- light
and shadows of the Lord,
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nothing else than that.
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There's one purpose--
to get to the beam.
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>> But the doors of perception
don't often open with
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the intellect.
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Something very powerful has
to happen to shake us out
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of our comfort zone.
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>> It was in Bareilly
on a midnight.
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As I slept beside father, I was
awakened by a peculiar flutter.
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>> When he was
about 11 years old,
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he and his father were
in northern India.
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The family was
temporarily separated,
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and his mother had
gone to Calcutta
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to prepare for the wedding
of the eldest brother.
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And unknown to them, she had
contracted Asiatic cholera.
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>> He had a dream that night
that his mother came to him.
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>> The flimsy curtains parted,
and I saw the beloved form
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of my mother.
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(WHISPERING) Rush to
Calcutta if you would see me.
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The wraith-like figure vanished.
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Mother is dying.
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I collapsed into an
almost lifeless state.
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>> A telegram arrived.
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She had died in a
matter of hours.
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>> What was the purpose of this?
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Her solacing black eyes had
been my refuge in the trifling
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tragedies of childhood.
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>> Farewell, my child.
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The cosmic mother
will protect you.
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>> (ECHOING) It is I who
have watched over thee,
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life after life, in the
tenderness of many mothers.
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See in my gaze the two black
eyes, the lost, beautiful eyes
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thou seekest.
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>> I used to dream
in my childhood,
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a tiger used to break
my leg at night.
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Mother used to come running
with a candle and say,
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you are dreaming!
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Where is it broken?
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And then I used to laugh.
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From that time on, I was
watchful, even in dreams,
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to separate the
unreal from the real.
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>> Once he had
cracked open the door,
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his world would
never be the same.
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But it would take
time and many tests
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before he would fully awaken
into this new reality.
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>> Merciful mother
of the universe,
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teach me thyself
through visions,
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or through a guru sent by thee.
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I hoped to find him at
the Himalayan snows,
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the Master whose face often
appeared to me in visions.
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I gazed searchingly about me
on any excursion from home
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for the face of
my destined guru.
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One day, I wiped my
tear-swollen face
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and set out for the distant
marketplace in Banaras.
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Something told me
to look behind.
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I had seen him in dreams.
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The face was the one I'd
seen in 1,000 visions,
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holding a promise that I
had not fully understood.
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[music playing]
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I came to know him long
before I met him in this life.
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It was him.
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It was my Master.
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He said, I have been waiting.
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>> A true guru is there
to lead you to yourself,
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not to himself, to what we
are truly capable of, not just
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the limited aspect of us.
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>> The spiritual path
is farthest from easy.
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It requires undoing
aspects of ourselves.
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>> My guru could not be
bribed, even by love.
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The hard core of egotism
is difficult to dislodge,
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except rudely.
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This flattening to the ego
treatment was hard to endure.
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I sometimes felt that
metaphorically he
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was discovering and uprooting
every diseased tooth in my jaw.
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Many teachers will tell you
to believe and then put out
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your eyes of reason.
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My guru said, I want you to
keep your eyes of reason open.
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In addition, I will open
in you the eye of wisdom.
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[sitar music]
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>> Yoga for me is freedom.
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>> The state of needing
nothing is yoga.
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>> We become one with peace.
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We become one with joy.
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We become one with love.
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And we realize that
that is our true nature.
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>> How tirelessly
my Master labored,
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that the boy Mukunda be
transformed into the monk
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Yogananda.
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[streetcar bells]
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Three happy years were spent in
humble circumstances in Boston.
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I gave public lectures,
taught classes, and addressed
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clubs, colleges, churches, and
groups of every denomination.
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00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:31,283
>> But it took Yogananda a
few years to realize that he
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wasn't in the right place for
this message to really take
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off.
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[music - "hooray for hollywood"]
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[car horns]
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>> In 1925, Yogananda
arrives in Los Angeles.
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And on the first night,
according to the "L.A. Times,"
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over 6,000 people
attend his talk.
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That's double the capacity
of the auditorium.
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Los Angeles is
this new frontier.
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It's a place of possibility
of a new beginning.
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Ideas of Asian
spirituality have permeated
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the West Coast in a way that
they haven't on the East Coast.
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00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:09,588
>> People come to Los Angeles
often looking for something.
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So there's this already
mind of a seeker.
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00:28:14,794 --> 00:28:18,097
>> Yogananda does a seven-night
speaker series at the L.A.
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Philharmonic Auditorium.
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00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:23,435
>> People go just to see the
show and because he's exotic
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and entertaining
and a great speaker.
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00:28:26,906 --> 00:28:29,508
And then others really
stick around and end up
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00:28:29,608 --> 00:28:31,443
finding that he has
really powerful teachings,
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00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:34,246
and he's a very good
vehicle for the message.
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00:28:34,346 --> 00:28:37,649
>> He knew the
power of initiative.
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He didn't wait for anybody
to get this wisdom out.
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He sent out lessons via mail.
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Mail order at the time
was completely brand new.
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It was like sending
out an e-blast today.
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00:28:51,097 --> 00:28:54,466
>> What Yogananda did that was
profound for Americans was talk
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about how you can have a
personal relationship with
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the Divine.
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00:29:01,173 --> 00:29:05,477
>> I was a totally
frustrated man.
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I had thought money
could give me happiness,
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00:29:09,882 --> 00:29:11,750
but nothing seemed
to satisfy me.
401
00:29:14,787 --> 00:29:17,056
I was skeptical,
like everyone was.
402
00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:23,529
>> Sit straight,
shoulder blades together,
403
00:29:23,629 --> 00:29:25,731
chin parallel to the ground.
404
00:29:25,832 --> 00:29:28,935
Concentrate on the point
between the eyebrows--
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00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:34,373
center of thought and
will and concentration.
406
00:29:34,473 --> 00:29:37,043
And again and again,
say, "Reveal Thyself"
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00:29:37,143 --> 00:29:42,815
as joy and wisdom and
spiritual perception.
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00:29:42,915 --> 00:29:46,252
Again and again say,
"Reveal Thyself."
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00:29:51,824 --> 00:29:54,861
>> James Lynn was a
wealthy industrialist,
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00:29:54,961 --> 00:29:59,265
and he went on to become a very
close devotee and an important
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benefactor of Yogananda's
work around the country.
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00:30:04,736 --> 00:30:07,506
>> Many who joined his classes
stepped forward and wrote
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00:30:07,606 --> 00:30:10,943
checks, trying to
keep Yogananda in L.A.
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00:30:11,043 --> 00:30:13,212
>> And he saw such enthusiasm.
415
00:30:13,312 --> 00:30:19,118
He thought, this is the
place to establish a center.
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00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:21,921
>> When I saw the large
building on the crest of Mount
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00:30:22,021 --> 00:30:25,892
Washington, I
recognized it at once.
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00:30:25,992 --> 00:30:29,261
>> As he saw, this is the place.
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00:30:29,361 --> 00:30:31,097
>> This became the
headquarters of his work.
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00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:36,635
Yogananda called it the
"spiritual White House,"
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and it was a place
where he gave classes.
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00:30:39,305 --> 00:30:42,574
He even had rooms available to
rent with the idea of starting
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00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:44,710
a spiritual community.
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00:30:44,810 --> 00:30:46,612
And the first event
he held there,
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00:30:46,712 --> 00:30:48,881
before the property
was even purchased,
426
00:30:48,981 --> 00:30:51,017
was an Easter Sunrise service.
427
00:30:51,117 --> 00:30:55,854
>> True Christianity has
been lost and forgotten.
428
00:30:55,955 --> 00:30:58,557
And what the Ancients
taught in India
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00:30:58,657 --> 00:31:01,327
has been lost and forgotten.
430
00:31:01,427 --> 00:31:06,832
Those ought to be revived as
one highway to the infinite.
431
00:31:06,933 --> 00:31:09,868
>> One of the keys to
Yogananda's popularity
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00:31:09,969 --> 00:31:14,506
in America was his love
and affection for Jesus.
433
00:31:14,606 --> 00:31:18,744
He placed Jesus on the
altar with his lineage
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00:31:18,844 --> 00:31:20,812
and with Krishna.
435
00:31:20,913 --> 00:31:24,416
>> He said that Jesus really was
representing to us this is who
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00:31:24,516 --> 00:31:25,384
you are.
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00:31:25,484 --> 00:31:27,686
This is your ability
to open yourself
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00:31:27,786 --> 00:31:29,588
to the Divine Mystery
in ways that you never
439
00:31:29,688 --> 00:31:31,323
thought were possible.
440
00:31:31,423 --> 00:31:33,592
>> Jesus is revered in India.
441
00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:35,794
People don't realize that.
442
00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:40,899
But he is held to be either
an incarnation of God
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00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,004
or, at the very
least, a supreme yogi.
444
00:31:45,104 --> 00:31:47,974
>> The value of Yogananda's
teaching was that he picked up
445
00:31:48,074 --> 00:31:52,178
on this angle, that there is
this universal opportunity
446
00:31:52,278 --> 00:31:55,447
to understand who we are.
447
00:31:55,547 --> 00:31:57,916
What is true of Jesus is
also true of all of us.
448
00:32:00,552 --> 00:32:02,321
>> It's not about
religion at all.
449
00:32:02,421 --> 00:32:04,256
It's about what's
behind religion--
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00:32:04,356 --> 00:32:06,158
meditation.
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00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:07,193
Meditate.
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00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:08,027
That's what he said.
453
00:32:08,127 --> 00:32:09,861
Meditation is the catchword.
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00:32:14,266 --> 00:32:17,669
>> Yoga really is a
philosophical system.
455
00:32:17,769 --> 00:32:19,972
A lot of people go
to yoga to look hot.
456
00:32:20,072 --> 00:32:22,008
It's not set up to
give you flat abs,
457
00:32:22,108 --> 00:32:23,509
even though that's
a nice byproduct.
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00:32:23,609 --> 00:32:25,544
It's really set up
to understand God.
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00:32:30,749 --> 00:32:34,786
>> Kriya Yoga is the science
of God-Realization through
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00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:36,955
meditation.
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00:32:37,056 --> 00:32:41,760
>> Yogananda did teach Hatha
Yoga as one way to prepare
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00:32:41,860 --> 00:32:44,530
for meditation.
463
00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:48,334
>> He also developed this system
of energization exercises.
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00:32:52,004 --> 00:32:53,805
>> The tension exercises--
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00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:57,143
charge the body with the life
current from the universe.
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00:32:57,243 --> 00:33:00,346
Energy distributed
evenly in the body
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00:33:00,446 --> 00:33:04,050
is what the diseases
from settling.
468
00:33:04,150 --> 00:33:06,118
You don't have to
be afraid of germs.
469
00:33:06,218 --> 00:33:11,590
If your body is electrified,
they will be electrocuted.
470
00:33:11,690 --> 00:33:15,194
>> Everything you do
affects your brain.
471
00:33:15,294 --> 00:33:18,097
By tensing the muscles, you're
activating your frontal lobes.
472
00:33:18,197 --> 00:33:20,299
If you lower the stress
hormones in the brain,
473
00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:22,434
it lowers your blood
pressure and your heart rate,
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00:33:22,534 --> 00:33:24,603
and it gets your mind
prepared for doing whatever
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00:33:24,703 --> 00:33:27,773
it is that you're about to do.
476
00:33:27,873 --> 00:33:32,778
>> Kriya Yoga teaches in the
spine are these instruments
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00:33:32,878 --> 00:33:35,814
of higher perception that
are normally dormant in most
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00:33:35,914 --> 00:33:36,615
people.
479
00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:43,789
Through withdrawing that
energy and directing it
480
00:33:43,889 --> 00:33:46,692
by concentration into
the spine and brain,
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00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:50,896
Yogananda said those instruments
of divine perceptions awaken.
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00:34:01,039 --> 00:34:03,409
The physical world is
not the highest reality.
483
00:34:06,178 --> 00:34:07,646
>> When we have
a dream at night,
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00:34:07,746 --> 00:34:11,983
it feels incredibly real
while we're in the dream.
485
00:34:12,084 --> 00:34:14,653
And then we wake up, and
we look at the reality
486
00:34:14,753 --> 00:34:17,523
that we're now in, and we say,
oh OK, that was just a dream.
487
00:34:22,027 --> 00:34:24,563
Well, when people have
mystical experiences they say,
488
00:34:24,663 --> 00:34:26,198
well, this is the
ultimate reality.
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00:34:26,298 --> 00:34:27,433
This feels more real.
490
00:34:30,402 --> 00:34:32,938
And all this other stuff, that's
not really the real reality.
491
00:34:43,382 --> 00:34:47,753
>> Feel the life currents
ascending and descending
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00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:50,689
in the spine.
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00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:53,225
By mastery of the
intelligent life currents
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00:34:53,325 --> 00:34:56,995
in the central nervous
system, the body and brain
495
00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:57,796
can be purified.
496
00:35:00,766 --> 00:35:04,970
Go up and down the spine,
feeling the centers,
497
00:35:05,070 --> 00:35:07,773
and mentally chanting "ohm."
498
00:35:07,873 --> 00:35:08,974
[typewriter keys clacking]
499
00:35:09,074 --> 00:35:13,011
>> Dear Guruji, I
have absorbed so much.
500
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:18,150
I will try to keep it all
within me and profit by it.
501
00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:21,119
Self-Realization has
helped my career.
502
00:35:21,220 --> 00:35:24,055
It has helped me to
think very little of me
503
00:35:24,156 --> 00:35:27,959
and let the Great
Spirit pass through me.
504
00:35:28,059 --> 00:35:31,397
[MUSIC - AMELITA GALLI CURCI,
"AIDA, O TERRA, ADDIO"]
505
00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:49,415
>> Dear Swami Dhirananda,
our existence here depends
506
00:35:49,515 --> 00:35:51,917
on the success of Los Angeles.
507
00:35:52,017 --> 00:35:52,718
You are needed.
508
00:35:55,354 --> 00:35:59,090
>> Mount Washington needed
someone to be at the helm while
509
00:35:59,191 --> 00:36:02,561
Guruji travelled throughout
the United States, lecturing,
510
00:36:02,661 --> 00:36:03,362
giving classes.
511
00:36:07,866 --> 00:36:11,002
He brought one of his
most beloved friends
512
00:36:11,102 --> 00:36:13,972
who was a very capable teacher.
513
00:36:14,072 --> 00:36:16,908
He was very well liked.
514
00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:20,346
>> I'm powerless to tell
how greatly he has helped me
515
00:36:20,446 --> 00:36:25,584
in carrying on my educational
work in India and Boston.
516
00:36:25,684 --> 00:36:29,054
He successfully carried on
the work at the Ranchi school
517
00:36:29,154 --> 00:36:32,190
during my absence from India.
518
00:36:32,291 --> 00:36:34,360
>> This was his childhood
friend from Calcutta.
519
00:36:37,062 --> 00:36:39,130
And I think as boys
both of them felt
520
00:36:39,231 --> 00:36:40,899
that their families
didn't understand
521
00:36:40,999 --> 00:36:42,434
their spiritual longings.
522
00:36:42,534 --> 00:36:45,637
In fact, Dhirananda said that
it was impossible for him
523
00:36:45,737 --> 00:36:47,839
to even meditate
at his family home.
524
00:36:50,542 --> 00:36:55,046
So Yogananda allowed him to
hide out in his attic room,
525
00:36:55,146 --> 00:37:00,352
and he would sneak food
up to him after the meals.
526
00:37:00,452 --> 00:37:03,722
[music - "sunday"]
527
00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:10,662
>> The 1920s was a period
of almost ceaseless travel
528
00:37:10,762 --> 00:37:12,063
for him.
529
00:37:12,163 --> 00:37:14,466
He was visiting all
of the largest cities
530
00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:16,101
in the United
States, where people
531
00:37:16,201 --> 00:37:19,538
were getting their first
glimpse of this yoga philosophy.
532
00:37:19,638 --> 00:37:20,506
[car horns]
533
00:37:20,606 --> 00:37:22,741
>> There is no
precursor for Yogananda.
534
00:37:22,841 --> 00:37:24,676
He has to do something
completely new
535
00:37:24,776 --> 00:37:26,645
that no one has done before.
536
00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:28,847
There is no path.
537
00:37:28,947 --> 00:37:31,082
>> There were other
gurus who came.
538
00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:35,854
Swami Vivekananda, whom
Yogananda respected greatly,
539
00:37:35,954 --> 00:37:40,859
had been here and started the
Vedanta Society in the 1890s.
540
00:37:40,959 --> 00:37:43,595
But he only stayed a few years.
541
00:37:43,695 --> 00:37:46,532
Yogananda was the
first major guru
542
00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:54,473
to have a nationwide impact and
really make America his home.
543
00:37:54,573 --> 00:37:56,742
>> In America everybody is busy.
544
00:37:56,842 --> 00:37:58,977
And if you keep on running
after too many hobbies,
545
00:37:59,077 --> 00:38:01,513
you won't have any
time left for bliss.
546
00:38:13,359 --> 00:38:15,293
>> Everything was
covered in the lessons,
547
00:38:15,394 --> 00:38:17,696
from how to achieve
success in our life,
548
00:38:17,796 --> 00:38:21,667
magnetizing or attracting your
soul mate, creating abundance,
549
00:38:21,767 --> 00:38:27,806
how to create harmony with
others, how to find happiness.
550
00:38:27,906 --> 00:38:31,910
>> You people do
not sleep correctly.
551
00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:36,181
You subconsciously
worry about unpaid bills
552
00:38:36,281 --> 00:38:40,185
and allow your sleep
to be disturbed
553
00:38:40,285 --> 00:38:43,689
by the mental movies of dreams.
554
00:38:43,789 --> 00:38:47,826
By closing the eyes
and enough relaxation,
555
00:38:47,926 --> 00:38:52,431
I can remain asleep
several nights.
556
00:38:52,531 --> 00:38:56,668
And by opening the eyes
and recharging the body,
557
00:38:56,768 --> 00:38:58,537
I can keep awake several days.
558
00:39:02,007 --> 00:39:04,843
>> Willpower is really one
of the absolute necessities
559
00:39:04,943 --> 00:39:07,012
for spiritual progress.
560
00:39:07,112 --> 00:39:09,247
Yogananda defined
willpower in this way.
561
00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:13,151
He said, will is that which
changes thought into energy.
562
00:39:18,624 --> 00:39:20,992
>> He asked the six men to line
up with their hands on each
563
00:39:21,092 --> 00:39:25,230
other's back, making a
line across the platform.
564
00:39:25,330 --> 00:39:29,601
Swamiji said to the first one,
put your hands on my stomach.
565
00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:31,670
With just a tiny
straightening of his body
566
00:39:31,770 --> 00:39:33,739
and a quick flick
of his stomach,
567
00:39:33,839 --> 00:39:37,242
Swamiji sent the six men
catapulting across the stage.
568
00:39:37,342 --> 00:39:39,110
[laughter]
569
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,246
>> What's the key of success?
570
00:39:41,346 --> 00:39:43,815
Concentration power.
571
00:39:43,915 --> 00:39:50,456
You meditate too achieve
the concentration powers.
572
00:39:50,556 --> 00:39:54,025
>> He would control his
heart and stop the pulse,
573
00:39:54,125 --> 00:39:57,663
and the doctors would rush,
check his pulse-- he's dying,
574
00:39:57,763 --> 00:39:59,565
he doesn't have a pulse.
575
00:39:59,665 --> 00:40:04,870
And then he would bring
himself back to life.
576
00:40:04,970 --> 00:40:08,740
>> Every human being in the
world has a supernatural power.
577
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,976
But having doesn't mean
anything if you don't know
578
00:40:11,076 --> 00:40:13,512
how to use it.
579
00:40:13,612 --> 00:40:17,182
>> Yoga combines the physical,
mental, and spiritual forces.
580
00:40:17,282 --> 00:40:19,317
Bikram must be in
complete control,
581
00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:21,820
or he's in danger
of being impaled.
582
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:22,621
Here he goes!
583
00:40:26,958 --> 00:40:27,693
He did it!
584
00:40:27,793 --> 00:40:29,628
And Yogi Bikram is all right.
585
00:40:29,728 --> 00:40:32,464
>> But before you use it,
you have to realize it.
586
00:40:32,564 --> 00:40:36,134
That's why Yogananda
called Self-Realization.
587
00:40:36,234 --> 00:40:38,269
You have to realize that power--
588
00:40:38,369 --> 00:40:43,475
supernatural, cosmic, physical,
mental, spiritual power.
589
00:40:43,575 --> 00:40:46,077
>> Don't take my
word for anything.
590
00:40:46,177 --> 00:40:50,448
Apply these techniques and
find out for yourselves.
591
00:40:50,549 --> 00:40:54,753
>> Here is a small, brown mystic
from a nation that very few
592
00:40:54,853 --> 00:40:57,322
Americans had ever been
to, much less read about.
593
00:40:57,422 --> 00:41:00,025
And he is here delivering
his message with such force
594
00:41:00,125 --> 00:41:05,363
through personal transmission
to people who came to see him.
595
00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:09,868
>> Most important is to create
a church within yourself where
596
00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:14,840
you are the minister in the
temple of your own soul.
597
00:41:14,940 --> 00:41:17,108
>> When somebody is
in a deep meditation,
598
00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:18,376
there are changes in the brain.
599
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:20,445
We've seen changes
in the brain scans
600
00:41:20,546 --> 00:41:23,682
of the different parts of the
brain that become more active.
601
00:41:23,782 --> 00:41:25,851
What you're seeing during
a meditation practice
602
00:41:25,951 --> 00:41:28,554
is a very substantial
decrease of activity
603
00:41:28,654 --> 00:41:30,756
in the part of the brain
which normally helps
604
00:41:30,856 --> 00:41:33,458
to create a sense of our self
and a sense of our orientation
605
00:41:33,559 --> 00:41:35,727
in space and time.
606
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:40,031
As you progressively block
the activity in that area,
607
00:41:40,131 --> 00:41:43,735
then you block your ability to
establish your sense of self
608
00:41:43,835 --> 00:41:45,737
as distinguished from
the rest of the world.
609
00:41:45,837 --> 00:41:48,173
And you begin to feel that
sense of deep connectedness,
610
00:41:48,273 --> 00:41:51,710
or oneness, with
everything in the world.
611
00:41:51,810 --> 00:41:53,979
>> I'm a physicist
and a physician.
612
00:41:54,079 --> 00:41:56,147
I spent years between the
Harvard physics department
613
00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:58,016
and the Harvard Medical
School, going back and forth
614
00:41:58,116 --> 00:42:00,652
across the Charles River, but
they don't talk to each other.
615
00:42:03,989 --> 00:42:06,357
As a child, having
been exposed to things
616
00:42:06,457 --> 00:42:09,661
like Vedic philosophy, growing
up in rural Mississippi,
617
00:42:09,761 --> 00:42:13,264
I became inspired
by this deep belief
618
00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:15,333
that there is an
underlying unity in nature.
619
00:42:15,433 --> 00:42:18,036
I wish these different
fields could come together.
620
00:42:18,136 --> 00:42:21,006
And so that led me to want
to combine these two worlds
621
00:42:21,106 --> 00:42:22,407
of physics and biomedicine.
622
00:42:25,611 --> 00:42:28,546
Physics-- our physics
of the last century--
623
00:42:28,647 --> 00:42:31,617
has not come to terms with
life, living systems, and things
624
00:42:31,717 --> 00:42:34,319
like consciousness.
625
00:42:34,419 --> 00:42:37,488
The writings of
Yogananda are very
626
00:42:37,589 --> 00:42:40,191
appealing to a
scientific appetite.
627
00:42:40,291 --> 00:42:43,795
He was committed to
bringing together
628
00:42:43,895 --> 00:42:46,564
the technology and the
material efficiency
629
00:42:46,665 --> 00:42:49,034
of the scientific
understanding of the West
630
00:42:49,134 --> 00:42:52,537
with the ancient spiritual
wisdom of the East
631
00:42:52,638 --> 00:42:56,675
and creating a unified framework
and an integrated approach
632
00:42:56,775 --> 00:43:00,278
to living life on this planet.
633
00:43:13,091 --> 00:43:17,162
>> In Washington, something
remarkable happened.
634
00:43:17,262 --> 00:43:20,031
Yogananda drew the largest
audience as a public speaker
635
00:43:20,131 --> 00:43:21,867
had drawn in the city--
636
00:43:21,967 --> 00:43:24,369
congressmen, senators,
judges-- and he
637
00:43:24,469 --> 00:43:27,572
was even invited to the White
House by President Coolidge.
638
00:43:27,673 --> 00:43:30,241
But Yogananda came in
for a rude awakening
639
00:43:30,341 --> 00:43:32,143
when he was in Washington,
which is really
640
00:43:32,243 --> 00:43:35,180
part of the American South.
641
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,684
>> In the national capital, I
was told that white people only
642
00:43:38,784 --> 00:43:42,087
would be permitted to
attend the classes.
643
00:43:42,187 --> 00:43:44,890
This surprised me very much.
644
00:43:44,990 --> 00:43:49,060
I defied this and founded
an Afro-American yoga center
645
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:50,729
to teach my Negro brethren.
646
00:43:57,002 --> 00:44:00,271
Cosmic delusion is
always snaring us
647
00:44:00,371 --> 00:44:01,606
through our ignorance.
648
00:44:05,643 --> 00:44:07,979
>> The Civil Rights Movement
was still decades away,
649
00:44:08,079 --> 00:44:11,516
and it was inspired, in fact, by
a revolution that was fomenting
650
00:44:11,616 --> 00:44:12,317
in India.
651
00:44:15,186 --> 00:44:18,023
>> Many people don't realize
that Gandhi was a yogi,
652
00:44:18,123 --> 00:44:21,259
and he was putting yoga
principles such as nonviolence
653
00:44:21,359 --> 00:44:24,763
into action on a mass scale.
654
00:44:24,863 --> 00:44:27,232
>> Yogananda himself was a
very open and vocal supporter
655
00:44:27,332 --> 00:44:29,600
of Gandhi and lectured at
Harvard about him and his
656
00:44:29,701 --> 00:44:30,401
movement.
657
00:44:33,071 --> 00:44:35,874
>> And for this, he was put on
a government watch list and kept
658
00:44:35,974 --> 00:44:38,076
under surveillance.
659
00:44:38,176 --> 00:44:41,046
>> Anyone affiliated with
India and someone specifically
660
00:44:41,146 --> 00:44:43,982
affiliated with Mahatma Gandhi
would be a person of interest
661
00:44:44,082 --> 00:44:45,984
for the American government.
662
00:44:46,084 --> 00:44:50,121
>> Why are these people drawn
to this heathen teacher?
663
00:44:50,221 --> 00:44:53,458
What is he doing
behind closed doors?
664
00:44:53,558 --> 00:44:58,897
Are they trying to overthrow
our government too?
665
00:44:58,997 --> 00:45:01,366
>> There was literally a
war against yoga being waged
666
00:45:01,466 --> 00:45:02,167
in the media.
667
00:45:11,176 --> 00:45:15,446
>> A huge scandal erupted
when Swami Dhirananda,
668
00:45:15,546 --> 00:45:19,918
Yogananda's right-hand man,
was discovered giving private
669
00:45:20,018 --> 00:45:26,424
lessons to a married woman, and
her husband found out about it,
670
00:45:26,524 --> 00:45:29,895
stormed Mount Washington,
and a brawl erupted.
671
00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:36,167
There were crazy
tracts being written--
672
00:45:36,267 --> 00:45:39,370
rumors, all kinds
of allegations,
673
00:45:39,470 --> 00:45:42,673
not just about Yogananda,
but some of the other swamis
674
00:45:42,774 --> 00:45:46,177
and yoga teachers, that
this was a love cult
675
00:45:46,277 --> 00:45:50,849
and they were corrupting
the women of America.
676
00:45:50,949 --> 00:45:54,385
>> Yogananda, as a yogi, would
often talk about mastery over
677
00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:58,123
one's sexuality, over one's
own urges, self-discipline.
678
00:45:58,223 --> 00:46:00,625
But oftentimes that
was misinterpreted
679
00:46:00,725 --> 00:46:02,027
to mean something scandalous.
680
00:46:04,896 --> 00:46:08,599
>> You had a kind of paranoia
on the part of the husbands
681
00:46:08,699 --> 00:46:10,836
and law enforcement
officials that, you know,
682
00:46:10,936 --> 00:46:15,073
we couldn't trust our women with
these dark-skinned foreigners.
683
00:46:15,173 --> 00:46:17,375
>> You can read between the
lines here what the problem
684
00:46:17,475 --> 00:46:18,643
really is.
685
00:46:18,743 --> 00:46:20,678
I mean, this was a period
where miscegenation laws--
686
00:46:20,778 --> 00:46:22,580
you know, you were
forbidden in America
687
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:27,352
if you were white to marry a
brown-skinned man or woman.
688
00:46:27,452 --> 00:46:31,522
So I mean, it was illegal to
mix the races at that point.
689
00:46:31,622 --> 00:46:36,361
>> This marriage is symbolical
of breaking down the barriers
690
00:46:36,461 --> 00:46:41,199
of the brown Caucasian of
India and the white Caucasian
691
00:46:41,299 --> 00:46:43,101
of America.
692
00:46:43,201 --> 00:46:44,002
>> Ohm.
693
00:46:44,102 --> 00:46:46,571
Amen.
694
00:46:46,671 --> 00:46:47,372
Ohm.
695
00:46:51,376 --> 00:46:54,645
>> On the one hand, open-minded
Americans revered him,
696
00:46:54,745 --> 00:46:58,249
but his unorthodox views
really raised the ire of more
697
00:46:58,349 --> 00:47:00,718
conservative Americans.
698
00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:03,488
By the time he went
into the Deep South,
699
00:47:03,588 --> 00:47:05,056
it really reached
a fevered pitch.
700
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,830
>> Swami was ordered to leave
Miami for his own safety.
701
00:47:12,931 --> 00:47:14,966
The husbands of more
than 200 Miami women
702
00:47:15,066 --> 00:47:17,835
were preparing to
quote, "get the Hindu."
703
00:47:17,936 --> 00:47:18,836
[chatter]
704
00:47:18,937 --> 00:47:21,139
>> His supporters
swarmed City Hall.
705
00:47:21,239 --> 00:47:23,441
And during the hearing,
Police Chief Quigg
706
00:47:23,541 --> 00:47:25,643
claims that Yogananda
tried to hypnotize him.
707
00:47:36,087 --> 00:47:39,690
>> Yogananda is no longer being
invited to receive the keys
708
00:47:39,790 --> 00:47:41,459
to different cities.
709
00:47:41,559 --> 00:47:43,528
He's no longer being
invited to speak
710
00:47:43,628 --> 00:47:47,165
to different religious
congregations.
711
00:47:47,265 --> 00:47:52,470
>> I am going through the
severest trial of my life.
712
00:47:52,570 --> 00:47:56,274
Judge for yourself the lying
capacity of the newspapers.
713
00:48:00,711 --> 00:48:03,814
>> Back in Los Angeles, the
District Attorney eventually
714
00:48:03,915 --> 00:48:07,518
cleared Yogananda and Mount
Washington of all wrongdoing,
715
00:48:07,618 --> 00:48:09,554
but the damage had
already been done.
716
00:48:15,193 --> 00:48:19,965
>> The fruits of a lifetime
of service to mankind reduced
717
00:48:20,065 --> 00:48:24,902
to ashes by the soulless
efforts of yellow journalism.
718
00:48:30,775 --> 00:48:33,578
>> All these incidents
culminated in a falling out
719
00:48:33,678 --> 00:48:35,613
between Yogananda
and Dhirananda.
720
00:48:38,316 --> 00:48:42,120
>> Dhirananda left and he
started another organization
721
00:48:42,220 --> 00:48:44,689
not far from Mount Washington.
722
00:48:48,626 --> 00:48:50,728
>> And many of the students
went with Dhirananda
723
00:48:50,828 --> 00:48:53,364
because Yogananda had been
busy touring the country
724
00:48:53,464 --> 00:48:54,899
for the last year.
725
00:49:00,972 --> 00:49:04,342
[music playing]
726
00:49:09,414 --> 00:49:12,350
>> The final heartbreak came
a couple of years later,
727
00:49:12,450 --> 00:49:16,187
when Dhirananda left the swami
order altogether and married
728
00:49:16,287 --> 00:49:19,857
one of his Los Angeles students.
729
00:49:19,957 --> 00:49:23,028
Then he sued Yogananda
for his share of the work
730
00:49:23,128 --> 00:49:24,462
they had done together.
731
00:49:35,440 --> 00:49:39,410
>> With a heavy heart,
I'm starting for Mexico,
732
00:49:39,510 --> 00:49:43,781
cutting loose from everything
that I may consecrate myself
733
00:49:43,881 --> 00:49:45,550
to God entirely.
734
00:49:59,164 --> 00:50:02,667
Divine Mother, free me.
735
00:50:02,767 --> 00:50:06,837
Let me go back to India to
serve you there-- not here,
736
00:50:06,937 --> 00:50:11,509
where there is bitterness
and heartache and frustration
737
00:50:11,609 --> 00:50:14,679
and no one to listen
to your message.
738
00:50:25,590 --> 00:50:29,327
>> In Yogananda's darkest hours,
there's only one place that he
739
00:50:29,427 --> 00:50:31,629
went.
740
00:50:31,729 --> 00:50:32,563
He always went within.
741
00:50:40,305 --> 00:50:42,707
We call it God,
place of stillness.
742
00:51:19,310 --> 00:51:21,579
>> Many times I have tried
to walk away from these
743
00:51:21,679 --> 00:51:26,884
organizational responsibilities,
but every time Divine Mother
744
00:51:26,984 --> 00:51:31,055
comes and takes me by the
ear and says, come back.
745
00:51:34,225 --> 00:51:38,896
>> And he said, when I
received that answer, I wept.
746
00:51:38,996 --> 00:51:41,632
And I knew I had to go back.
747
00:51:41,732 --> 00:51:43,934
I knew this is what
God wanted from me.
748
00:51:48,506 --> 00:51:51,108
>> Walking only under
the guise of denunciation
749
00:51:51,209 --> 00:51:53,278
or non-attachment
is the easy part.
750
00:51:56,614 --> 00:52:00,017
It shows more spiritual
fiber to live a godly life
751
00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:01,986
in the jungle of civilization.
752
00:52:04,955 --> 00:52:11,796
I love all, even those who
avow themselves my enemies.
753
00:52:11,896 --> 00:52:14,965
For I see thee in every being.
754
00:52:23,474 --> 00:52:27,512
I will rebuild this
organization from scratch,
755
00:52:27,612 --> 00:52:34,419
just as I did when I
arrived from India in 1920.
756
00:52:34,519 --> 00:52:38,523
>> With that renewed faith and
the determination that he would
757
00:52:38,623 --> 00:52:42,627
not give up, even though he
was sorely tried and wanted
758
00:52:42,727 --> 00:52:48,098
to leave, he began
to draw disciples.
759
00:52:48,199 --> 00:52:49,300
One of them was me.
760
00:52:52,370 --> 00:52:57,174
I came in 1931, and many
other young people came.
761
00:52:57,275 --> 00:52:58,643
There were older people here.
762
00:52:58,743 --> 00:53:01,879
That was all ages living here.
763
00:53:01,979 --> 00:53:05,015
>> Yogananda had consistently
drawn his devotees from all
764
00:53:05,115 --> 00:53:06,150
walks of life--
765
00:53:06,251 --> 00:53:08,453
prominent businessmen
judges, lawyers,
766
00:53:08,553 --> 00:53:11,155
even hardened journalists.
767
00:53:11,256 --> 00:53:14,124
>> But by the early 1930s,
something very different was
768
00:53:14,225 --> 00:53:15,693
beginning.
769
00:53:15,793 --> 00:53:18,696
A small core group of
devotees came to Yogananda
770
00:53:18,796 --> 00:53:22,032
and asked to be accepted
into this monastic path
771
00:53:22,132 --> 00:53:24,735
of complete renunciation,
to completely devote
772
00:53:24,835 --> 00:53:27,338
their whole lives to
following his teachings,
773
00:53:27,438 --> 00:53:31,276
and seeking God through this
path of Kriya Yoga meditation.
774
00:53:34,745 --> 00:53:38,148
James Lynn, the wealthy
businessman, was one of them.
775
00:53:38,249 --> 00:53:41,352
And he'd go on to become
a highly advanced yogi
776
00:53:41,452 --> 00:53:43,554
and take monastic
vows like the others.
777
00:53:47,458 --> 00:53:51,462
And so, through Yogananda, this
ancient monastic swami order
778
00:53:51,562 --> 00:53:55,366
from India took root in America.
779
00:53:55,466 --> 00:53:58,469
>> Now began the training.
780
00:53:58,569 --> 00:54:02,072
I knew nothing
about renunciation.
781
00:54:02,172 --> 00:54:06,711
>> The new monastics took strict
vows, like Yogananda himself,
782
00:54:06,811 --> 00:54:10,881
of simplicity, celibacy,
obedience, and loyalty.
783
00:54:13,518 --> 00:54:18,088
Yogananda's lay students
faced other challenges.
784
00:54:18,188 --> 00:54:20,224
>> I'd been there about
six or seven weeks.
785
00:54:20,325 --> 00:54:25,296
And I said, Guruji, all my
life I heard thou canst not,
786
00:54:25,396 --> 00:54:28,065
thou shalt not, thou must not.
787
00:54:28,165 --> 00:54:30,501
These are the rules of the
religious teachings that I've
788
00:54:30,601 --> 00:54:34,572
heard around my relatives.
789
00:54:34,672 --> 00:54:38,943
What I want to know from
you is, what canst thou?
790
00:54:39,043 --> 00:54:41,278
He said, (MIMICKING
YOGANDA) well, do you smoke?
791
00:54:41,379 --> 00:54:42,112
I said, yes.
792
00:54:42,212 --> 00:54:44,148
He said, you may continue.
793
00:54:44,248 --> 00:54:46,917
Do you drink alcohol?
794
00:54:47,017 --> 00:54:48,085
I said, yes.
795
00:54:48,185 --> 00:54:50,455
He said you may continue.
796
00:54:50,555 --> 00:54:57,061
Do you enjoy the opposite
sex promiscuously?
797
00:54:57,161 --> 00:54:58,429
Yes.
798
00:54:58,529 --> 00:54:59,964
Well, you may continue.
799
00:55:00,064 --> 00:55:01,466
I said, wait a minute.
800
00:55:01,566 --> 00:55:03,968
You mean that I can
come up on this hill
801
00:55:04,068 --> 00:55:06,136
here, in this good
place with all
802
00:55:06,236 --> 00:55:08,706
of these wonderful people,
your disciples and the devotees
803
00:55:08,806 --> 00:55:12,510
and the brothers up here,
and study these teachings,
804
00:55:12,610 --> 00:55:15,580
and I go back down there
and do all these things.
805
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:17,648
(MIMICKING YOGANANDA)
Absolutely.
806
00:55:17,748 --> 00:55:20,385
But I will not promise
you that as you continue
807
00:55:20,485 --> 00:55:24,355
to study these teachings that
the desire to do these things
808
00:55:24,455 --> 00:55:28,626
will not fall away from you.
809
00:55:28,726 --> 00:55:31,929
>> Repeated performance of
inaction creates a mental
810
00:55:32,029 --> 00:55:36,133
blueprint, causing the formation
of subtle electrical pathways
811
00:55:36,233 --> 00:55:40,705
in the brain, somewhat like the
grooves in a phonograph record.
812
00:55:40,805 --> 00:55:44,375
Your life follows the
grooves that you yourself
813
00:55:44,475 --> 00:55:45,610
have created in the brain.
814
00:55:48,212 --> 00:55:52,282
>> It appears that Yogananda was
talking about neuroplasticity
815
00:55:52,383 --> 00:55:56,286
almost 50 years before Western
doctors took an interest in it.
816
00:55:56,387 --> 00:55:58,656
He said that regular
Kriya practice
817
00:55:58,756 --> 00:56:03,528
could rewire your brain and
help eliminate unwanted habits.
818
00:56:03,628 --> 00:56:05,195
>> So "The
Autobiography of a Yogi"
819
00:56:05,295 --> 00:56:09,867
is the book that I keep stacks
of them around the house,
820
00:56:09,967 --> 00:56:13,771
and I give it out constantly,
you know, to people.
821
00:56:13,871 --> 00:56:21,512
You know like when people need
re-grooving, I say, read this.
822
00:56:21,612 --> 00:56:23,347
>> We are not talking
about suppression.
823
00:56:23,448 --> 00:56:25,916
We are talking
about transmutation.
824
00:56:26,016 --> 00:56:28,285
Re-channeling-- that's the
whole science of yoga--
825
00:56:28,385 --> 00:56:31,321
re-channeling your
energy, creating
826
00:56:31,422 --> 00:56:35,325
new patterns of thinking, new
patterns of the emotional life.
827
00:56:38,195 --> 00:56:41,866
>> When he looked at you
penetratingly, he was changing.
828
00:56:41,966 --> 00:56:43,333
He said when he
looked at you, he
829
00:56:43,434 --> 00:56:46,737
was changing your brain cells.
830
00:56:46,837 --> 00:56:48,372
And he did.
831
00:56:51,141 --> 00:56:54,445
>> He started going in to my
inner thoughts and feelings,
832
00:56:54,545 --> 00:56:56,681
maybe things where
you've slipped a little.
833
00:56:56,781 --> 00:57:00,184
He dissected me on the
deepest level I'd ever been.
834
00:57:00,284 --> 00:57:01,919
I felt like I was
being carved down
835
00:57:02,019 --> 00:57:07,792
until a little tiny person,
down to almost like an ant.
836
00:57:07,892 --> 00:57:11,061
And I remember I just literally
couldn't take any more.
837
00:57:11,161 --> 00:57:14,965
I humanly, emotionally
couldn't take it.
838
00:57:15,065 --> 00:57:16,200
You know, I was hurting.
839
00:57:16,300 --> 00:57:19,169
I mean, I was crying.
840
00:57:19,269 --> 00:57:24,475
He reached over, and
he gave me a big hug.
841
00:57:24,575 --> 00:57:26,744
I've given you my
unconditional love, he says.
842
00:57:26,844 --> 00:57:28,913
Do not fail to take
advantage of it.
843
00:57:32,016 --> 00:57:35,119
It's a friendship and a love
that he took you as you were,
844
00:57:35,219 --> 00:57:37,321
and he gave it all to you,
as much as you could take.
845
00:57:46,096 --> 00:57:47,965
[thunder]
846
00:57:48,065 --> 00:57:52,302
>> There is just a thin screen
of ether between the world
847
00:57:52,402 --> 00:57:55,372
and my guru.
848
00:57:55,472 --> 00:57:58,776
He's haunting me day and night.
849
00:57:58,876 --> 00:58:01,779
(LOUDLY) Return to India.
850
00:58:01,879 --> 00:58:04,949
You must come make
the supreme effort.
851
00:58:09,119 --> 00:58:13,223
Traversing 10,000 miles in
the twinkling of an eye,
852
00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:19,396
his message penetrated my being
like a flash of lightning.
853
00:58:19,496 --> 00:58:22,667
I have spent 15 years in
spreading my guru's teachings
854
00:58:22,767 --> 00:58:23,868
in America.
855
00:58:23,968 --> 00:58:25,870
Now he recalls me.
856
00:58:38,248 --> 00:58:40,918
Our arrival found such an
immense crowd assembled
857
00:58:41,018 --> 00:58:44,722
to greet us, I was
unprepared for the magnitude
858
00:58:44,822 --> 00:58:45,590
of our welcome.
859
00:58:51,996 --> 00:58:54,765
We broke our journey
halfway across the continent
860
00:58:54,865 --> 00:58:55,866
to see Mahatma Gandhi.
861
00:59:00,671 --> 00:59:04,642
After great discussions, he took
lessons, Kriya, and recharging
862
00:59:04,742 --> 00:59:06,210
exercises.
863
00:59:06,310 --> 00:59:10,047
I was touched by his
spirit of inquiry.
864
00:59:10,147 --> 00:59:13,083
When we prayed together,
the whole place
865
00:59:13,183 --> 00:59:14,819
seemed filled with God.
866
00:59:20,257 --> 00:59:23,594
>> Master could hardly wait
till he got to meet his master.
867
00:59:28,966 --> 00:59:32,369
[chatter]
868
00:59:43,948 --> 00:59:48,318
It was indescribable, the
meeting between the two.
869
00:59:51,822 --> 00:59:54,058
Master dropped to
his knees, touched
870
00:59:54,158 --> 00:59:56,827
his feet of Sri Yukteswar Giri.
871
00:59:56,927 --> 01:00:00,297
Sri Yukteswar Giri was welcoming
back his triumphant son.
872
01:00:04,034 --> 01:00:10,274
>> A healing calm descended
at the mere sight of my guru.
873
01:00:10,374 --> 01:00:14,544
Quietly sitting beside him,
I would feel his bounty
874
01:00:14,645 --> 01:00:16,881
pouring peacefully
over my being.
875
01:00:23,754 --> 01:00:28,492
Such spiritual atmosphere,
I so long missed.
876
01:00:28,592 --> 01:00:32,663
Day and night passes with
God mad, God hungry clouds.
877
01:00:40,537 --> 01:00:44,341
It's wonderful to work amongst
people who don't need coaxing
878
01:00:44,441 --> 01:00:46,176
to be spiritual.
879
01:00:55,619 --> 01:00:58,422
The Himalayan kids
are calling me,
880
01:00:58,522 --> 01:01:01,992
and the people's heart
kids are welcoming me.
881
01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:13,804
But for a few beloved
disciples at Mount Washington,
882
01:01:13,904 --> 01:01:18,608
I have no attraction
to go back to America.
883
01:01:18,709 --> 01:01:20,945
I would roam by the Yumana,
where Krishna played
884
01:01:21,045 --> 01:01:24,014
his flute of eternity
and never visit
885
01:01:24,114 --> 01:01:27,651
the shores of material life.
886
01:01:27,752 --> 01:01:30,620
[locomotive, clanging]
887
01:01:56,446 --> 01:01:58,883
The lion of Bengal is gone.
888
01:02:06,323 --> 01:02:09,626
[music playing]
889
01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:20,237
The body which had
reflected omnipresent wisdom
890
01:02:20,337 --> 01:02:22,973
lay lifeless before me mocking.
891
01:03:02,346 --> 01:03:06,683
Master mine, why
did you leave me?
892
01:03:46,256 --> 01:03:51,295
The Lord is showing me
wherever I am, that's my home.
893
01:03:54,298 --> 01:03:57,101
My home is on the train.
894
01:03:57,201 --> 01:04:02,539
Then it shall be in the
hotel and then on the ship.
895
01:04:02,639 --> 01:04:04,875
How can I leave my home?
896
01:04:04,975 --> 01:04:06,643
It's everywhere.
897
01:04:12,682 --> 01:04:15,052
[gunfire]
898
01:04:15,152 --> 01:04:18,822
>> When Sri Yukteswar first
sent Yogananda on his mission
899
01:04:18,923 --> 01:04:21,758
to America, it was
right after World War I,
900
01:04:21,858 --> 01:04:25,395
which was supposed to be
the war to end all wars.
901
01:04:28,365 --> 01:04:32,636
Now, tensions were heating
up in Europe and Asia,
902
01:04:32,736 --> 01:04:36,806
and Yogananda saw that we could
be entering a period of even
903
01:04:36,907 --> 01:04:38,308
greater horror.
904
01:04:42,379 --> 01:04:47,952
The need for the teachings
was more urgent than ever.
905
01:04:48,052 --> 01:05:04,568
[MUSIC - PHILIP GLASS, "WHY DOES
SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE"]
906
01:05:04,668 --> 01:05:08,072
>> After his guru died,
something shifted in him.
907
01:05:13,910 --> 01:05:17,147
He was just experiencing
these profound states
908
01:05:17,247 --> 01:05:19,416
of consciousness.
909
01:05:19,516 --> 01:05:20,717
>> His eyes just turned glassy.
910
01:05:20,817 --> 01:05:23,420
He just [whistles] withdrew,
and he was gone, you know?
911
01:05:28,458 --> 01:05:32,997
>> And oft times, it gave
concern to us younger ones.
912
01:05:33,097 --> 01:05:34,764
His heart seemed
to cease beating.
913
01:05:39,636 --> 01:05:42,239
He had instructed
us that whenever
914
01:05:42,339 --> 01:05:45,442
he went into samadhi that
we could bring him out
915
01:05:45,542 --> 01:05:50,014
of it by chanting
"ohm" in his right ear.
916
01:05:50,114 --> 01:05:52,916
>> And I thought, wow, this
is something different.
917
01:05:53,017 --> 01:05:55,552
This was a little scary.
918
01:05:55,652 --> 01:06:01,891
>> Is my guru always now
going to be in this state?
919
01:06:01,992 --> 01:06:07,531
I would be in awe to ever
approach him in the same way.
920
01:06:17,441 --> 01:06:20,144
>> And my body became
just like stone,
921
01:06:20,244 --> 01:06:23,747
and still I was fully conscious,
and everything was light.
922
01:06:28,585 --> 01:06:31,555
>> And it was out of that
consciousness that he was
923
01:06:31,655 --> 01:06:35,659
pulling these writings,
these profound truths
924
01:06:35,759 --> 01:06:37,394
and experiences.
925
01:06:41,498 --> 01:06:47,037
>> He constantly stressed
to me, get my thoughts,
926
01:06:47,137 --> 01:06:50,074
understand what I mean--
927
01:06:50,174 --> 01:06:57,181
I can do much more now to
reach others with my pen.
928
01:06:57,281 --> 01:07:00,784
>> "The Autobiography of a
Yogi" was the first memoir
929
01:07:00,884 --> 01:07:04,521
of a genuine Indian holy man.
930
01:07:04,621 --> 01:07:09,093
>> It was his personal feeling
about his devotion to his gurus
931
01:07:09,193 --> 01:07:12,829
and what he's really
received from them.
932
01:07:12,929 --> 01:07:15,899
>> But it's not all
that Yogananda wrote.
933
01:07:15,999 --> 01:07:20,670
Yogananda produced an
incredible literary corpus.
934
01:07:20,770 --> 01:07:23,707
>> Every morning he would
have us bring a typewriter
935
01:07:23,807 --> 01:07:27,311
and a table and bring
it into his study.
936
01:07:27,411 --> 01:07:30,480
>> He will be up at 1:00 or
2:00 in the morning writing.
937
01:07:30,580 --> 01:07:33,183
>> Night and day he
wrote, or he dictated,
938
01:07:33,283 --> 01:07:35,985
and we would type all day long.
939
01:07:36,086 --> 01:07:39,589
>> And he would be
totally, totally absorbed.
940
01:07:39,689 --> 01:07:41,158
Hours would go by.
941
01:07:41,258 --> 01:07:44,694
His whole consciousness
became absorbed
942
01:07:44,794 --> 01:07:47,764
in finishing his writings.
943
01:07:47,864 --> 01:07:51,101
And it was that
sense of urgency--
944
01:07:51,201 --> 01:07:53,137
it was like an acceleration--
945
01:07:53,237 --> 01:07:58,508
an acceleration of our
discipline, of our training.
946
01:07:58,608 --> 01:08:02,011
>> And not only was he writing,
he was building temples,
947
01:08:02,112 --> 01:08:05,615
founding brotherhood colonies,
and encouraging people to live
948
01:08:05,715 --> 01:08:07,917
together in spiritual
communities.
949
01:08:19,763 --> 01:08:24,000
And then in 1945, while he was
writing "The Autobiography,"
950
01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:27,171
we set off the
first atomic bomb.
951
01:08:27,271 --> 01:08:30,140
[explosion]
952
01:08:56,700 --> 01:08:59,135
>> A few people cried.
953
01:08:59,236 --> 01:09:02,606
Most people were silent.
954
01:09:02,706 --> 01:09:05,509
I remembered the line
from the Hindu scripture,
955
01:09:05,609 --> 01:09:09,746
the Bhagavad Gita,
"Now I am become death,
956
01:09:09,846 --> 01:09:11,248
the destroyer of worlds."
957
01:09:14,984 --> 01:09:18,288
>> About 100 years ago, Einstein
gave us a framework that
958
01:09:18,388 --> 01:09:20,156
radically changed
modern physics.
959
01:09:20,257 --> 01:09:24,628
It put energy and matter on
some sort of equivalent footing.
960
01:09:24,728 --> 01:09:27,063
We're going to have to expand
the language of physics
961
01:09:27,163 --> 01:09:29,666
to come to terms, not only
with matter and energy,
962
01:09:29,766 --> 01:09:32,302
but matter, energy, and
maybe even consciousness.
963
01:09:35,839 --> 01:09:41,311
>> The human mind can and must
liberate within itself energies
964
01:09:41,411 --> 01:09:45,515
greater than those
within stones and metals,
965
01:09:45,615 --> 01:09:49,786
lest the atomic giant,
newly unleashed,
966
01:09:49,886 --> 01:09:52,689
done on the world in
mindless destruction.
967
01:09:57,694 --> 01:10:00,897
>> Modern times as it is now
is based on what is called
968
01:10:00,997 --> 01:10:03,300
the subject-object split.
969
01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:05,635
I am the subject, and
there is the universe.
970
01:10:09,706 --> 01:10:12,309
Whereas spirituality
says that there
971
01:10:12,409 --> 01:10:16,413
is a consciousness that includes
the subject and the object.
972
01:10:19,215 --> 01:10:20,984
Consciousness gives
rise to everything,
973
01:10:21,084 --> 01:10:22,085
including the brain.
974
01:10:25,422 --> 01:10:28,392
>> We have been brought up to
think that the mind is this
975
01:10:28,492 --> 01:10:31,728
thing that sits up here
somewhere in the brain.
976
01:10:31,828 --> 01:10:35,832
But really the
mind is everywhere.
977
01:10:35,932 --> 01:10:38,435
>> Some people have argued that
consciousness resides in every
978
01:10:38,535 --> 01:10:40,169
cell of our body.
979
01:10:40,270 --> 01:10:42,071
The only way for us
to really understand
980
01:10:42,171 --> 01:10:44,140
the nature of consciousness
and what it is,
981
01:10:44,240 --> 01:10:47,110
is to explore it both
from sort of the outside
982
01:10:47,210 --> 01:10:48,278
in and from the inside out.
983
01:10:53,583 --> 01:10:56,252
>> Delusion is the belief that
there is something outside
984
01:10:56,353 --> 01:10:57,621
of you.
985
01:10:57,721 --> 01:11:02,992
But your happiness is not based
on anything outside of you--
986
01:11:03,092 --> 01:11:05,395
in the inside,
wherein the watcher
987
01:11:05,495 --> 01:11:08,632
is watching all of the
craziness, kind of just
988
01:11:08,732 --> 01:11:10,266
laughing.
989
01:11:10,367 --> 01:11:12,369
So look inside for
the watcher and be
990
01:11:12,469 --> 01:11:17,240
connected to the watcher,
and then be awake.
991
01:11:21,110 --> 01:11:25,315
>> The Indian teachings that
Yogananda represented were not
992
01:11:25,415 --> 01:11:26,650
escapes.
993
01:11:26,750 --> 01:11:31,855
They were methods of
adapting to these upheavals
994
01:11:31,955 --> 01:11:34,824
and these changes,
because they remind people
995
01:11:34,924 --> 01:11:40,096
that we are more than the
personality and the roles
996
01:11:40,196 --> 01:11:42,666
that we play and
the body we inhabit.
997
01:11:46,870 --> 01:11:52,876
>> When I am the soul, I know
that nothing is important
998
01:11:52,976 --> 01:11:56,045
on the earth-- nothing,
nothing at all.
999
01:11:56,145 --> 01:11:58,314
Only love is important.
1000
01:12:01,685 --> 01:12:04,354
>> If we're going to change
those kind of circumstances
1001
01:12:04,454 --> 01:12:06,690
so there's hope
for our survival,
1002
01:12:06,790 --> 01:12:09,225
the change has to
come from inside out.
1003
01:12:12,328 --> 01:12:16,600
>> A man who has reformed
himself will reform thousands.
1004
01:12:25,074 --> 01:12:28,878
>> Yogananda saw that if
there wasn't some way to reach
1005
01:12:28,978 --> 01:12:31,515
the masses with this
message of yoga--
1006
01:12:31,615 --> 01:12:34,518
this message of experiencing
the spirit within every human
1007
01:12:34,618 --> 01:12:35,919
being--
1008
01:12:36,019 --> 01:12:39,756
the world would not survive the
transition into the Atomic Age.
1009
01:12:39,856 --> 01:12:41,791
>> They were leading this
foundation at that time
1010
01:12:41,891 --> 01:12:45,962
to bring the teachings current,
so they can really create
1011
01:12:46,062 --> 01:12:48,732
a transformation on a
collective level in the world,
1012
01:12:48,832 --> 01:12:50,366
not just in the forest.
1013
01:12:50,467 --> 01:12:51,468
The forest is here now.
1014
01:12:51,568 --> 01:12:54,337
This is bigger and
is ever increasing.
1015
01:12:54,438 --> 01:12:56,072
If you don't practice
the teachings here,
1016
01:12:56,172 --> 01:12:57,574
there will be no
forest left at all.
1017
01:13:08,251 --> 01:13:10,754
>> "The Autobiography"
was a doorway in.
1018
01:13:10,854 --> 01:13:13,757
It was a table-setter
for millions of people.
1019
01:13:13,857 --> 01:13:16,359
Whether they ended up
being practitioners
1020
01:13:16,460 --> 01:13:19,896
of Kriya Yoga or not, Yogananda
was a doorway into whatever
1021
01:13:19,996 --> 01:13:21,531
pathway they found.
1022
01:13:25,068 --> 01:13:27,871
[chatter, music playing]
1023
01:13:46,656 --> 01:13:49,926
>> On the way out of the
memorial service for Steve,
1024
01:13:50,026 --> 01:13:54,898
they handed us a copy
of Yogananda's book.
1025
01:13:54,998 --> 01:13:59,569
Steve's last message to
us was actualize yourself.
1026
01:13:59,669 --> 01:14:01,971
That was Yogananda's message.
1027
01:14:02,071 --> 01:14:04,608
>> He was constantly encouraging
you to simultaneously be able
1028
01:14:04,708 --> 01:14:08,578
to think of yourself as this
little blip on the planet.
1029
01:14:08,678 --> 01:14:11,314
But on the other hand, you also
had infinite potentialities.
1030
01:14:11,414 --> 01:14:14,083
You had the eternal soul in you.
1031
01:14:14,183 --> 01:14:15,885
So can you
simultaneously operate
1032
01:14:15,985 --> 01:14:17,420
with that awareness
of recognizing,
1033
01:14:17,521 --> 01:14:20,924
in a humble way, the limited
bounds of your human life
1034
01:14:21,024 --> 01:14:23,192
and at the same time the
infinite potentialities of you
1035
01:14:23,292 --> 01:14:23,993
as a soul?
1036
01:14:26,863 --> 01:14:30,166
>> We have a far too limited
sense of our capacity as human
1037
01:14:30,266 --> 01:14:33,402
beings to overcome disease,
to overcome poverty,
1038
01:14:33,503 --> 01:14:35,939
and therefore, to allow that
power to begin to transform
1039
01:14:36,039 --> 01:14:36,740
the world.
1040
01:15:05,068 --> 01:15:07,771
>> When the ambassador of
India visited Los Angeles
1041
01:15:07,871 --> 01:15:11,207
for the first time, how
happy Yogananda was that this
1042
01:15:11,307 --> 01:15:14,611
representative of free India,
liberated from the colonial
1043
01:15:14,711 --> 01:15:18,081
rule, had come to Los Angeles,
and he was able to honor him.
1044
01:15:22,586 --> 01:15:25,655
A banquet was organized
to welcome the ambassador,
1045
01:15:25,755 --> 01:15:28,958
and Yogananda, being one of
the most well known Indians
1046
01:15:29,058 --> 01:15:32,696
in the community, was invited
to give one of the key speeches
1047
01:15:32,796 --> 01:15:35,498
that night.
1048
01:15:35,599 --> 01:15:39,268
>> The night before, when
walking down the hall,
1049
01:15:39,368 --> 01:15:42,038
he turned to me and said, do
you know it is just a matter
1050
01:15:42,138 --> 01:15:44,340
of hours, and I will be gone?
1051
01:15:47,043 --> 01:15:49,545
>> When Master got up
to speak, I was there.
1052
01:15:52,515 --> 01:15:54,651
He had always
said, when I die, I
1053
01:15:54,751 --> 01:15:57,821
want to die speaking of
my America and my India.
1054
01:16:01,190 --> 01:16:05,328
>> Free me then, oh Lord, from
the bondage of the body that I
1055
01:16:05,428 --> 01:16:08,364
may show others how they
can free themselves.
1056
01:16:13,469 --> 01:16:18,642
>> --lotus, scenic beauty, and
sages, thy wide doors are open,
1057
01:16:18,742 --> 01:16:22,011
welcoming God's true sons
through all the ages,
1058
01:16:22,111 --> 01:16:28,351
where Ganges woods, Himalayan
caves, and men dream God.
1059
01:16:28,451 --> 01:16:30,654
I am hallowed.
1060
01:16:30,754 --> 01:16:34,691
My body touched that sod.
1061
01:16:34,791 --> 01:16:37,260
>> He finished saying,
"I am hallowed.
1062
01:16:37,360 --> 01:16:41,130
My body touched that sod," and
then collapsed to the floor.
1063
01:16:54,644 --> 01:17:00,249
>> As I knelt over his body, a
tremendous force entered this
1064
01:17:00,349 --> 01:17:07,423
body with the
message to my soul,
1065
01:17:07,523 --> 01:17:09,358
this time you cannot
call him back.
1066
01:17:32,515 --> 01:17:38,454
>> In the yoga tradition, there
is a sacred practice of knowing
1067
01:17:38,554 --> 01:17:44,227
when you will leave your body,
and soul consciousness moves
1068
01:17:44,327 --> 01:17:45,194
to a grander space.
1069
01:17:49,532 --> 01:17:51,434
The doctor said that
he had a heart attack.
1070
01:18:03,279 --> 01:18:06,916
>> Watch the show
of the universe,
1071
01:18:07,016 --> 01:18:09,152
but do not become
absorbed in it.
1072
01:18:12,121 --> 01:18:15,725
I behold life and death like
the rise and fall of waves
1073
01:18:15,825 --> 01:18:16,492
on the sea.
1074
01:18:20,696 --> 01:18:22,932
I am the ocean of consciousness.
1075
01:18:31,574 --> 01:18:34,911
>> The guru can't be a little
old man in a blanket or a guy
1076
01:18:35,011 --> 01:18:36,712
in robes.
1077
01:18:36,813 --> 01:18:41,184
It could look like
that, because guru-ness
1078
01:18:41,284 --> 01:18:43,953
might be living in
that body for a while,
1079
01:18:44,053 --> 01:18:45,955
and it interacts with
you because you have
1080
01:18:46,055 --> 01:18:48,424
a karmic tie with that being.
1081
01:18:48,524 --> 01:18:51,761
But that being, if
he's really a guru,
1082
01:18:51,861 --> 01:18:54,931
he's not at all identified
with being in that body.
1083
01:18:55,031 --> 01:18:57,801
[bell]
1084
01:19:00,336 --> 01:19:02,972
Once I ask the saint in India,
after Maharani died, and I
1085
01:19:03,072 --> 01:19:05,508
said, how can I get
closer to my guru?
1086
01:19:05,608 --> 01:19:07,844
He looked at me
like I was crazy.
1087
01:19:07,944 --> 01:19:11,747
He said, your guru is what's
looking out of your eyes
1088
01:19:11,848 --> 01:19:12,548
right now.
1089
01:19:15,284 --> 01:19:17,620
So get with that for a while.
1090
01:19:17,720 --> 01:19:21,090
[MUSIC - ALANIS MORISSETTE,
"STILL"]
1091
01:19:30,066 --> 01:19:33,669
(SINGING) I am the
harm that you inflict.
1092
01:19:37,206 --> 01:19:40,309
I am your brilliance
and frustration.
1093
01:19:43,712 --> 01:19:46,916
I'm the nuclear bombs
if they're to hit.
1094
01:19:50,253 --> 01:19:56,792
I am your immaturity
and your indignance.
1095
01:19:56,893 --> 01:20:03,599
I am your misfits
and your praised.
1096
01:20:03,699 --> 01:20:09,572
I am your doubt and
your conviction.
1097
01:20:09,672 --> 01:20:13,542
I am your charity and your rape.
1098
01:20:16,645 --> 01:20:21,517
I am your grasping
and expectation.
1099
01:20:21,617 --> 01:20:27,991
I see you averting your glances.
1100
01:20:28,091 --> 01:20:34,964
I see you cheering on the war.
1101
01:20:35,064 --> 01:20:40,937
I see you ignoring
your children.
1102
01:20:41,037 --> 01:20:46,409
And I love you still.
1103
01:20:46,509 --> 01:20:49,412
And I love you still.
1104
01:20:55,484 --> 01:20:56,385
Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
1105
01:20:56,485 --> 01:21:00,356
[vocalizing]
1106
01:21:10,033 --> 01:21:11,935
>> Everything is Brahma.
1107
01:21:12,035 --> 01:21:14,003
Everything is spirit.
1108
01:21:14,103 --> 01:21:15,471
Everything is light.
1109
01:21:37,460 --> 01:21:41,330
[MUSIC - GEORGE HARRISON, "GIVE
ME LOVE"]
1110
01:21:54,343 --> 01:21:56,245
(SINGING) Give me love.
1111
01:21:56,345 --> 01:21:57,713
Give me love.
1112
01:21:57,813 --> 01:22:00,883
Give me peace on earth.
1113
01:22:00,984 --> 01:22:02,385
Give me light.
1114
01:22:02,485 --> 01:22:03,786
Give me life.
1115
01:22:03,886 --> 01:22:06,589
Keep me free from birth.
1116
01:22:06,689 --> 01:22:08,491
Give me hope.
1117
01:22:08,591 --> 01:22:16,299
Help me cope with this heavy
load, trying to touch and reach
1118
01:22:16,399 --> 01:22:20,269
you with heart and soul.
1119
01:22:20,369 --> 01:22:43,126
Oh my Lord, please
take hold of my hand,
1120
01:22:43,226 --> 01:22:48,097
that I might understand you.
1121
01:22:48,197 --> 01:22:52,568
Won't you please, oh, won't you?
1122
01:22:52,668 --> 01:22:54,070
Give me love.
1123
01:22:54,170 --> 01:22:55,071
Give me love.
1124
01:22:55,171 --> 01:22:58,041
Give me peace on earth.
1125
01:22:58,141 --> 01:22:59,542
Give me light.
1126
01:22:59,642 --> 01:23:01,010
Give me life.
1127
01:23:01,110 --> 01:23:04,013
Keep me free from birth.
1128
01:23:04,113 --> 01:23:05,481
Give me hope.
1129
01:23:05,581 --> 01:23:12,455
Help me cope with this heavy
load, trying to touch and reach
1130
01:23:12,555 --> 01:23:17,426
you with heart and soul.
1131
01:23:17,526 --> 01:23:25,868
Oh my Lord.
1132
01:23:43,852 --> 01:23:47,756
Won't you please, oh, won't you?
1133
01:23:47,856 --> 01:23:48,724
Give me love.
1134
01:23:48,824 --> 01:23:50,226
Give me love.
1135
01:23:50,326 --> 01:23:53,062
Give me peace on earth.
1136
01:23:53,162 --> 01:23:54,430
Give me light.
1137
01:23:54,530 --> 01:23:55,731
Give me life.
1138
01:23:55,831 --> 01:23:58,734
Keep me free from birth.
1139
01:23:58,834 --> 01:24:00,103
Give me hope.
1140
01:24:00,203 --> 01:24:07,243
Help me cope with this heavy
load, trying to touch and reach
1141
01:24:07,343 --> 01:24:10,713
you with heart and soul.
1142
01:24:10,813 --> 01:24:12,215
Oh, give me love.
1143
01:24:12,315 --> 01:24:13,216
Give me love.
1144
01:24:13,316 --> 01:24:15,718
Give me peace on earth.
1145
01:24:15,818 --> 01:24:17,220
Give me light.
1146
01:24:17,320 --> 01:24:18,221
Give me life.
1147
01:24:18,321 --> 01:24:21,724
Keep me-- keep me from birth.
1148
01:24:21,824 --> 01:24:23,326
Now, give me hope.
1149
01:24:23,426 --> 01:24:32,034
But help me cope with this heavy
load, trying to touch and reach
1150
01:24:32,135 --> 01:24:39,842
you with heart and soul.
1151
01:24:39,942 --> 01:24:48,217
Oh my Lord.
1152
01:25:06,335 --> 01:25:09,572
[music playing]
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