This episode covers the first 16 paragraphs of the chapter 2 from:
“My mother’s greatest desire was the marriage of my elder brother.”
to...
"...I felt powerfully drawn to the Himalayas.”
In this episode we cover our expectations for Chapter 2 of the podcast series. In this (part 1) we cover the emotional passing of Paramahansa Yogananda’s mother, reflecting on powerful passages from Mejda, God Talks with Arjuna and Man’s Eternal Quest.
0:00 Summary of episode;
1:11 Expectations from chapter;
8:44 Indian culture;
15:08 Ananta's wedding extravagances;
22:08 The haunted 50 Amherst Street home;
29:56 Signs and Mukunda's visions vs. Yogananda’s visions;
55:37 Mother's death (and resurrection?);
1:25:20 Sheoli tree (parijat) mythology:
1:28:51 Summary reflection, reading and a look forward.
Links references from this episode:
yogananda.com.au/pyr/cosmic_consciousness.html
https://thecosmicmother.org/home/friends-influences-yogananda/yoganandas-mother/the-lost-two-black-eyes-yogananda/
Sheoli flower:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctanthes_arbor-tristis
https://thewire.in/history/modi-parijata-ayodhyas-baobab
Homework for next episode— Read, absorb and make notes on the first 16 paragraphs of the chapter 2 from:
“One of my cousins, fresh from a period of travel in the holy hills...”
to...
"...I will not accept ministrations from any other woman.”
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