Amelita Galli-Curci was devoted to Paramahansa Yogananda and praises the impact his teachings had on her life and career. The teachings are our Guru in recent times and the new Self-Realization Fellowship lessons no doubt have a similar impact on devotees around the world. We discuss the famous opera, Aida, that forms part of this minute. Amelita also delightfully meditates with Guruji, albeit with a less than ideal posture, but if you were with Master, would it matter? We also discuss the other parts of this minute including why Swami Yogananda would call Swami Dhirananda to LA (using a telegram) from Boston.
0:00 Preamble;
2:44 Meditating with eyes half open;
9:28 Favourite meditation posture;
16:28 Amelita’s voice;
18:53 Amelita wrote the foreword for Whispers From Eternity;
23:03 A snippet of opera;
28:50 O terra, addio;
32:45 The invention of telegraphs;
38:23 A telegram to Dhirananda;
42:23 Planning a multi city lecture in the 1920s;
44:18 O God Beautiful;
48:20 Chanting at the meditation center;
50:15 Yogananda demonstrating full body control on stage;
53:55 Inter-religious dialogue.
The opera, Aida, that forms part of the minute, has a unique and spiritual plot:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida
A modern rendition of the famous opera Aida is available:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8rsOzPzYr8
