Paramahansa Yogananda is a great saint and the saint who
brought Dean to the ashram. If I didn’t see that photo in a lady’s shop I
wouldn’t have asked who gave it to her. I asked her and she said Dean and then brought
this whitey to the ashram. The lady was Linda Smith. That photo is of
Paramahansa Yogananda, the one individual who took kriya yoga to the west.
The beauty
about Paramahansa Yogananda is that when he left India to go to America there
were only 50 people at the harbour to see him off. But when he went back from
America to India there were 50 000 people to greet him. He was not popular in India
but became popular going to America. He has centres all over the world in
America, in Los Angeles is the mother centre. Some time when you’re going that
way, go and visit.
Now it’s 2015 and some of you I did not see on new year. To
those I didn’t see, I wish for you everything of the best. To those people I’ve
seen, I wish you everything of the best. As I said 2015 isn’t going to be any
lighter than 2014 so get used to it. 2014 was setting you up for 2015. It’s
going to be tough but I think we should all remember that there is only one
energy, one individual, who can take you out of any kind of misery. It’s
spelled with 3 letters of the alphabet – GOD. You can’t forget Him. Just
remember Him in your difficult times.
Let this year be without arguments but with more decisions.
I think that’s what we need. Some of you are wondering what the difference is.
It’s very simple. In an argument you want to prove who’s right. In a decision
you know what’s right. There’s a big difference. An argument is about an individual,
and a decision is about what’s right. Let 2015 be that kind of year. I think
for me, I’m tired of arguments. Very soon I think I’m going to go into withdrawal
and become a hermit, sit upstairs and not see anyone. I’m tired of your differences
and arguments and I keep telling you that. To be positive does not increase
your life at all. But it makes your life happier. If you’re positive you can go
home and sleep. But if you are negative and have arguments with everything you
can’t go home and sleep.
This is 2015 and we need to look at ourselves and take
accountability for ourselves. We need to do right things and good things.
Forget what you did in the past. As I said to you on Friday: Flight GP 2015 was
ready for boarding on Friday. I said, “Come on board with no baggage, just good
souvenirs”. And just to inform you, I happen to be the captain of this flight.
It’s not going to disappear any time soon. So please, let us only think of all
the good things that happened. The bad things can never become good but the
good things can become better. The bad things will go in the other direction. You
don’t need that.
I’ve had so many disappointments in the last few days but I’m
not looking at those. I’m just looking at the positive and continuing the journey.
You must do the same thing. You’re not going to get everything, but hold onto
what you get. Nobody’s going to get everything. You might be at the crest of the
wave today but not tomorrow. And, fortunately for you, you know one equation: guru
+ guru = Gayathri Peedam. But why do we have to have the problem first? Start
here, and start living positively. Believe me, everything will come right.
Before we conclude, does anyone know why we say shanti 3
times? The first shanti we say is for us – for ‘me’. The second one is for
everyone around you. The third one is for the universe. Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
Om.
