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URL:https://anandaportland.org/events/easter-meditation/
SUMMARY:Easter Meditation
DESCRIPTION:Come meditate with us in our beautiful temple of light on this 
 holy day of resurrection. All are welcome.\n\nYogananda tells us:\n\n"The 
 resurrection of Jesus was not performed to glorify the little material res
 idence of flesh\, but to show man what can be done by tuning in with Chris
 t Intelligence. Any man who can receive Christ in his consciousness throug
 h expanding it in meditation can become a Son of God and can perceive the 
 universe as his body.\n\nThe omnipresent Christ Intelligence is caged in t
 he little physical body of every man. Everyone should try to release this 
 vast consciousness from imprisonment behind the walls of material possessi
 ons and body consciousness\, and let it realize its own vast omniscience.\
 n\nJust as sound may be caged in the mouth but when uttered travels all ov
 er the universe\, ever expanding spherically in all directions\, so the so
 ul\, caged in the body\, when resurrected into the ether by right meditati
 on\, forgets the confinement of the little body and expands with the Cosmi
 c Vibration into the Eternal Omnipresence.\n\nThe celebration of the resu
 rrection of Jesus on the first Easter morn should not end only in gifts o
 f colored eggs to the children\, feasting\, and new spring hats. Man must 
 learn to resurrect his soul from its long sleep and from its sense attachm
 ents.\n\nJust as a rich prince\, if brought up in the slums\, would forget
  the wealth and vastness of his kingdom\, so also\, the omnipresent soul (
 made after the image of omnipresent Spirit) forgets its omnipresence and o
 mniscience through being held in a consciousness limited by the imperfect 
 body. However\, if the prince were made to realize his own position\, and 
 were brought back to his kingdom\, he would feel himself rich and unlimite
 d. In the same way\, the soul\, made to realize its superconscious state\,
  can know again its vastness and omnipresence.\n\nTherefore\, pass this Ea
 ster\, at least a few hours of it\, in lifting your consciousness from the
  domain of matter into the vast-ness of the Silence within your own temple
  and commune with the risen Christ there. Rise above the body consciousnes
 s. Resurrect yourself from the tomb of ignorance. Sit on the throne of Chr
 ist Consciousness and say in Realization: 'I and my Father are One.'"
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