Awake Minute 31: Mt. Washington SRF HQ

“We’ll have a big place on a mountain”, is what Swami Yogananda told one of his students in Boston, three months before moving to Los Angeles and miraculously establishing the Self Realization Fellowship headquarters on Mt. Washington. We conduct a deep dive on the background stories, the spiritual and the financial aspects of life in the early stages of the famous ashram. Our guest Christine (Mike’s sister) has been a devotee all her life shares her unique experiences at "Mother Center". 0:00 Meet Christine; 8:19 Summary of minute; 9:40 Mt. Washington, a brief history; 12:40 Making the trip to see Mother Center; 10:31 Divine guidance; 27:57 Fund raising and legal troubles; 39:29 The Arjuna of our times; 42:39 Easter Sunrise Service and the vibrations surrounding the premises; 55:50 Getting to Mt, Washington in 1925; 59:45 Letter from Sri Yukteswar. The Easter sunrise service conducted at the time the property was purchased was likely similar to those he delivered on subsequent occasions, such as this Easter Message published in Inner Culture magazine in April, 1940: As Christ resurrected His consciousness from beneath the sepulcher of bodily limitations, so must thou learn to resurrect thy mind from beneath the tomb of material desires. Resurrect thy thoughts by meditation from body confinement to the consciousness of omnipresence. Resurrect thy divine love from beneath the sod of mundane human attachment. Resurrect thy calmness from beneath the soil of restlessness. Resurrect thy wisdom from beneath the earthliness of ignorance. Resurrect thy love for all from the limited love for family, society and country. Resurrect thy soul from the imprisonment of body consciousness and unite it with omniscient Spirit through the developed consciousness of Christ.