Awake Minute 44: President Greets Swami Yogananda

We are joined by our friend, Daanish, who introduces himself with a heartfelt and divinely inspired poem. This episode discusses Paramahansa Yogananda’s meeting the President of USA, the civil rights and racial segregation issues he faced in Washington DC, and how he went on to establish the Afro-American Yogoda Centre.  0:00 Meet Daanish, ready with a poem; 10:29 Setting the scene and Summary of minute; 14:36 Racial segregation in USA; 20:34 Culture of decrimination; 29:00 Prerequisites for meeting a President of USA; 41:52 Founding a Yogoda Centre for Afro-Americans.   The article discussed in the minute can be found in the following ink of the EAST WEST magazine, issue May—June, 1927 VOL. 2—4.   http://www.mysticalportal.net/2-4.html