18/12/2025
A BRO. ANANDAMOY STORY, HANUKAH and THE SCIENCE OF YOGA IN THE JEWISH SCRIPTURES ~ Yogananda and Bro. Anandamoy
BRO. ANANDAMOY STORY: The whole story, the science of yoga. …
I remember…a call came from a Jewish community in Los Angeles. Could you send somebody to give us a lecture on yoga? And so I went. What did I take? Nothing but the Jewish prophets, showed the whole thing is there. And I tell you, that was a very attentive audience. And afterward some people came to me and asked some questions, and one lady said, “What you people are teachings is actually our Jewish religion, isn’t it? And I said, “You are absolutely right.” It’s the essence, the esoteric teaching of Judaism. But not only Judaism. It’s the esoteric teachings of Christianity and Hinduism, and whatever. It’s there. It’s there…
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BRO. ANANDAMOY - Paramahansa Yogananda was the last in a line of God-realized Masters whose mission it was to bring back the esoteric teaching which is underlying all the great religions. And that teaching, that esoteric teaching was lost in the dark ages…
Control of the energy, this is the scientific key to—we call it yoga—but it is really the scientific key of the esoteric teachings that underlies all the great religions…
These two, overcoming suffering and attaining infinite bliss consciousness, that is called Sanatana Dharma in India, and that means the Eternal Religion…That is the name usually given to Hinduism but it is the essence of all the great religions in the world…
What is the greatest commandment in the Bible, Old Testament, New Testament? “Love God with all your heart, all your mind, all your soul, all your strength. Right? That is in one sentence the whole principle of raja yoga…I’m talking about raja yoga, science, which eventually leads to samadhi. Samadhi means union with God…And so that great commandment in the Bible is exactly that.
”And love God with all your strength.” Today yet, they do not know what it means. It means energy. It means energy. And the principle is very simple you know…Master used to say where the energy is, there is your consciousness. Within us we have six, they call it chakras, spiritual centers of light in the spine, and the seventh one is in the head, in the brain…These are the centers of consciousness and energy. And when the energy comes down it goes through the coccyx out through the nervous system…and we become body identified. …
Now the principle is…as we have descended and gone out, we go in and go up, and there you are. It’s as simple as that in principle…it is within. Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras one of the main keys, one of the main steps is pratyahara, interiorization. In the Koran, holy book of the Moslems, “Remember thy Lord within thyself.” They all say the same thing.
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And so now I’m going to show you how this principle is in the Bible….[YSite Note: the Christian Bible contains the Jewish scriptures in the Old Testament, since Jesus was a Jew. The New Testament is about Jesus Christ).
And then comes the science. As I said before, how the energy and consciousness has descended and gone out. Now I show you…
[Read in this article Brother's beautiful detailed explanations of the esoteric meanings of yoga/ sanatan dharma in the Jewish scriptures of Ezekiel and Isaiah, how the energy has fallen from the 'mountain top' of the 7th chakra in the brain down through the lower chakras, and then how the energy is raised back up again.]
BROTHER - And there you have it. If you understand this symbolic language—Sanatana Dharma. “Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.” Suffering eliminated. And eternal joy, bliss consciousness.
✡️🕎 The Jewish Holy Day of HANUKAH is being celebrated at this time for 8 days. It is a celebration of light and the miracle of keeping the temple's eternal flame going for 8 days when there was only enough lamp oil for one day...Esoteric interpretations of Hanukkah go beyond a historical victory, focusing on deeper spiritual themes like revealing inner light, spiritual warfare, infusing the world with holiness, revealing God's hidden presence, rebirth, and personal transformation, using symbols like the increasing menorah lights and the miracle of oil to signify overcoming darkness and recalibrating our moral compass.
Hanukkah: The Spiritual Battle Between Light and Darkness, from internet sources
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