Nayaswami Padma McGilloway

The topic this week is Reason vs Intuition. Yogananda defines intuition as the soul’s power to know God. Christ taught his disciples through parables in part to help them develop intuition. Yogananda taught his disciples intuitively. Swami Kriyananda also taught us to read between the lines and understand via intuition. Reason receives brick-bats on the spiritual path, but Swami used … Read More

The title of this week’s service is The Law is Perfected in Love. Truth be told, all things are perfected in Love. When we learn to live in the spirit, rather than the letter of the law, then laws will no longer be needed. That day will come. This week we’ll explore what that day might look like.

We human beings tend to view everyone, including a saint or a Master, through the filter of our own consciousness. Indeed everything and everyone we see passes through that filter, until we are free in God. Knowing about this limitation, it is helpful to catch ourselves ‘in the act’ and try to broaden our vision. Would we recognize the Infinite … Read More

Morning, everyone. I observe this every year, but I’m always mystified by it initially that in this deep topic of practicing living in the presence of God is actually the title of it. That the affirmation is practicality. What a great juxtaposition that is. Swami Kriyananda told us that Yogananda used to say, “Be practical in your idealism.” And one … Read More

 The law of Karma, bondage or soul release Good morning, everyone. Good morning. Well, as you can tell, the subject this morning is about the law of karma. I read something fun this week. Some of you may have seen it as well. My reality check just bounced. And that’s what it feels like sometimes with the law of … Read More

Be true to your own path with Nayaswami Padma I was looking around today for the murti of Lahiri because we’ve been celebrating him. He must have gotten moved to Hansa or something. Anyway, Lahiri Mahashaya is the one on the far left. He was the Guru of Shri Yukteshwar, who was the Guru of Yogananda. Yogananda did make physical … Read More