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Dallas-Fort Worth Meditation Group eNewsletter January 2023 |
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The Unconditional Divine Friendship of Guru and Disciple
The relationship between guru and disciple is the greatest expression of love in friendship; it is unconditional divine friendship, based on a shared, singular goal: the desire to love God above all else. The disciple bares his soul to the master, and the master bares his heart to the disciple. There is nothing hidden between them. Even in other noble forms of friendship there is sometimes diplomacy. But the friendship of the guru-disciple relationship is taintless.
~Paramahansa Yogananda How To Cultivate Divine Love How to Live Booklet, Page 20
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The Noble New
Sing songs that none have sung, Think thoughts that ne're in brain have rung, Walk in paths that none have trod, Weep tears as none have shed for God, Give peace to all to whom none other gave, Claim him your own who's everywhere disclaimed. Love all with love that none have felt, and brave The battle of life with strength unchained.
~Paramahansa Yogananda
Songs of the Soul
Page 19
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Paramahansa Yogananda Birthday Commemoration Service Thursday, January 5th, 8:00-9:00 pm at our Chapel
We would like to invite you to observe this sacred service at our Chapel. The doors will be open 1/2 hour before the service starts.
In honoring our Guru on his birthday, this sacred observance is the most attended of the special services each year.
Please bring a flower and a donation in an envelope as a symbol of loyalty and faithfulness to the cause of SRF. Your donations will be sent to SRF Mother Center and will be used for sharing these sacred teachings with other truth-seeking souls.
After this service we will have a birthday cake for Master for everyone to share. |
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Paramahansa Yogananda Commemorative Meditation Saturday, January 7th 9:00am to 2:00pm At our Chapel
This Special Service will take the place of our regular Saturday Meditation on January 7th.
The format of this service will be similar to the Christmas All-Day Meditation.
Please bring a pranami (a devotional offering) of a fruit or fruits. A monetary donation for this service is optional.
Observing the same preparation as one does for the All Day Christmas Meditation will give the best possible experience in this meditation. |
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Saturday 3-Hour Meditation Service 9 am to 12 pm Noon
This service will begin with a prayer, inspirational reading and a chant. Periods of meditation will be broken on the hour with chanting. We will be practicing the SRF Healing Technique at the end of the service.
We have initiated a security measure of locking the front door at 15 minutes after the top of the hour. So each hour the front door will be unlocked for 15 minutes beginning at the top of the hour.
There will be a sign on the front door announcing this.
Please enter and exit, and use the rest rooms on the hour during chants so as not to disturb others. |
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Center Department Visit to Dallas-Fort Worth Meditation Group
SRF monastics are planning to make a 3-day visit with our Group Friday, March 17th to Sunday, March 19th. More details will be forthcoming as we get them from Center Department.
We are very excited about this visit because the previous two planned visits were canceled because of Covid shutdowns. |
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Online 2022 Convocation is Still Available for Viewing and The 2020 and 2021 Convocations are also still available.
Through the Convocation app or the event portal, you can keep diving back into Convocation — the meditations, kirtans, classes, virtual pilgrimages — or experience it for the first time.
If you have not yet registered, you can do so for free at the link below. Then download the Convocation app for Android or iOS.
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Online Zoom Group Meditation
Please join our Dallas Fort Worth SRF Meditation group online on Wednesday evenings for Zoom Group Meditation and Energization Exercises.
Time: 7pm - 8.30pm.
7pm - 7.15 pm Energization Exercises 7.20pm -8.30 Group Meditation with Inspirational-reading, Chants , Meditation and Healing Service .
Zoom Link to Join :
Meeting ID: 731 6530 6898 Passcode: 917834
Group
meditation is a castle that protects the new spiritual aspirants as
well as the veteran meditators. Meditating together increases the degree
of Self-realization of each member of the group by the law of invisible
vibratory exchange of group magnetism. - Paramahansa Yogananda |
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Dallas Ft. Worth Building Fund
We are pleased to report that due to your generosity the Dallas Ft. Worth Building Fund total is $672,222 -- The last update was at the end of October, 2022.
The building fund exists for the purpose of allowing our group to have a permanent Chapel when the time is right. We would like to encourage those who can contribute comfortably to our building fund to do so.
A donation of any amount will be gratefully accepted.
Our building fund donations are held in an account overseen by Self-Realization Fellowship. Please know that your gifts to this fund are tax exempt.
Thank you all for your continued generosity and sponsorship of the Dallas Fort Worth Group’s Chapel Project.
In divine friendship,
Managing Council, DFW Meditation Group Self-Realization Fellowship |
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Self-Realization Fellowship Links
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DFW-SRF Group General Donations
Thank You for your support! |
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DFW Group Sunday 11:00am Readings Service Topics for January 2023
January 1-- Attunement with a True Guru January 8-- Man: Image of God January 15-- Meditation: The Way to God January 22-- How to Raise Above Your Problems January 29-- Habits: Your Master or Your Slave?
Our online calendar will reflect our service schedule. |
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Current Dallas Fort Worth Meditation Group Services and Times
Saturday 3-hour Meditation Service 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sunday morning Meditation Service 10:00 am - 10:45 am
Sunday morning Reading Service 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sunday School for children ages 5 to 12 from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Sunday School for Teens. The 1st Sunday of every month at 11:00 am. Beginning November 6th.
As the official branch of SRF in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, our meditation group has been meeting continuously since 1972. Our History.Email: connect@srfdallasfortworth.org
Phone: (972) 294-7161
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For those who are new to Self-Realization FellowshipSelf-Realization Fellowship (SRF) has more than 500 temples, retreats, ashrams and meditation centers around the world offering all interested seekers the opportunity to come together to experience the power of group meditations. Additional information about meditation with videos and the world wide work of SRF can be found on the international web site; Self-Realization Fellowship |
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