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     Dallas-Fort Worth Meditation Group eNewsletter March 2023
The Consummate Goal

"God is Eternal Bliss. His being is love, wisdom, and joy. He is both impersonal and personal, and manifests Himself in whatever way he pleases. He appears before His saints in the form that each of them holds dear. A Christian sees Christ, a Hindu beholds Krishna or Divine Mother, and so on. Devotees whose worship takes an impersonal turn become conscious of the Lord as an infinite Light or as the wondrous sound of Aum, the primal word, the Holy Ghost."

~Paramahansa Yogananda
Where There is Light
Page 169

Special Commemoration Services for March 2023

Paramahansa Yogananda Mahasamadhi Commemoration 
Ceremony

Tuesday March 7th we will hold a Mahasamadhi Commemoration Service for Paramahansa Yogananda starting at 8:00 pm.

Please bring a flower or flowers as a symbol of devotion to God and Guru. The devotee should not smell the flower(s) thus taking the scent for one's self a part of the gift meant for God.  Also please bring a devotional offering in an envelope (provided) as a symbol of loyalty and faithfulness to the cause of SRF.

Chapel doors will open at 7:30 for those who wish to arrive early.

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Sri Yukteswar Mahasamadhi Commemoration Ceremony

Thursday March 9th we will hold a Mahasamadhi Commemoration for Sri Yukteswar starting at 8:00 pm.

Please bring a flower or flowers as a symbol of devotion to God and Guru. The devotee should not smell the flower(s) thus taking the scent for one's self a part of the gift meant for God. Also please bring a devotional offering in an envelope (provided) as a symbol of loyalty and faithfulness to the cause of SRF.

Chapel doors will open at 7:30 for those who wish to arrive early.

SRF Center Visit to Dallas-Fort Worth Meditation Group
Thursday, March 16th - Sunday, March 19th

The ministers we will be hosting are;
 
Brother Padmananda (formerly Br. Lynn)  
Brother Bhimananda (formerly Br. Jason).


Group Activities and Meditations
All Activities at 2011 N. Britain Road, Irving, TX, 75017
Unless Otherwise Noted

Thursday, March 16th

6:00 pm  Group Meditation
7:00 pm Satsanga with the Ministers
8:00 pm Social-Light Refreshments

Friday, March 17th

10:00 am - 3:00 pm Outing with Ministers at a devotee's home.

For information please email to coordinator@srfdallasfortworth.org

Saturday, March 18th

10:00 am Center Dept. Workshop-Serving Together in Happiness and Harmony
12:00 pm Vegetarian Lunch- Provided
  1:00 pm Workshop Part 2
  2:00 pm Break
  2:15 DVD- Sri Daya Mata Satsanga with Center Leaders - SRF Aims and Ideals

  3:15 pm End of Day

Sunday, March 19th

  9:30 am - 10:45 am EE's and Meditation
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Chapel-----Lecture Service with Bro Padmananda
11:00 am - 12:00 pm India Hall--Sunday School with Bro. Bhimananda
12:00 -------Group Photo
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Pot Luck Social
  1:30 pm - 3:00 pm DVD- Glimpses of a Life Divine

End of Group Activities

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.
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
Dallas Ft. Worth Building Fund

We are pleased to report that due to your generosity the Dallas Ft. Worth Building Fund total is $691,027 -- As of December 31st, 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
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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DFW Group Sunday 11:00am Readings Service Topics 

March   5-- Follow the Path of the Great Ones
March 12-- Seek God Through Kriya Yoga
March 19-- Monastic Visit--See Above Schedule
March 26-- How to Get Along with Others

Our online calendar will reflect our service schedule.

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. 

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

For those who are new to Self-Realization Fellowship

Self-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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