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Dallas-Fort Worth Meditation Group eNewsletter July 2020 |
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Calmness
Make up your mind to be calm no matter what happens, knowing that you are a child of God. If you are fully identified with your activities, you cannot be conscious of God, but if you are calm within while being active without, you are rightly active. In the silence you will receive from God answers to your life's problems. When you think that you have reached the utmost depth of silence and calmness, go deeper still. Each time a swarm of worries invades you mind, refuse to be affected; wait calmly, while seeking the remedy. Spray the worries with the powerful chemical of your peace. You cannot buy peace. You must know how to manufacture it in the stillness of your daily practices in meditation. You yourself must find peace within. --Paramahansa Yogananda |
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DFW Chapel Services Update
We continue to monitor updates and news from both local and SRF sources regarding the opening of our DFW Chapel for services. We are configuring the chapel and India hall for social distancing and going over health and safety procedures for the time when we will be able to meet there again.
As you are aware, the recommendation to adhere to social distancing guidelines remains for the purpose of maintaining safety for ourselves and others. We take your safety very seriously and know that the small size of our Chapel poses distinct challenges regarding adherence to social distance guidelines. We very much look forward to the time when our services can resume and at that time we will send out notifications and updates.
DFW Managing Council |
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2020 SRF Online World Convocation August 9th-15th
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda’s arrival in America — and to make it possible to bring together the entire SRF worldwide family for a week of collective spiritual renewal and divine fellowship — SRF is holding this first fully online Convocation and offering it free of charge to all SRF members and friends.
PLEASE NOTE: Though the online Convocation is offered free of charge, registration is required. Registration will begin in mid-July.
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Update on SRF Centennial Commemoration Weekend in Boston
Because the state of Massachusetts is not yet allowing hotels to host large events or organized gatherings of any kind due to COVID-19, it has been necessary to cancel our planned September 18 – 20 Centennial Commemoration weekend program in Boston.
However, in its place we will present a special online program during the same weekend to commemorate Paramahansa Yogananda’s historic arrival in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 19, 1920. Details will be announced in the near future.
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Self-Realization Online Services
During this time while SRF services in Temples, Centers, Groups, and Circles are not able to gather together in person, the online services offered by SRF Mother Center are available several times a day . Those services consist of:
Online Meditation Groups Online Study Groups
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Self-Realization Fellowship Blog |
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Spring Issue of Self-Realization Magazine Available in Free Digital Format
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Always get the latest information, inspiration, updates and communications from SRF delivered right to your email.
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DONATIONS
If you wish to donate to the DFW-SRF Meditation group of SRF
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DFW Chapel 2020 Building Fund Our Local Building Fund donations have now exceeded $383,728. The fund is held by Mother Center and is under their tax exempt status. We receive an accounting of the updated balance periodically from Center Department.
Thank you for your continued support of our local Building Fund. It is supported entirely by your generous donations.
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Monthly Calendar Currently our Services are Cancelled
Visit our DFW-SRF Monthly Calendar often to view our latest activities. New events come up or change periodically and we will update the calendar and announce these at our services. |
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Currently All Services are Cancelled
Dallas Fort Worth Meditation Group Services
These are our normal service times:Wednesday evening Meditation Service at 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Saturday morning 3 hour Meditation Service at 9:00 -12:00 pm (Please enter and leave on the hour while chants are playing.)
Sunday morning Meditation Service at 10:00 am -10:45 am
Sunday morning Reading Service at 11:00 am -12:00 pm
Sunday School for children ages 5 to 12 from 11:00 am-12:00 pm.
Sunday Service for Teens. The 1st Sunday of every month at 11:00 am.
Please note that the chapel is only open during the above times.
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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