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Feb 2019
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“The Thought That You Are Not Free Keeps...

ASHA NAYASWAMI
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Why did Yogananda sometimes go to the movies? • Movie theaters: symbolic of earthly life and God’s influence behind the changing scenes • “The thought that you are not free keeps you from being free” • “Samadhi is not something one needs to acquire. You have it already” (Conversations with Yogananda: 336-340)  
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