posted January 26, 2005 06:29 PM              

Paramahansa Yogananda also had an imperishable body when he chose to leave his physical body. (I added some of the missing parts to this article, from Autobiography of a Yogi)

"Paramahansa Yogananda entered mahasamadhi (a yogi's final conscious exit from the body) in Los Angeles, California, on March 7th, 1952, after concluding his speech at a banquet held in honor of H.E.Binay R. Sen, Ambassador of India.

The great world teacher demonstrated the value of yoga (scientific techniques for God-realization) not only in his life but in death. Weeks after his departure his unchanged face still shone
with the divine luster of incorruptibility.

Mr. Harry T. Rowe, Los Angeles Mortuary Director, Forest Lawn
Memorial-Park sent Self-Realization Fellowhip a notarized letter from
which the following extracts are taken:

"The absence of any visual signs of decay in the dead body of
Paramahansa Yogananda offers the most extraordinary case in our
experience. [...]

No physical disintegration was visible in his body even twenty days
after death.

The body was under daily observation at the Mortuary of the Forest
Lawn Memorial-Park Association from March 11, 1952, the day of the
sast public rites, until March 27, 1952, when the bronze casket was
sealed by fire.

During this period no indication of mold was visible on his skin, and
no visible desiccation (drying up) took place in the bodily tissues.
This state of perfect preservation of a body is, so far as we know
from mortuary annals, an unparalleled one. [...] At the time of receiving Yogananda's body, the Mortuary personnel expected to observe through the glass lid of the casket, the usual progressive signs of bodily decay. Our astonishment increased as day followed day without bringing any visible change in the body under observation. Yogananda's body was apparentlly in a phenomenal state of immutability.

The body in the casket was taken about 10 p.m. on March 11th to our
Mortuary for daily observation. The reason for this precedure was the
hope of Self-REalization Fellowship officers that two disciples of
Paramahansa Yogananda's from India might arrive in Los Angeles
sometime in March, when they could be brought to the Mortuary to view
the body.

The hands at all times remained normal in size, revealing no signs of
shriveling or pinching at the fingertips -- the place where
desiccation is ordinarily seen very early. the lips, which wore a
slight smile, conntinuously retained their firmness. No odor of decay
emanated from his body at any time.

The physical appearance of Yogananda on March 27th, just before the
bronze cover of the casket was put into position, was the same as it
had been on March 7th.

posted January 26, 2005 11:05 PM              

Im just thinking because alot of the prophets through-out time chose (as far as I know) to vacate their bodies.

Very interesting they don't perish!

posted January 27, 2005 12:02 AM              

Some of them may not be "from here". But who really is? From where? Earth? I think we are all from one source, even extraterrestrial life. I dont think I'm from here (earth). If I think about it, it doesnt feel like my home. I dont feel I am "from" anywhere except Source. I think all of us "earthlings" have lived many lives on other planets, solar systems, planes, dimensions - not all of our lives have been spent here on earth.

These are just thoughts of mine. They are never set in stone, always open to change.

And a firmly believe all is as it should be, always.

posted January 27, 2005 12:11 AM              

I believe we are all from distant galaxies, our own god's and goddess', I feel a sense of home here- but also elsewhere, if that makes sense.

I enjoy your thoughts-

posted January 28, 2005 10:15 AM              

Well in my mind, today's goodness wont end up being tomorrow's bad. There are different degrees to them both, if that's what you mean.

Good is good, and bad is bad, and there are many degrees of them in between. They are opposites. It's only people's perception of which is which that makes each so. Your bad could be my good.

I dont know what you mean by "goodness not being such a fixed quality." Of course not. You cant have one polarity without also having the other.

I may be having a major first house Neptune transit that clouds my vision and gives me rose colored glasses sometimes, but I can assure you that I know that there are boogie men out there.

posted February 16, 2005 01:53 AM              

Someone probably mentioned this already, but there's actually a term for this: