“Why shouldn't you strengthen your own vibrations through fellowship with people seeking Self-realization, and by group meditation with them? This practice will fortify your own spiritual convictions you will find that many seemingly insuperable barriers in your life will crumble and dissolve in the waters of meditation. Your devotion and love for God will commingle with the devotion and love of others. Divine bliss will radiate from you, helping all persons you meet.”
– Paramahansa Yogananda in Seeking God Together
– Paramahansa Yogananda in Seeking God Together
Services Please Note: We are delighted to announce that we have restarted the Kirtan/Meditation sessions on the Fourth Saturday of every month from 9:30 to 11:30 AM. Come Join Us!
Services and Meditations are held on the second floor of
The Gathering at Northern Hills - Unitarian Universalist Community Church.
460 Fleming Road, Cincinnati, OH-45231
Saturday Morning Service: 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
(Early meditation: 8:00 AM to 9:20 AM.)
Wednesday Evening Service: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Early Meditation 4:30-5:50 PM (Please contact us before coming. See more information here). Please note the change to 6:00 PM starting time for Evening service, instead of 5:30 PM starting from June 19, 2024 to make it more convenient for everybody, especially for those working in the corporate world.
On Special Events that fall on a Wednesday, the Evening Service will be from 6:00 to 7:30 PM.
NOTE: Please come 5 minutes earlier to the regular meditation services as well as to Kirtan/Meditation Sessions (Fourth Saturday of the month, from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM following early Meditation) as the Church outside doors will be closed at the beginning of Regular Meditation Service for security reasons to avoid outsiders entering the church (Church Directive)
The Gathering at Northern Hills - Unitarian Universalist Community Church.
460 Fleming Road, Cincinnati, OH-45231
Saturday Morning Service: 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
(Early meditation: 8:00 AM to 9:20 AM.)
Wednesday Evening Service: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
Early Meditation 4:30-5:50 PM (Please contact us before coming. See more information here). Please note the change to 6:00 PM starting time for Evening service, instead of 5:30 PM starting from June 19, 2024 to make it more convenient for everybody, especially for those working in the corporate world.
On Special Events that fall on a Wednesday, the Evening Service will be from 6:00 to 7:30 PM.
NOTE: Please come 5 minutes earlier to the regular meditation services as well as to Kirtan/Meditation Sessions (Fourth Saturday of the month, from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM following early Meditation) as the Church outside doors will be closed at the beginning of Regular Meditation Service for security reasons to avoid outsiders entering the church (Church Directive)
Beginner's Meditation
See some guidelines about meditation based on Paramahansa Yogananda's teachings.
"When you meditate long...the glory of the Divine shines forth. You realize then that all along there was something tremendous within you, and you did not know it." — Paramahansa Yogananda Guided meditations
Take a pause from your busy routine — give yourself the gift of silence. Immerse yourself in an oasis of peace, love, and light. Click here for guided meditations.
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Learn how to meditate
A series of lessons for home study is available. Compiled from Paramahansa Yogananda’s lectures and writings, the Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons give instruction in the spiritual way of life and the methods of meditation that he taught. These lessons focus on the practice of Kriya Yoga, a highly effective system of yoga meditation whose goal is direct, personal experience of God.
Please contact Self-Realization Fellowship directly if you are interested (323-225-2471) or click here for more informations. |
Kirtan group
Kirtan is a form of devotional chanting whose roots go back over 500 years to India. It is a form of Bhakti Yoga (yoga of devotion) and has the power to open the heart. The singing is accompanied by musical instruments. You will not be able to resist the urge to join in! In its heartfelt expression kirtan can induce profound states of meditation, bliss and ecstasy.
Learn more here about the divine art of kirtan and listen to or watch monastics chanting in a Kirtan group.
Join our Kirtan/Meditation session on the Fourth Saturday of Every Month.
We are restarting the kirtan/Meditation sessions starting from June 24 2023, on the fourth Saturday of every month from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM, following the Saturday early meditation. Come Join Us.
Learn more here about the divine art of kirtan and listen to or watch monastics chanting in a Kirtan group.
Join our Kirtan/Meditation session on the Fourth Saturday of Every Month.
We are restarting the kirtan/Meditation sessions starting from June 24 2023, on the fourth Saturday of every month from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM, following the Saturday early meditation. Come Join Us.
The power of mantras
Sound or vibration is the most powerful force in the universe.
Music is a divine art, to be used not only for pleasure but as a path to God-realization. Vibrations resulting from devotional singing lead to attunement with the Cosmic Vibration or the Word.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."—John 1:1.
Singers of Cosmic Chants who want the best results should chant them alone or with true devotees of God, with ever increasing devotion and fervour. After the notes are learned, one's undivided attention should be given to repeating them with deeper and deeper devotion, striving fully to understand the meaning of the words in the chant, until one is immersed in the bliss of singing. This joyous feeling is the first perception of God.
Words that are saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs that have power to remove the rocks of difficulties and to create the change desired.
The five states of chanting are:
1. chanting aloud/ 2. whisper chanting/ 3. mental chanting/4. subconscious chanting/ 5. superconscious chanting.
Subconscious chanting becomes automatic, with internal consciousness only, when the mind effortlessly repeats a chant in the background of one's thoughts and activities.
Music is a divine art, to be used not only for pleasure but as a path to God-realization. Vibrations resulting from devotional singing lead to attunement with the Cosmic Vibration or the Word.
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."—John 1:1.
Singers of Cosmic Chants who want the best results should chant them alone or with true devotees of God, with ever increasing devotion and fervour. After the notes are learned, one's undivided attention should be given to repeating them with deeper and deeper devotion, striving fully to understand the meaning of the words in the chant, until one is immersed in the bliss of singing. This joyous feeling is the first perception of God.
Words that are saturated with sincerity, conviction, faith, and intuition are like highly explosive vibration bombs that have power to remove the rocks of difficulties and to create the change desired.
The five states of chanting are:
1. chanting aloud/ 2. whisper chanting/ 3. mental chanting/4. subconscious chanting/ 5. superconscious chanting.
Subconscious chanting becomes automatic, with internal consciousness only, when the mind effortlessly repeats a chant in the background of one's thoughts and activities.
