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September 2019 Announcements
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Seva: Sunday, September 1
Please join us after Sunday Service for monthly seva. We will do some light housekeeping in the house.
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Painting Project at Boston Center: Starting September 3
Beginning on Tuesday, September 3rd, the Boston Center exterior will be painted. Services will continue as scheduled. Please avoid the front of the building, as a lift will be stationed there for repairs and painting. You may use the Lobby or Kitchen entrances.
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Three Hour Meditation: Thursday, September 5
We will hold a 3-hour meditation with kirtan chanting from 6:30pm to 9:30pm. All are welcome.
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Annual Footsteps Tour!
Sunday, September 15
Check-in for the tour will begin in the Boston Center lobby at 12:15 pm, and we will board the bus at 1:00 pm. We expect to return to the Center at
5:30 pm; an optional brief meditation will follow.
Prepayment is required to secure a seat on the bus. The cost is $25 per adult and $10 per child. We accept payment by cash and check.
All checks should be made payable to Boston Center of SRF, with "Footsteps Tour" on the memo line.
We encourage you to register early as the bus fills up quickly.
There are two ways to register:
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Write your name on the sign up sheet in the lobby of the Boston Center and place your check with
phone number and email address
in the locked donation box in the lobby.
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Mail your check to the address below. Make sure to include the following information: name, email address, and number of adults and children in your party.
Treasurer
Boston Center of SRF
66 Fellsway West
Somerville, MA 02145
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Meditation in honor of Lahiri Mahasaya
Saturday, September 21, 9:00am-12:30pm
On Saturday, September 21st we will hold a meditation in honor of Lahiri Mahasaya. The service will include chanting, short readings, and an affirmation service. The meditation periods begin from 20 minutes in length and progress gradually. If you have never tried a long meditation before, this is a wonderful and gentle way to get used to the longer and deeper meditations that Paramahansaji encouraged.
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September Special Services
Mahasamadhi of Lahiri Mahasaya (1895)
Thursday, September 26 from 6:30
pm - 8:30 pm
Birthday of Lahiri Mahasaya (1828)
Monday, September 30 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Paramahansa Yogananda wrote in Autobiography of a Yogi: "As the fragrance of flowers cannot be suppressed, so Lahiri Mahasaya, quietly living as an ideal householder, could not hide his innate glory. Devotee-bees from every part of India began to seek the divine nectar of the liberated master....The harmoniously balanced life of the great householder-guru became the inspiration of thousands of men and women." As Lahiri Mahasaya exemplified the highest ideals of Yoga, union of the little self with God, he is reverenced as a Yogavatar, or incarnation of Yoga.
From the SRF website.
The meditation services will begin at 6:30 pm, and the commemorative services will begin at 7:30 pm. Please bring a flower and a free will donation in an envelope, as symbols of devotion and loyalty to the work of Self Realization Fellowship.
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Membership Meeting: Save the Date!
Sunday, September 29
12:15pm - 1:00pm
You are warmly invited to a video conference with SRF Planning and Building and Center Department Monastics, on Sunday, September 29th. The purpose of the meeting is to continue our discussion of a shared vision for the Boston Center, including altar design, construction, and placement. If the shared recommendations are accepted and funding is allocated, the goal is to complete renovations before the September 2020 Centennial events.
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"As I radiate sympathy and goodwill to others I open the channel for God's love to come to me. Divine love is the magnet that attracts all blessedness."
- Paramahansa Yogananda, Metaphysical Meditations
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