Paramahansa Yogananda on Happiness

Self-Realization Fellowship eNewsletter

February 2011

Welcome to the February edition of the Self-Realization Fellowship eNewsletter. This month we are pleased to offer inspiring thoughts from Paramahansa Yogananda on the topic of happiness, and to share news about the election of our new president, Sri Mrinalini Mata.

News of the passing on November 30, 2010 of SRF Sanghamata and President Sri Daya Mata has reached millions of people around the globe through coverage by many of the world's leading news organizations. This edition of our newsletter also provides you with a survey of these inspiring articles.

In This Issue

Paramahansa Yogananda on Happiness

SRF Announces New President

Media Coverage of the Life of Sri Daya Mata

Upcoming Events

Self-Realization Magazine - Winter 2010

Voluntary League Appeal - Fall 2010

Paramahansa Yogananda on Happiness

Positive Mental Attitudes

Change your thoughts if you wish to change your circumstances. Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them. You will want to change them when you realize that each thought creates according to its own nature. Remember that the law works at all times and that you are always demonstrating according to the kind of thoughts you habitually entertain. Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness.

The Inner Conditions of Happiness

Learn to carry all the conditions of happiness within yourself by meditating and attuning your consciousness to the ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Joy, which is God. Your happiness should never be subject to any outside influence. Whatever your environment is, don't allow your inner peace to be touched by it.

Read more thoughts and affirmations from Paramahansa Yogananda on Happiness.

SRF Announces New President

Sri Mrinalini Mata has been elected president of Self-Realization Fellowship/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India − to succeed the late revered Sri Daya Mata as the spiritual leader of Paramahansa Yogananda's worldwide work. She has been a close disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda since 1945. Her appointment was made by a unanimous vote by the SRF Board of Directors on Friday, January 7, 2011.

Read Full Announcement

Media Coverage of the Life of Sri Daya Mata

The inspiring story of the remarkable life and work of the late SRF Sanghamata and President Sri Daya Mata has reached millions of people around the globe as a result of widespread press coverage from the world's leading news organizations after her passing on November 30, 2010. Common themes in the tributes focused on Sri Daya Mata's tremendous contribution to the spread of yoga meditation worldwide; and her humility, dedicated service to others, and divine compassion.

Read media coverage.

Upcoming Events

Public Lecture Tours

Self-Realization Fellowship monks and nuns will be visiting the following cities in March and April to conduct programs on the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda:

March 2011
25-27	Madrid, Spain (public lecture with Kriya)
April 2011
1-3	Palermo, Italy (public lecture with Kriya)
8-10	Abano Terme, Italy (public lecture with Kriya)

For more information and program details, please see our 2011 Lecture Tour Schedule.

How-to-Live Retreat Programs

On many weekends throughout the year, SRF monks and nuns will be conducting How-to-Live Retreat programs. Join us at one of the beautiful Self-Realization Fellowship Retreats or ashram centers at Encinitas, Lake Shrine, or Hidden Valley to spend some time deepening your relationship with God and recharging body, mind, and spirit. See schedule.

For those in the eastern United States, retreat programs will be held April 22-24 at the SRF Greenfield Retreat in Front Royal, Virginia, April 22-24 in New York. A regional retreat will be held May 6-8 in Armação, Brazil.