Awakening to departed loved ones

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Quite a few times I have awakened to the reality of departed loved ones from the other side. I needed to ask for verification from Brother Bhaktananda  of the Self-Realization fellowship that what I was experiencing was true. And he told me it was. He did not encourage this ability but let me know it was best to encourage such spirits to move on and not spend their time in this realm after leaving it. So it is not something I need to rave about.

However at times we may feel he presence of loved ones far after they have left this material realm. Our love for them and there’s for us can draw them to us at often critical times when we may need their assurance and consolation. Although Paramahansa Yogananda did tell us we can connect with departed love ones and gave advice on how to do so in the Self Realization Fellowship Lessons....as well as this article below;

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Communicating with Departed Loved Ones
By Paramhansa Yogananda

Communicating with departed loved ones, like the existence of life after death, is a closely guarded secret. Only selfless, patient, all-loving individuals are able to establish a link with departed loved ones after death.

To communicate with a departed loved one, concentrate deeply at the point between the eyebrows until you can see your spiritual eye with both closed and open eyes. You must be able to hold that concentrated state for as long as you desire. Then visualize the soul you want to meet and constantly broadcast to him to come into the light. Only good souls, who loved you and whom you love, should be invited.

If you have patience and strong personal zeal, eventually you will be able to see and speak to that image on the screen of the spiritual eye, as in a talking picture. With greater spiritual development, you will be able to see, with open eyes, souls you once knew and loved. In true communication with a departed soul, one should not lose consciousness — one should consciously commune with the invited soul. These states are usually devoid of exciting emotions.

Only by deep, incessant meditation can you bring your dear departed loved ones to you. It may take months, or even years, but if you are patient and keep increasing the depth of your call in meditation, you will succeed.

Send your thoughts of love and goodwill to your loved ones as often as you feel inclined to do so, but at least once a year — perhaps on some special anniversary. Mentally tell them, “We will meet again sometime and continue to develop our divine love and friendship with one another.” If you send them your loving thoughts continuously now, someday you will surely meet them again. You will know that this life is not the end, but merely one link in the eternal chain of your relationship with your loved ones.

To send your thoughts to loved ones who have passed on, sit quietly in your room and meditate upon God. When you feel His peace within you, concentrate deeply at the Christ center, the center of will at the point between the two eyebrows, and broadcast your love to those dear ones who are gone.

Visualize at the Christ center the person you wish to contact. Send to that soul your vibrations of love, and of strength and courage. If you do this continuously, and if you don’t lose the intensity of your interest in that loved one, that soul will definitely receive your vibrations. Such thoughts give your loved ones a sense of well-being, a sense of being loved. They have not forgotten you any more than you have forgotten them.

Excerpts from Karma and Reincarnation: The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda, Volume 2.

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Only when people can accept the possibility that what they are experiencing is real can they also experience transcendental experience of what most people consider material reality.

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At times I still reflect deeply on what Brother Bhaktananda and Paramahansa Yogananda had to say about about departed spirits and ghosts. And what they ( the spirits and ghosts ) themselves had to say to us. Having had such visitations I can never forget their influence on my life. Somewhat like a heavenly whisper from the other side reminding us that life continues on. The inspiration and the comfort when I have been forlorn will never be forgotten. It is as if they know our struggles here on the earth plain and at critical times come to remind us that life will continue on and we will eventually overcome all the struggles we have faced. Though at times they also come to share our joy. Even though all our joy and sorrows originated because of karma… there is the kindness of our soul… sometimes not revealing but still ever struggling to surface. Some of us also have one foot in this life and the other one in another life. There are advantages and disadvantages to this. We are still in quite a dark age and while we are not presently burned at the stake, there is still a skepticism and stigma placed on us; especially from judgmental religious elements still prevalent in our society today.

~Jitendra

From above: this thread.

Send your thoughts of love and goodwill to your loved ones as often as you feel inclined to do so, but at least once a year — perhaps on some special anniversary. Mentally tell them, “We will meet again sometime and continue to develop our divine love and friendship with one another.” If you send them your loving thoughts continuously now, someday you will surely meet them again. You will know that this life is not the end, but merely one link in the eternal chain of your relationship with your loved ones.

To send your thoughts to loved ones who have passed on, sit quietly in your room and meditate upon God. When you feel His peace within you, concentrate deeply at the Christ center, the center of will at the point between the two eyebrows, and broadcast your love to those dear ones who are gone.

Visualize at the Christ center the person you wish to contact. Send to that soul your vibrations of love, and of strength and courage. If you do this continuously, and if you don’t lose the intensity of your interest in that loved one, that soul will definitely receive your vibrations. Such thoughts give your loved ones a sense of well-being, a sense of being loved. They have not forgotten you any more than you have forgotten them.

~Paramahansa Yogananda