Self-Realization Fellowship Blog

In this excerpt from a talk given by Brother Chidananda in Sydney, Australia, in January 2025, the SRF/YSS president leads us in a guided meditation given by Paramahansa Yogananda on how to overcome destructive fear — by attuning ourselves with the positive divine vibrations of God.

“Fear comes just to point out to us that there is something that needs our attention,” Brother Chidananda says, before explaining that the “spiritually constructive use” of that fact is to remind us that there is a power greater than us in this world, which we can contact and from which we can draw help and strength.

The guided meditation led by Brother Chidananda is from a talk by Paramahansaji entitled “Harmonizing Your Life With Spiritual Vibrations.” Originally published in the 2023 annual issue of Self-Realization magazine, that talk is now also available in Solving the Mystery of Life, the fourth volume in the Collected Talks and Essays series presenting Paramahansa Yogananda’s timeless wisdom on realizing God in daily life.

You can view the full talk by Brother Chidananda from which this excerpt is taken, “Attuning Our Lives to the Love of God,” on our Teachings Library. In that full talk, he goes into more detail about the “yoga science of vibration” — as well as the “yoga science of identification” and the “yoga psychology of Paramahansa Yogananda” — that are integral to our ability to understand and express ourselves as courageous, victorious souls in this world.