A Short Personal Story about Yogananda

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That's how I thought it was pronounced Paranormal in the sense of energetic effects or miraculous happenings. Kriya yoga is supposed to produce such things. In mentioning Neem Karoli, I was wondering if you knew whether Don, Carla, and Jim were aware of him.

Well, Don soaked up the paranormal like a sponge. He sought it out and gave it a fair listen. He said that to investigate this stuff, "you have to begin by being completely gullible, and only later determine whether it was genuine."

I don't recall him mentioning Neem Karoli, but he went through a huge amount of this sort of thing. He wasn't given to talking about the phenomena very much, unless it gave him new insights. Once the Ra contact started, I believe they thought of it as the best paranormal work of all.

Carla witnessed some stuff while with Don, and will talk about it sometimes and gladly when asked, but independently from Don I don't think that she or Jim have pursued it particularly.

To be clear, IMO Don came into his life with a goal of connecting with the "supernatural," which led him inexorably to Carla and Jim and Ra. Carla and Jim carry on the work that they began with Don, making the information available and unfiltered to all who might benefit. I love them and am enormously grateful.