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Whispers from Eternity
A Book of Answered Prayers
1949 Edition

by Paramhansa Yogananda


CONTENTS

 • Dedication

 • Foreword, by Amelita Galli-Gurci

 • 
Whispers from Eternity
 • 
Key to Demands
 • 
Hints to the Reader
 • Watching the Cosmic Motion Picture of Life

Sacred Demands to the Infinite

Index of Prayer Demands

1. Cosmic Salutation
2. We demand as Thy Children
3. Demand for Recharging Body-Battery
4. Spiritual Interpretation—Lord's Prayer
5. Thou Art the best Bomb-Shelter
6. Universal prayer of the Cosmic Temple
7. Worshipping the Cosmic Idol
8. Salutation to the Great Preceptor
9. Thou Mother of Flames, show Thy Face, hidden beneath the veil of Cosmic Motion Pictures
10. Demand for the Opening of the Spiritual Temple Doors everywhere
11. Prayer at Dawn
12. Prayer at Noon
13. Prayer at Eventide
14. Prayer at Night
15. Prayer-demand before taking food
16. Prayer-demand for recharging of Body-Battery
17. Prayer before practicing Concentration
18. Demand for Pearls of Wisdom to be obtained in the Sea of Meditation
19. Prayer for expanding Love from self to all brethren
20. A bouquet of all Loves of God
21. Prayer-demand to the Holy Vibration
22. Prayer-demand for Self-Realization
23. Prayer-demand for removing the Cork of Ignorance

Invocations

24. My Guru
25. Come to me, O Christ, as the Divine Shepherd of Souls
26. Come to me, O Krishna, as the Divine Cowherd
27. Come to me as Swami Shankara
28. Come to me as Moses
29. Come to me as Mohammed
30. Come to me as Buddha
31. Prayer-demand asking God to be the President of the United States of the World
32. Prayer-demand: Make me anything: a Christian or a Hindu—anything to realise Thee
33. Demand to travel on the one Highway of Realization

Miscellaneous Demands

34. Make me Thy Butterfly of Eternity
35. I will not offer unto Thee mind-made, hothouse Songs
36. Prayers on the Beads of Love
37. Hover over the Minaret of my Expectations, O Mighty Spirit
38. The Bee of my Mind loves to drink from the Blue Lotus of Thy Feet
39. May I serve the cocktail of God-Intoxicated Eyes in the home of the rich
40. May I seize Thee at Eternity's end?
41. Wake me, that I may know the terrors of mundane delusion to be but Dreams
42. I Demand to return Home
43. Make me a lion of Thy all-conquering Wisdom
44. I am Thy Bird of Paradise wishing to fly in Thine Astral Airplane
45. Come into the Garden of my Dreams
46. Let me feel that Thou and I are One
47. Rock me in the Cradle of all Space
48. May the Niagara of my Joys inundate all hearts
49. Make me the Lark of Life, looking only for Thy Rain
50. Make me a Smile-Millionaire
51. Save us from the net of Matter-attachment
52. O King of all our ambitions, open the doors of Noble Aspirations in the Mansion of our Souls
53. Save me from shipwreck on the Ocean of my Dreams
54. Tune us, that we may hear Thy Voice
55. I want to build a Rainbow-Bridge of Self-Realization
56. Make me Silent, that I may eloquently converse with Thee
57. Teach me to use every dig of criticism to bring myself nearer to the Fountain of Goodness in me
58. Teach me to fish for Thee in the deep waters of my Soul
59. Make me remember that Virtuous Ways are more charming than vicious ways
60. I will broadcast my voice with the Chorus of Thy Songs
61. Teach me to store honey of quality from all Soul-Flowers in the honey comb of my Heart
62. Teach me to give Sweet Forgiveness, though crushed by Criticism
63. Spiritualize our Thoughts and Ambitions
64. Teach us not to follow the Will-o'-the- Wisp of False Happiness
65. May the showers of Thy love flood through the walls of Color, Class and Race-Prejudice
66. Burn Thou my frailties in the furnace of trials
67. The Caravan of my Prayers is moving toward Thee
68. Save us from the bait of Modern Comforts
69. May I reap the greatest Harvest in the short season of Earthly Life
70. Make me the Eagle of Progress
71. Flood me with Thine Omnipresent Love
72. O Divine Sculptor, chisel my Life
73. Keep the Needle of my Attention ever pointing toward Thee
74. Be Thou my General in my invasion of Ignorance
75. Make me see that I am just acting in Thy super-sense vitaphone Cosmic Pictures
76. Teach me to abhor flies of Sarcasm, which sit on the Wounds of Others
77. Demand for seeing the One Fire beneath all Soul-Flames
78. Demand for Prosperity
79. Teach me to feel that all Men are my Brothers
80. Demand to be freed from self-created Evil Habits and Temptations
81. Demand for Balance
82. Demand for fervor in Divine Love
83. Demand that the love of God may never fade, through tests and trials
84. Special universal daily demand for Divine guidance
85. Be the Captain of my boat of daily activity
86. Be the Pole-Star of my shipwrecked thoughts
87. Worship of God as sacred Joy found in Meditation
88. Demand for the enjoyment of everything with the joy of God
89. Demand for Calmness in Activity
90. Demand to love God as all Saints Him
91. Demand that God's Light drive dark Ignorance away
92. Demand for Healing of any disease
93. Demand for Healing others
94. Demand for freeing the mind Mental Bacteria
95. Demand for Wisdom
96. Demand for Bliss
97. Demand that my bubble of life become the Sea of Life
98. Demand that God respond
99. Demand that God reveal Himself
100. Demand to the Holy Trinity
101. Demand that Cosmic Sound lead from Ignorance to Wisdom
102. Demand for Thy Light
103. Demand for the opening of the spiritual Eye, to find God in everything
104. Let all rest in the Shade of my Peace
105. Demand for realizing the expansion of consciousness in the Cosmic Sound
106. Demand for an Immediate Need to be supplied
107. Demand for removal of the Veil of Illusion
108. Demand for seeing God in Everything
109. Demand to be kept Awake and Ready
110. Master Mariner, come and take charge of my Boat
111. Demand to find God at any time and anywhere
112. Demand for Union with the Almighty
113. I want to feel Thee just behind the Voice of my Prayer
114. Demand for the Realization of God's Presence
115. Prayer between Sleeping and Waking
116. Prayer-demand for Devotion
117. Prayer-demand for Illumination
118. Prayer before Meditation
119. Hidden in the ashes of burnt sadness, I found Thy Golden Presence
120. Receive the orphans and the stricken, who have come to Thy door
121. Come to me as Kindness
122. Satisfy my Soul-Hunger
123. O Divine Hart, I will hunt for Thee in the forest of my Soul
124. Make me the Drops of Sympathy in tearful eyes
125. From peak to peak and heart to heart, I will Fly, Singing Thy name
126. Teach me to Dream Peace with the poppy-petals
127. Whether dead or living, I am held in Thine Immortal Arms
128. I beheld Thee hiding behind the Flowers
129. Thou art slowly rising on the horizon of my Mind
130. Demand to see the love of God in all human love
131. Open my Inner Eye
132. Cure my Jaundiced Vision of Duality
133. Demand for Quickening Activity
134. Bless me, that I may perceive Thee through the windows of all activities
135. Teach me to perform every Work just to please Thee

Prayers of Devotion

136. I bring for Thee the Myrrh of Devotion
137. Intoxicate me with the Wine of Thy Love
138. Open my Soul's Secret Door
139. I want to hear Thy song in the silence of my Soul
140. Nothing can steal my Love for Thee
141. I will be the naughty baby of the Divine Mother
142. Make me clean again, Divine Mother
143. I loved all things, that I might learn to crave Thee only
144. Make me feel Thee through the Touch of the Breeze
145. Make me Win the Battle of Life
146. Demand to eject enemies of Bad Habits
147. Demand not to be enslaved by the ego or by passivity
148. I offer Thee a Garland of Devotion
149. Demand to set fire to the Forest of Darkness
150. Save me from Wrong Beliefs
151. Lead my body-chariot on the Right Path
152. Teach me not to be deceived by the Senses
153. Teach me, that my Senses may contact nothing but the Good
154. Keep me away from Evil
155. Demand for the opening of the Spiritual Eye, the Eastern Star of Wisdom
156. Demand for the rising of the Aurora of Intuition
157. Keep my Spiritual Eye open forever
158. With every stroke of my Prayer, I am moving nearer to Thee
159. Demand to be fed with the Cosmic Rays
160. Demand for the Cure of the Anger Habit
161. Demand to be able to Conquer Fear
162. Demand for Control of the Unruly Senses
163. Make me feel that everything is Joy
164. Slip Thy dew-drop in Thy Pool, not to lose itself, but to enlarge itself
165. The fire of my ambition and all my rainbow-dreams, are for Thee
166. We buy everything but Thee. Pray give me Thyself
167. Teach us to consider no work more important than Thy Work
168. Bury the seeds of my Devotion in Thy heart-soil
169. I want to know that Thou wilt be Mine
170. Teach me to drown in Thy Light and Live
171. I want to pour the scent of gratefulness at Thy feet
172. My Soul-Submarine is searching for Thee
173. Bless me, that I may know that I am Dreaming, while I think that I am Awake
174. I locked my Sacred Aspirations in my Soul-Vault
175. Dance in me Thy dance of Infinity
176. We are Thy burned children, wailing for Thy help
177. I want to Merge in the Vastness of Thy Presence
178. Blow Thy music through my Shattered Reed
179. Heal my Nerves and install in me a new set of Telephonic Nerves
180. Make us Transparent, that Thy Light may shine through us
181. Teach me to Conquer Discord by holding close my own Harmony
182. Baptize the bubbles of my blood and flesh in the flood of Thy Grace
183. Demanding Forgiveness
184. Cutting through the Cocoon of Ignorance
185. I will hop from Eternity to Eternity
186. I want to be Thy cleansed Bird of Paradise
187. Bless Thy Humming Bird to drink of Thy honey
188. Many Doors opened before Me
189. Driving the Rebel-King, Ignorance
190. Cure Spiritual Deafness and make me listen to the chorus of Noble Qualities
191. Teach me to spend for others as I spend for Myself
192. Teach me to spend for God's work as I spend for myself
193. Teach me to see Thine Omnipresent Spirit suffering in the sick
194. In the Whisper-Sobs of my mind I heard Thy Magic Voice
195. I will be Thine always
196. I Baptize myself in the sacred waters of my Love for Thee
197. Mayest Thou reinforce our blended Prayers
198. Rock me to sleep on Thy Bosom of Peace
199. I perched in the many trees of Lives and sang Thy songs
200. Endless throngs of Intoxications visit me
201. Teach me to fish for all Goodness in the net of Searchlights
202. I shall ne'er turn my Gaze away from Thee. Make me see that Health and Sickness both are Dreams
203. In the Bursts of Blue Brine I shall bound with Thee
204. Save us from Religious Bigotry
205. Prayer-demand to reach the One High way of Realization
206. Flowers and Skies, heralds of Thee
207. Divine Mother, come Thyself into the waiting Temple of our Love
208. O Divine Mother, I am Thine, for Thou art eternally Mine
209. Thou didst reveal Thy silver rays of Speaking Silence
210. In the Temple of United Hearts
211. I pour my Love at Thy roseate Feet of Immortality
212. All futurity danced in me the Infinite Rhythm
213. With the Torch of our Devotion, blaze our dark indifference
214. The Rocket of my Love
215. My lost Music sprang from the Heart of everything
216. A million Salutations at Thy petaled feet, O Lotus of Light
217. The imprisoned Bird of Omnipresence was released
218. A Prayer

Prayer-Demands for the Use of Children

219. Thou art Love because my Mother loves me
220. Teach me to give Smiles to all
221. Come to me as Peace in sleep and as Joy when I am awake
222. Thou art so plainly Present everywhere; I bow to Thee
223. My parents and friends Love me, dear Father, because Thou dost Love me
224. Thou art the Cause of everything—I bow to Thee
225. I bow to Thee in the sunshine, breeze, dawn, and hearts of Loving Friends
226. Teach me to find Happiness in the Joy of others
227. Teach me to feel Thee as Silence when I close my eyes

Chants

 • Make me the Sea
 • O God Beautiful
 • I am Om, I am Om
 • The Door of my Heart is Open for Thee
 • Lotus-Feet of Divine Mother
 • I am He; I am He!

Poems

 • My India
 • 
The Lost Two Black Eyes
 • 
I am Here
 • 
Samadhi
 • 
Om
 • 
God! God! God!
 • 
All Bow to Thee
 • 
God's Boatman
 • 
Flight!
 • 
My Devotion
 • After This
 • 
Shadows
 • 
Wherever We Go
 • 
Thy Divine Gypsy
 • 
Listen to My Soul-Song
 • 
Fountain of Smiles
 • 
In the Land of Dreams
 • 
Friendship
 • 
The Cosmic Face
 • 
To the Aurora Borealis
 • 
Thou and I are One
 • 
I was Made for Thee
 • Thy Home-Coming

Our Dream-World

 • Dreams of God
 • The Cosmic Dream-Idol

 • Conquering Fear of Death

 
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