S3E11 - The Lab Coaters (Self Realization Fellowship, pt2)
Cult or Just Weird · Cult or Just Weird
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Show Notes
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I don't want to believe. I want to know.
-Carl Sagan
Kayla sciences even harder on the Self Realization Fellowship: their beliefs, their organizational structures & rules, and the veracity of some of Paramahansa Yogananda's claims (don't hold your breath).
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*Search Categories*
New Religious Movement; New Age; Science/Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine/Wellness
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*Topic Spoiler*
Self Realization Fellowship, pt2
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*Further Reading*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriya_Yoga#cite_note-8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science
https://skepticmeditations.com/2015/05/17/can-yogis-stop-their-heart/
https://www.ananda.org/ask/achieving-the-breathless-state-in-meditation/
https://skepticmeditations.com/2015/05/04/evidence-against-breathlessness-and-samadhi/
https://yogananda.org/monasticorder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagadish_Chandra_Bose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Realization_Fellowship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramahansa_Yogananda#Biography
https://yogananda.org/kriya-yoga-path-of-meditation
http://skepticmeditations.com/2015/09/21/cult-charisma-and-convocation/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awake:_The_Life_of_Yogananda
https://www.ananda.org/free-inspiration/books/autobiography-of-a-yogi/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfBfpWcr_jU
https://www.angelfire.com/blues/srfwalrus/
http://www.backupsrfwalrus.com/srfwalrus/p203.ezboard.com/fsrfwalrusfrm24d91b.html?topicID=38.topic
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/srfblacklist/
https://www.reddit.com/r/kriyayoga/
https://www.reddit.com/r/cults/comments/ehw1ct/srf_is_not_a_cult/
http://www.nhne.com/misc/yogananda.html
https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a15245/bikram-choudhury-sex-scandals-in-yoga/
https://yoganandafortheworld.com/introduction-has-srf-lost-its-way/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriyananda#Biography
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*Patreon Credits*
Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Annika Ramen, Zero Serres
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