May 5, 1892 James (Jimmy) Lynn, Saint Lynn as Master referred to him, was born on this day near Archibald Louisiana. What a remarkable example of a modern businessman becoming an accomplished yogi. For those who say their lives are too busy to meditate, here is a man running multiple business enterprises, a householder with a wife (who was not in favor of his being Master’s disciple), with all the pressures and demands that his position came with, and still he found time for deep meditation and gaining a high spiritual perfection. Master gave Saint Lynn the distinction of the name Rajasi, king of yogis.
In a talk given in 1960 Mother recalls Rajasi at a Kriya Initiation: “I remember that one time Master was giving a Kriya Initiation in Los Angeles. When you practice Kriya over a long period of time, you can practice it very little before you go into ecstasy—at a certain time during your development the Life Force will immediately leave your body. Well, Rajasi was sitting in the front row, and Master was telling all the different devotees how to do Kriya. Rajasi, because he had been doing Kriya for many years was able to leave his body—he was a master in his own right—and he slumped immediately to the floor. Well, Bernard rushed over and pressed the jugular vein in order to bring the Life Force back into the body—yogis have this method where they can return life to the body. So finally, when Rajasi went in front of Master to receive the initiation, Master laughed at him (and Rajasi had a bald head), and he patted his head, and he said, ‘Well, you left us for a little while, didn’t you?’” (Mother laughing)
And this is what Rajasi once said in a talk to devotees, “”One of the blessings I have received in my friendship with Paramhansa Yogananda has been permanent relief from a state of nervousness, a state of strain, an inward state of uncertainty. I have gained calmness, peace, joy, and a sense of security that cannot come to anyone until he has found the true security of the soul.” and “How heavenly is the company of a saint! Of all the things that have come to me in life, I treasure most the blessings that Paramhansaji has bestowed on me.”
Rajasi was a tremendous help to Master both spiritually and materially, and we are the grateful beneficiaries of his taking incarnation with Master so that we might have living examples of what is possible for both human evolution and involution. We bow to the great Light shining through your life Saint Lynn.