Day Trippin-The Lake Shrine

If you are looking for a day retreat from the chaos of daily life, the Self Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine is the place to BE.

"COME INTO THE SILENCE OF SOLITUDE,AND THE VIBRATION

THERE WILL TALK TO YOU THROUGH THE VOICE OF GOD"

-- PARAMAHANSA YOGANANDA

Don and I kept driving past this interesting building in the Pacific Palisades, I had thought it was a Baha'i Temple. One day on one of our day adventures, we decided to check it out. This place is a sanctuary. The site induces reflection as one slowly walks around the lake. Breathing in the beauty of nature, the subtle signs, and exhaling the constraints of daily life. Don and I spent just one hour at this sacred site and I left with a sense of internal unity and peace. The Lake Shrine is definitely medicine for the soul.

Here is a little history:

The Lake Shrine was opened to the public on August 20, 1950, coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of Paramahansa Yogananda's work in America.Paramahansa Yogananda designed the Golden Lotus Archway (above) as a "wall-less temple." In India the lotus flower is a symbol of divine unfoldment--the awakening of the soul to its infinite potential.

It seems fifty years later Deepak Chopra has followed in Paramahansa footsteps.

Indulge in the clarity of your own reflection and your internal solitude at the Lake Shrine. It is so close and yet so far. As you are driving west on Sunset Boulevard on your way to the PCH, make a short stop and breathe.

Why not?

OM

Self Realization Lake Shrine on Google Maps.