š®ššļø (en espaƱol abajo) We had an experience at Yogananda's Lake Shrine! Last Sunday we went to the shrine and participated in the meditation and stayed for the service aftewards. After the service we walked around the gardens and eventually meditated a little more in the windmill chapel. We then walked over to the small pier by the rose area and sat there for a while.
After several minutes we got up and where leaving that area when all of a sudden I smelled a strong and sweet scent. I told my sister, "Come! Get over here! Smell this." And she said, "Is that honeysuckle?" It smelled real sweet like mango or something real fruity. We then started sniffing the plants all around trying to find where that scent came from š but couldn't find the plant. We didn't make to much of it and left.
I went back to the Shrine on Wednesday with my mom and brother. There was a lady by the rose area and I told her our experience. I asked her if she knew of the plant there that has a sweet scent. Then she told us, "Oh... I've heard about that happening to people there before... It happened to me several years ago." That's when we realized we might have experienced an angel or some kind of divine being. š®ššļø
The next day I visited my friend ____ and his family and told them about our experience. His father told me that it was very interesting since the roses weren't in bloom and everything is usually trimmed back around that time. Then I realized he was right. I recalled none of the rose bushes in that area had petals and the other bushes nearby didn't have any flowers.
ESPAĆOL
š®ššļø Ā”Tuvimos una experiencia en el centro espiritual sin denominacion de Yogananda! lakeshrine.org El domingo pasado mi hermana me llevo al santuario y participamos en la meditaciĆ³n y luego nos quedamos para el servicio. DespuĆ©s del servicio caminamos por los jardines y finalmente meditamos un poco mĆ”s en la capilla del molino. Luego caminamos hacia el pequeƱo muelle junto a los rosales y nos sentamos allĆ un rato.
DespuĆ©s de varios minutos nos levantamos y empezamos a irnos de esa area cuando de repente olĆ un olor fuerte y dulce. Le dije a mi hermana: "Ā”Ven! Ā”Ven aquĆ! Huele esto". Y ella me dijo: "ĀæEs "honeysuckle?" (madreselvas / lonicera?) OlĆa muy dulce, como a mango o algo muy frutal. Luego comenzamos a oler las plantas por todos lados tratando de encontrar de dĆ³nde venĆa ese aroma š pero no pudimos encontrar la planta. No le dimos mucha importancia y nos fuimos.
RegresĆ© al santuario el miĆ©rcoles con mi mamĆ” y mi hermano. HabĆa una mujer en la zona de las rosas y le contĆ© nuestra experiencia. Le preguntĆ© si conocĆa esa planta que tiene un aroma dulce. Luego nos dijo: "Oh... He oĆdo antes que eso le pasa a la gente en ese lugar... A mi me pasĆ³ hace varios aƱos". Fue entonces cuando nos dimos cuenta de que posiblemente habiamos presenciado un Ć”ngel o algĆŗn ser divino. š®ššļø
Al dĆa siguiente visitĆ© a mi amigo y su familia y les contĆ© nuestra experiencia. Su padre me dijo que en verdad era muy interesante ya que los rosales no tenian flores y normalmente todo se poda en estos tiempos. Y si tenĆa razĆ³n. Me acorde que los rosales eran puras ramas, no tenĆan pĆ©talos y los otros arbustos en esa area estaban verdes solamente tambien y sin flores.