Roy Eugene Davis

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name="Roy Eugene Davis"


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birth_date= 9 March 1931
birth_place= Leavittsburgh, Ohio, U.S.A.|

Roy Eugene Davis (born 9 March 1931) is an American Kriya Yoga master.

He was born in Leavittsburg, Ohio, and grew up in a farming community. In his early teenage years he frequented the public library, reading books on psychology, philosophy, and yoga. When he was 18 years of age, he read Paramahansa Yogananda's book "" and immediately sensed a spiritual connection with Yogananda and the "kriya yoga" tradition. In December 1949, he traveled to Los Angeles, California, to meet with his guru (teacher) and was accepted for monastic discipleship training. ["Surrendered Love, Redeeming Grace: The Autobiography of Roy Eugene Davis," ISBN 0877072353]

Davis was ordained by his guru in 1951 ["Seven Lessons in Conscious Living", Roy Eugene Davis, ISBN 8120817508, p. 120] and was appointed as the minister of the Phoenix, Arizona, Self-Realization Fellowship Center. He later travelled throughout America to lecture and present classes in dozens of cities. ["The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions", ISBN 0877072930, p. 217]

He is considered by David Graham, author of "Dream Your Way to Happiness and Awareness" to be an authority in meditation and creative imagination. ["Centering: A Guide to Inner Growth", Sanders G. Laurie and Melvin J. Tucker, ISBN 0892814209, p. 188]

References

External links

* [http://csa-davis.org Center for Spiritual Awareness] - Official website of Roy Eugene Davis' spiritual organization.
* [http://www.som.org/3library/interviews/davis.htm A Life Surrendered in God] - Threshold Magazine's interview with Roy Eugene Davis.
* [http://esotericyoga.org/Roy_Eugene_Davis.htm A Concise Biography of Roy Eugene Davis] - by Filipino Kriya Yoga teacher Noel Daryl Pahimna.