I teach science at a public high school in a southern California suburb. This is my third year of teaching and though not a veteran yet, you can say that I have mastered it quite a bit. But I thought I’d share with you some of my experiences as a brand new teacher. While on one hand they did not … Read More
The following quote from Paramhansa Yogananda is a tremendous reminder of how the law of abundance works: “Divine Abundance follows the law of service and generosity. Give and then receive. Give to the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you.” During the difficult financial times we are experiencing, I think it is a good … Read More
Happy New Year! I can’t believe it is almost the end of January 2010. We have had here in California some of the biggest storms in a long time. After several dry years we really need the water. It has snowed twice, but each time it melted pretty fast. Ananda Village looks very different in the winter, but always beautiful. … Read More
One of the hardest things for me, at the start of my spiritual journey, was what to make of the phenomena I began to experience. I know this is a problem for many, in the beginning, and this is why I write about it. When I began to awaken to the realization that there was more to my existence than … Read More
Do you feel joy when using your physical skills to learn and grow and experience life? Perhaps you lead with your heart and feel most alive when you are in a beautiful natural setting, or caring for animals or babies. Maybe you live for a challenge – such as tackling a new project, or raising money for a cause or … Read More
Last weekend I wrote an email to my family, sharing with them about the lifetime monastic vow that I took on Christmas Eve at Ananda Village.
In the email, I wrote, …
The year 2009 was one of great expansion for Ananda Sangha outreach. All of it came through the grace of God, which is reflected in the title of this post.
Here are some of the year’s highlights. …
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! A wonderful way to begin each year is to meditate on Yogananda’s poem: The Noble New Sing songs that none have sung, Think thoughts that in brain have never rung, Walk in paths that none have trod, Weep tears as none have shed for God, Love all with love that none have felt, And brave … Read More
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to travel to Mexico and Venezuela to lead Kriya Yoga initiations. Even though it’s a struggle to communicate due to my lack of Spanish (fortunately, I had a very good translator!), there is a lingua franca (common language) shared by sincere Kriya Yogis — the language of divine joy. When we live for … Read More
My inspiration in writing this was Swami Kriyananda’s new book on renunciation, A Renunciate Order for the New Age. Also my own desire to be a monk… but also to be married. The old cloistered form of monasticism says you need to renounce and “get away from the world” to find God. One might say that monastics living a reclusive … Read More
