I’ve seen two movies in recent months that kept me riveted to the screen. Both were dramatic survival stories about one person facing impossibly challenging circumstances alone. Both stories were portrayed by excellent actors, Sandra Bullock in the film Gravity, and Robert Redford in All is Lost. I was immediately sucked into both movies; caught up in the tense battle … Read More
In the fall of 2000, after seriously evaluating my life options, I was at a loss. None of the directions I could think of taking seemed all that satisfying. A spiritual interest had grown in me, starting in high school, fanned by the movie Ghandi and books by Ram Dass such as Be Here Now. Now, one year after dropping … Read More
Dear Friend, “Divine Mother,” I prayed, “You seem to want me to write a monthly letter for Ananda’s ‘Thank You, God’ tithing ministry. So…my commitment to You is to make my own tithing a more conscious spiritual practice—prayers, meditation, service, tithing. For decades I’d been shoving checks in variously designated envelopes—support for aspects of Ananda’s work as I became aware … Read More
Showing in 20 theaters in 13 cities in India starting on April 18. See details.
The first time Yogananda gazed into my eyes from the cover of Autobiography of a Yogi, I wasn’t open enough spiritually even to buy the book and read it. Two years later, in a time of unbearable spiritual darkness and fear, I remembered those eyes and went looking for the book. I found it in my hometown public library in … Read More
By Mantradevi Locicero O Krishna, Lord of Hindustan, I sorrowed by the lonely Jumna river bank, where Thy flute-notes thrilled the air and led the lost calves to their homes. O Lotus of Love, musing on the sad absence of Thy delusion-dispelling eyes, I saw Thine invisible Spirit take form, frozen by my devotion’s frost. — Paramhansa Yogananda (from Whispers … Read More
On March 7th, 1952, Paramhansa Yogananda consciously left his body before hundreds of people in a dramatic display of yogic mastery. We all know the memorable story in which he read his poem “My India,” expanding into the Infinite on the very last word, his untenanted body slumping to the floor to be left in a state of absolute incorruptibility … Read More
Love Perfected, Live Divine: A Novel by Swami Kriyananda, Spiritual Yoga: Awakening to Higher Awareness by Gyandev McCord, and Loved and Protected: Stories of Miracles and Answered Prayers by Asha Praver.
Recently, I watched a fascinating documentary film about the Chauvet cave in France, where the oldest known cave paintings have been found. The best scientific dating techniques we have in this modern age of energy estimate the paintings to be over 30,000 years old. The film shows the beautiful cave art in living color – vivid and rich, many with … Read More
Those who fill their hearts with unkindness can never learn to love God.To grow closer to God, you must be kind and loving to all. Making others happy through kindness of speech and sincerity of right advice is a sign of true greatness.
