In 1946, Herb Jeffries began reading the Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramhansa Yogananda. It was during a period of long convalescence after Herb was almost killed in a small airplane crash. Herb was lucky to survive that day, but had to stay in the hospital for months. Doctors told him that he would need an operation to relieve the … Read More
We just completed our second week of foundation work and have started forming the walls of the 14 foot tall foundation. Quite a task on the side of a Sierra Foothill! Our goal is to complete the forming of the foundation walls and install all the rebar in the next week. After that, pour away! The forming has given us … Read More
Work has begun at Ananda Village on the shrine honoring the life of Swami Kriyananda. The foundation and floor slabs should be in place by the end of July. See photos and learn more…
Today, June 13, concludes our third week of construction. It was a monumental day! We placed the blessed soil from all the Ananda Communities and Meditation Groups in the foundation of the building, along with the sacred copper Yantra. Prayers were said and good vibrations enveloped the site. We then had our first concrete pour and completed all the footings … Read More
“Whatever thou doest unto the least of these thou doest unto Me.” A few weeks ago (mid-May) I found this quotation carved into the base of a tiny statue of Jesus, his right palm open and facing forward, his left hand with index finger pointing to his heart, at his feet a lamb, looking upward trustingly. The statue faced me … Read More
The Moksha Mandir Project is off and running! Work started immediately after the Ground Breaking Ceremony and we’re making good progress. The first phase is to build the new retaining walls in order to start the construction of the foundation for the Mandir itself. The hillside below Crystal Hermitage looks like a huge excavation for dinosaur bones! Utilizing many pieces … Read More
It’s not uncommon to hear people make the claim that Paramhansa Yogananda diluted the Kriya technique, or that he changed it for Westerners. Sometimes it’s done through a conscious intent to deceive and promote one’s own Kriya teacher, sometimes out of ignorance. Either way it’s an unfortunate sign that the world of Kriya Yoga is not free from narrow sectarianism. … Read More
Humility lies in the heart; it is not a “put-up” job. You must feel that everything you do is accomplished by Him alone, through you. It is the consciousness of his own inferiority which makes a man hide behind a display of pride.
Everyone must be ready for attacks of some kind in life. The most important decision all of us must face in life is, always, how to react in the highest way from a standpoint of our own spiritual growth.
I think Paramhansa Yogananda or Swami Kriyananda would say that our DNA is the physical manifestation of our karma. In other words, we have the genetic material that best fits the karma we need to work out in this particular lifetime.
