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How to Make Your Every Action into Service
August 8, 2011

Just before I started the Karma Yoga Program at the Expanding Light, I had a few days of dealing with a paralyzing fear. At that point, I had only a month’s (beautiful, life-changing) experience of Ananda, at the Meditation Retreat in the foothills of the Sierra mountains.  I was so new (and still am!). And…

Why Do We Send Healing Prayers After Meditation?
June 12, 2011

How about — to affirm our oneness with all beings in God. This may sound like quite a leap, but today I had an experience that brought this truth home to me in a very unique and unexpected way. Let me explain how. I never minded sending healing prayers after meditation when I first learned…

Why I Need a Spiritual Community
May 23, 2011

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how being part of a spiritual community changes a person, in both subtle and obvious ways. I’m in a good position to speak, because after making a fairly radical and much-needed break from my previous life, I’ve been living at Ananda for three wonderful months… …first as part…