Inner Renewal Week
February 2010, Ananda Village
Music from the concert:
Embrace the Search for God
February 1, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Jyotish
From now on, I embrace as my only purpose in life the search for God.
I no longer exist as a separate entity, but offer my life unreservedly into Thy great Ocean of Awareness.
—Nayaswami vows, quoted by Jyotish
Spiritual Adventuresomeness
February 1, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Devi
The reason most people don't advance spiritually is because they lack the sense of spiritual adventuresomeness.
—Paramhansa Yogananda, quoted by Devi
What Draws Us to God?
February 2, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Devi
I made some resolutions for this New Year, about things I had neglected, and about removing from this mansion of my life unneccesary luxuries that fill up precious gaps of time.
—Paramhansa Yogananda, quoted by Devi
What Holds Us Back
February 2, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Jyotish
If I sow an action, I shall reap a habit.
If I sow a habit, I shall reap a character.
If I sow a character, I shall reap a destiny.
—Paramhansa Yogananda, quoted by Jyotish
The Vows of the New Renunciate Order
February 3, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Jyotish
We should take these vows very seriously, and focus our lives around the steps that will take us to the fulfillment of the vows.
—Jyotish
Roadmap to Enlightenment
February 3, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Devi
We have to start wherever we are, spiritually. That's how God can work with us.
—Devi
Questions and Answers
Informal satsang (spiritual fellowship) with Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi, February 3, 2010
- Relationships: impersonal vs. personal
- Overcoming moods
- How to balance work with relaxation and inspiration
- Swami Kriyananda's and Paramhansa Yogananda's teachings: is there a difference?
- The spiritual aspects of seva (service)
- The significance of the New Renunciate Order in Ananda's development
Living with God, Part 1
February 4, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Anandi
Energization Excercises by Paramhansa Yogananda help us discover the connecting link between matter and spirit.
—Anandi
Living with God, Part 2
February 4, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Ananta
Your divine essence is, always, Ever-New-Joy. If you are earning a living doing data entry, day in and day out, in the back office of some corporation, then THAT is where you will find God.
—Ananta
Living with God, Part 3
February 4, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Maria
I will feel that not only the fruit of my labor, but the labor itself, is only Thine.
Act through me always, Lord, to accomplish Thy design.
—The Nayaswami vow, quoted by Maria
The Path of Kriya Yoga, Part 1
February 6, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Devarshi
You know how the rich kids are given sports cars by their parents? Well, our parents, the line of Kriya Yoga Masters, gave us a jet airplane — the technique of Kriya Yoga — to bring us to God!
—Devarshi
The Path of Kriya Yoga, Part 2
February 6, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Bharat
Like the mighty Mississippee, the river of energy generated by the practice of Kriya in our subtle spine, absorbes all the tributories of the senses.
—Bharat
The Path of Kriya Yoga, Part 3
February 6, 2010
Class with Nayaswami Devi
No matter how sincere we are in our devotion, we need the techniques that bring us in attunement with God's grace.
—Devi
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