In the past week the windows were installed and the roof made ready to receive water proofing and then tile. The two arched windows were installed as well as the three large picture windows. The unobstructed view is simply awesome! The interior niches and light shelf were begun, and by the end of next week, all the wood framing will … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Growth
Stay in Tune!
In April of 2012, my husband (then fiance) and I traveled to Europe for a vacation and ended up having the great joy of spending time with Swami Kriyananda in Lugano, Switzerland and Assisi, Italy. As it happened, my husband and our travel companions Ramesha and Bhagavati are all musicians and singers. So, when it came time to attend a … Read More
News About Ananda
Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi Leaving for India
Nayaswami Jyotish and Nayaswami Devi left for India on September 9th, and will be staying there until December 2nd. They will then return to America. View their India schedule.
News About Ananda, Spiritual Community
Letter Written from Ananda Assisi
Dear Friends, We send you our love and want to share some news about our time in Ananda Assisi. We arrived here on August 28, which was at the end of their busiest month for the Retreat. Although the Italian economy is in bad shape (reports say that 1000 people lose their jobs every day), we have never seen the … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Growth
The Secret of Happiness
Last year during my annual seclusion, I found my mind inexplicably seized by a poem—not a fully composed poem, but merely the first two lines, plus a strong urge to expand on them. I followed the urge, and by the end of my seclusion, the poem was a lively, light-hearted encapsulation of an important spiritual principle: right attitude. It was done, … Read More
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Avoid Burnout: Make Inner Peace Your Priority
I want to do more than urge you to make inner peace your priority. I want to show you how, by preserving that peace, you will succeed better at whatever you do than if you were always on the job.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Five Things that Drive God Away
The devotee who tries to meditate will be hindered, not only by new distractions, but also by strong habits of the body such as restlessness, procrastination, material desires, selfishness, and moods.
Clarity Magazine, Daily Life, Spirituality and Science
Meditation Slows Aging: The Scientific Evidence
Scientific research shows that meditation, by improving our body’s handling of stress, not only slows the aging process but, in some instances, reverses it. We now have a readily available way of measuring the effect of meditation on the aging process.
Clarity Magazine, Daily Life
Is It Possible to Love Everyone?
Is it possible to love everyone? The more we feel God’s presence, the more impossible it becomes not to love everyone.
Clarity Magazine, Overcoming Challenging Karma, Spiritual Growth
A Walk with Babaji — Marlon’s Story
I shouted out in a voice foreign even to me; it resonated down to the depths of my soul, “God, Christ Jesus, I DID NOT COME TO INDIA TO DIE!”
