Less than a month ago we celebrated Spiritual Renewal Week at Ananda Village. It was a week dedicated to classes on spiritual topics, inspirational events and lots of visiting with long-time gurubais and new friends. Each of the events was shared online to include our friends all over the world. Mother Nature was good to us – we had pleasant … Read More
All we know about my father’s upbringing is that he lived alone with his grandmother. He was very secretive about why or when his parents left him, and even whether or not they were still alive. Alcoholism apparently figured in there somewhere. Sometime in his childhood he was struck by a paralytic disease, which weakened the right side of his … Read More
Swami Kriyananda offered a number of “secrets of meditation.” This one has recently been very helpful to me: “Pray not as an outsider to heaven, but as one whose true home is heaven.” Especially when life is busy and it’s easy to become identified with the projects and the to-do lists, I have been trying to use this secret. If … Read More
The article, titled “In St. Francis’ Hometown, a New Kind of Pilgrim”, talks about yoga and meditation retreats in Assisi, Italy, including Ananda’s community and retreat there: “About 150 people live in terra cotta cottages on the grounds. The retreat has a holistic healing center that offers massages and spa treatments, and a meditation temple. Visitors come from all over … Read More
The Central Florida Film Festival and the Awareness Film Festival are the first two festivals to officially select The Answer, the new movie about Swami Kriyananda’s time spent with Paramhansa Yogananda.
The Answer, produced in India, is also the only Indian film selected and one of the few chosen to be screened on both days of the Central Florida Film Festival. Festival directors in Florida have also entered the movie for competition in two categories: Best Feature and Best Foreign Project.
People often talk about the strength that comes through spiritual tests. But the questions I have are: Who exactly is administering these tests? Who will be grading my test paper? And, what happens if I flunk! From my own experiences, I feel that I draw these learning experiences to me from the magnetism of my past thoughts and actions. I … Read More
Dear Friend, What are we who seek God to do when darkness comes into our own lives, or into the lives of those we love—when we feel helpless in the face of human suffering: our own, or another’s? In A Renunciate Order for the New Age, Swamiji points the way with clarity and compassion: “The old renunciate order tended easily … Read More
Clarity Magazine, an online publication which previously had it’s own website, is now part of Ananda.org. It’s much easier to read on a mobile device, gives much better search results, and has better related items, among other improvements. New articles will also be more frequent: every month, rather than every three months.
In your consciousness there are all kinds of records. You must destroy all records that revive memories of unhappiness. By remembering an experience you live it over again. Thus, it is sometimes important to cultivate forgetfulness.
Belief directed with energy is the secret of all spiritual success. Seek by outer reminders and by an inner expansion of awareness and sympathy to manifest your belief in God.
