Spirituality and Science

How Our Astral Body Creates and Coordinates Our Physical Body

The newly emerging field of quantum biology strongly suggests that life did not arise from the atoms in a cosmic accident. Instead, it appears that physical life was created by the subtle coordination of physical matter at the direction of Intelligent information originating beyond our physical realm.

Thank You, God

For I’m Bound for the Promised Land

In 1820, in Maryland, a girl was born into slavery and given the name Harriet. She was the great-great-granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from the African plains and sold to the highest bidder in Baltimore. At the age of seven Harriet was charged with caring for Miss Sarah’s baby. One time the baby cried out just as Miss Sarah entered … Read More

Spiritual Growth

The Devil Made Me Do It — Truer than We Thought?

Throughout the ages, many intelligent people have tried to explain how this life works. They’ve proposed religious, philosophical, psychological, social, and scientific explanations. And while some of their ideas haven’t been particularly valid at any level, many have been valid on at least some level. Someone recently asked me what I thought of the teachings […]

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News About Ananda

“Autobiography of a Yogi” in Hindi Braille

This is the cover for Autobiography of a Yogi in Hindi Braille.  Master’s photo will have auto tiling so that the visually challenged can feel his face and there will also be auto tilings for Babaji, Lahiri Mahasaya, and Swami Sri Yukteswar.  Ayush from Mumbai worked on this project over the past year in coordination with the National Blind Association. The … Read More

Meditation

Meditation for Kids: The Antidote to Screen Time

Children today are bombarded with an overwhelming amount of media. The average American child consumes a little more than two hours of screen time every. single. day. My kids get screen time, too. I am practical in my idealism and am not a purist about this issue. In the “old days” TV ads were the family nemesis, transforming children into … Read More

Meditation

5 Secrets to Sustain a Daily Meditation Practice

I learned to meditate as a child and my parents are lifelong meditators. I began to take my own practice more seriously when I was 20, but it wasn’t until nine years later that I was really meditating every day. It was an uphill battle, but I can say without hesitation that it has changed my life for the better. … Read More