This morning, as I sat for meditation, the sound of my babbling baby playing peek-a-boo with my husband downstairs made a sweet and distracting background to yet another brief sadhana (spiritual practice). Rushed as usual, I launched into my practice of Kriya Yoga, an ancient meditation technique brought to the West by Paramhansa Yogananda. Most mornings start this way now. … Read More
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
This is a tricky topic…one that I’ve wanted to write about for sometime, but don’t want to come across judgmental of myself or others. The topic is discrimination. Not the sort of discrimination that is synonymous with prejudice. Instead, spiritual discrimination is the act of choosing to surround one’s self with spiritually uplifting people, ideas and things. Swami Kriyananda puts … Read More
THANK YOU ALL The Groundbreaking was a Success! How Many People Made the Miracle? (Take a guess how many!) Core Planning Team: Sundara Traymar – Head Usher Darshana Panait – Human and Prop Coordinator, Hostess Gita Matlock & Jyoti Spearin – Communications Bhagavati & Ramesha Nani – Music Directors Cliff Kushler – Sound Melody Veenhof – Video and Live Streaming … Read More
Words cannot touch how blessed and uplifting the ceremony to break ground on the Moksha Mandir for Swami Kriyananda was for all those in attendance and watching online. More than 300 friends of Swamiji came from around to world to be there for this historic moment and countless others joined Ananda’s virtual community to participate. In each Ananda colony and in … Read More
In honor of the anniversary of Swami Kriyananda’s passing, our friends in Ananda Pune have created a sweet and uplifting memorial video. May you feel the blessings of Swamiji in your life on this special day. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kuoKj640hs]
In the act of giving, many blessings are bestowed. Giving towards the Moksha Mandir to commemorate the life of our friend and guide, Swami Kriyananda is bringing joy to so many people. Here are just a few sentiments from the many who were touched by Swamiji’s life and who have chosen to give towards this special campaign: Swamiji is my … Read More
Building the Moksha Mandir is a wonderful opportunity for Ananda members from around the globe to come together in joyful service to our friend and guide, Swami Kriyananda. Many blessings will surely come from this special project. To begin, colony leaders from all of the Ananda communities gathered together with Jyotish and Devi during Spiritual Renewal Week (August 2013) to … Read More
I sit here, writing quietly from the corner of my room as fast as I can – before the baby wakes up! So many things that I do now include that urgency. Meditation, sadly, is one of those activities that I now plow through with an anticipation of interruption. It’s that restlessness that I write about this morning; that sense … Read More
Gita originally wrote this on April 22nd, 2013, the day after Swami Kriyananda’s passing. She grew up at Ananda Village in California while Swamiji was living there. My spiritual guide and friend in God, Swami Kriyananda, passed away on Saturday night at 11pm PST. It almost feels embarrassing or ego-centered to recognize how incredibly fortunate I have been to know Swami since … Read More
