One of the most inspiring characteristics of Swami Kriyananda was his ability to be perfectly holy and perfectly appropriate in every situation he found himself in—whether he was giving a lecture in front of two thousand people, or talking to the clerk of a randomly-picked street shop.
When Life Stops Giving You What You Desire, Learn to Get What You Truly Want
Years ago, there was a man at Ananda Village who didn’t stay very long, because he harbored attitudes that weren’t harmonious with life in the community.
Watching
The other day I made a trip up the coast to San Luis Obispo, where there is a harp luthier. I asked them to do some repairs on my harp. While I waited for the work to be done, I went into town and visited Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, which dates back to 1772.
From Road Rage to Peaceful Sage
Have you ever experienced road rage? About twenty years ago before I started to meditate, I did. Someone cut me off on the Jersey turnpike. I got angry. And I let the driver in front of me know by generously laying on my horn. If there’s anything spiritual I can draw from this story, is that I honked for almost seven seconds — about a second for each chakra!
We Celebrate the “Labor” of Summer!
The “Biz-za-ness” of IS-a-ness
Transforming Theater — by Selflessness and Service
Marcel Hernandez directs the Ananda Players in Palo Alto, California. We spoke with him in the wake of Land of Golden Sunshine, a stunning dramatization of a story by Swami Kriyananda. (Watch on YouTube. Also: Performance photo gallery.)
Clouseau Consciousness
Confessions of a Modern Mystic
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