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A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Community
Taking a Vacation in the Best Way
It is summer now, and I can feel my own and others’ thoughts of “…time to take a vacation!” vibrating in the air. Years ago, I went through real challenge around taking vacations. I found that I was coming back from vacations more exhausted than when I left. One of my problems seemed to be that I’m not a very … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Health and Healing, Spiritual Growth
Coming to Terms with Old Age and Dying
Don’t worry! I’m in very good health, and I hope you are, too! Still, I am the last part of my 6th decade, so the subject of the best ways to face into old age and death are important ones for me to consider now. Actually, this is true for everyone, no matter what your physical age may be presently. … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Growth
The Blessings of Completing a Spiritual Novel
Through Many Lives: A Tale of Time Travel Through the Yugas by Nayaswami Savitri Simpson. One year ago, in a blog I wrote for this website Writing a Spiritual Novel, I told the story of how I came to be writing a novel. I told of the many interesting lessons learned thus far. If you like, you can read that … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Growth
Who ‘Ya Gonna Blame?
11-11-11 — an obviously auspicious day for writing a blog. May all sentient and non-sentient creatures be blessed with inner and outer peace today and always. I was/am amazed at the number of favorable responses to my last blog, wherein I told the story of my husband’s broken leg and how we are working our way through that challenge together. … Read More
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The Most Important Aspect of My Spiritual Life, Part 1
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Yoga and Chakras: Roadmap to Freedom
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Living in the Presence of God
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Time Out for Seclusion
There is no question that seclusion, as Yogananda says, “is the price of greatness.” Greatness of spirit comes only with an increasingly closer walk with God—with feeling God’s presence within and all around you at all times.
A Place Called Ananda, Divine Love, Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth
Never Say: “I Need a Break”
Sometimes I wonder these things: a) Why would anybody want to write a blog about what is going on in their lives lately? and more importantly, b) Why would anybody want to (or have time to) actually read it? Our Ananda webmasters have convinced me that people do want to read what we have to say, so I’ll take their … Read More
