Meditation, Spiritual Growth

Christmas Alchemy

A Time of Transformation A big opportunity for transformation is presenting itself to us right now. It is the beloved Christmas season. For most of us, the holiday season this year will be vastly different. Some of us will face this holiday as a difficult ordeal. The Covid pandemic has created conditions of isolation for numerous people. It’s resulted in … Read More

Daily Life, Spiritual Growth

Christmas for the Soul

The Mystic Calling Christmas is a celebration of the heart. The holiday season is a precious moment in the year and is often celebrated with loving family celebrations and reunions, thoughtful exchanges of gifts, beautifully decorated homes and Christmas trees, festive and tasty dinners, joyful carols, hot apple cider, visits to the Christmas market, sparkling lights on the streets, happy … Read More

Daily Meditator, Spiritual Growth

Keys to Helping Others Spiritually

Swami Kriyananda, Paramhansa Yogananda’s direct disciple and the founder of Ananda, counseled thousands of people during his lifetime. He developed our approach to counseling others spiritually. Most people live in the conscious realm, which is limited to the material world. They are not used to thinking in superconscious ways or to drawing on intuition to find solutions. In spiritual counseling, … Read More

Spiritual Growth

Forget the Past

Ed was a neighbor and eventually a friend who looked upon life with a humorous detachment. He died a few years ago. Ed also, as a young man, had robbed banks. Like most who take up that profession, he was captured and sent to prison, but a decade in jail didn’t harden him as it does many. He served his … Read More