For all its persuasiveness, life is as unreal as any movie. There is no substance at all to the manifested universe—except inasmuch as movies are real: as appearances, merely.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
A Powerful Tool for Healing Conflict
The “peace and harmony” prayer is extremely potent. Its simplicity and clear focus direct the mind toward attunement with God and give us a practical way to draw God’s grace in important aspects of our life. I also believe there’s a special blessing in the prayer.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
The Boatman and the Philosopher
The moral of this story: No matter how prosperous or powerful you are, unless you learn the art of right behavior and right living, you will drown in the seas of difficulty.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
How to Overcome the Tendency to Worry
Worry-consciousness not only creates problems where none really exist, but actually interferes with one’s efforts to resolve problems where they do exist.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Baptize Me in the Flood of Thy Grace
At last the cloud of silence within me, holding Thee remote, burst, and the rising waters of Thy Spirit broke the narrow boundaries of my soul, baptizing me in Thine expanding waters of infinity.
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.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
How to Develop Courage
Divine courage comes from living in the awareness of God’s presence within, and the realization that He is the sole Reality.
A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth
“Never despair, joy’s everywhere…”
“…love can befriend you today.” This lovely excerpt from Swami Kriyananda’s song, Life Is a Dream, comes to mind often in these times of difficulty. My wife lost her job this past summer, and making ends meet has become more of a struggle. We are both faced with the daily challenge of keeping our energy high and fighting off the … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Growth
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” -Holy Bible, Ecclesiastes, 3:1-8
I do not know how many times I have taken birth. I also don’t know whether in my previous birth I was in some way associated with Master. But I wish to share here that when the right time comes, God swings his magic wand and drops the ripened fruit of our karma which changes our perception of life. Since … Read More
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
