“So long as you continue to make the effort,” Paramhansa Yogananda said, “God will never let you down.”
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Free Yourself from Emotional Reaction
What is it to “concentrate a new way”? It means focusing your mind in a new direction, and putting a lot of energy behind your re-focused mind. But there’s another important aspect, one that I learned through experience.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
The Hunter Who Became a Saint
A sudden idea flashed across the hunter’s mind: “If I put on an orange robe every day and pose as a harmless saint, then I can create enough trust in the birds that they will perch on me, and swarm all around me.”
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Keeping a Spiritual Journal: Two Perspectives
The most powerful effect that I noticed was that writing about the day’s tests and lessons cleared my mental state. I found myself going into meditation with a clear mind, free of the restlessness that is born of unresolved experiences.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Transformation
What is “Transformation?”
Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth, Thank You, God
Feeling God’s Inner Peace
Dear Friend, We just finished our yearly Spiritual Renewal Week and it was the most uplifting and inspiring week I have experienced. The level of personal spiritual experience that each speaker brought to their talk was phenomenal. If you weren’t able to make it this year, they are available in streaming video format at ananda.org. Nayaswami Devi gave the closing … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Growth
Short and Sweet
In my last post, I promised this one to be short and sweet. I have had many experiences since coming to Ananda that I would describe as sweet. But the sweetness I’m feeling lately is the awareness that the outward complexity of the spiritual path is an illusion. All the seeming separate pieces of life are melting together and becoming … Read More
Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth, Thank You, God
The Ten Percent Solution
Dear Friend, A number of years ago a survey was conducted which asked people if they were happy with their present incomes. The vast majority, regardless of how much or how little money they earned, replied, “I’d be happy if I could only earn 10% more.” Is this 10% figure a coincidence? From my personal experience and the experience of … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Divine Love, Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth, Travel and Pilgrimage
Living Discipleship
Lorna with the fellow trainees Once we are sincerely seeking God, and the longing for truth becomes stronger than the call of the material world, God sends a guru. When we feel that we can give our life to the spiritual path and the guidance of the guru, we become a disciple. When we become a disciple, life may change … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Health and Healing, Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth
Dr. Aditya and the Clinic, Part 2
The following is the second half of a two part interview with Dr. Aditya Gait, a resident medical doctor and member of Ananda’s Kriya Yoga Community in the countryside outside of Pune, India. Dr. Aditya is also a Brahmachari member of the Ananda Renunciate Order. Aditya and a fellow monk with Swami Kriyananda Jaya: There are good hospitals in both … Read More
