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Go on Alone

A Struggle Between Personal Integrity and Group Conformity
by Swami Kriyananda

(Formerly Titled A Place Called Ananda)

The story of the founding and building of Ananda, beginning with Swami Kriyananda’s personal training under his Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, and continuing to this day.

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  • Main Persons in This Story
  • Introduction

Part 1

  • Chapter 1: Yogananda’s Mission to the West
  • Chapter 2: Master’s Commission to Me
  • Chapter 3: Organizing the Work
  • Chapter 4: The Third Presidency
  • Chapter 5: Polarization
  • Chapter 6: Six Blind Boys and an Elephant
  • Chapter 7: Rights and Wrongs
  • Chapter 8: I Go to India
  • Chapter 9: My First Year in India
  • Chapter 10: My First Leacture Tour
  • Chapter 11: Fresh Water for Dirty Drains
  • Chapter 12: I Return to America
  • Chapter 13: The Delhi Projects
  • Chapter 14: The Reaction
  • Chapter 15: Retrospect
  • Chapter 16: Afterthoughts

Part 2

  • Chapter 17: Getting My “Sea Legs”
  • Chapter 18: “Your Work Is Writing and Lecturing”
  • Chapter 19: Seclusion vs. Outward Activity
  • Chapter 20: A Choice Is Thrust upon Me
  • Chapter 21: I Take Up Wrting Music
  • Chapter 22: I Dive into the Water
  • Chapter 23: “New Age” Movements
  • Chapter 24: Crystal Clarity
  • Chapter 25: Land Ahoy!
  • Chapter 26: Domes and Self-Expansion
  • Chapter 27: Ananda Retreat
  • Chapter 28: Hidden Influences
  • Chapter 29: Community Beginnings
  • Chapter 30: Karmic Patterns
  • Conclusion
  • Afterword
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