Go on Alone

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