A Film. A Vision. A True Story “While visiting a spiritual community in northern California an investigative journalist with a fair amount of skepticism and a dash of curiosity discovers that the key to finding happiness comes from within and when you change, everything changes.” Juliet Palmer, an investigative reporter, receives an unusual assignment from her boss at Profiles magazine: … Read More
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Deepening the Only Relationship That Matters
Rachel shares her experience with meditation as a great tool to connect with the only relationship that really matters—the one with your higher Self. Transcript Rachel: Why do we even want a relationship? Why did I even want a relationship? There was something so appealing to me about the whole entire process. And I didn’t realize that what I was … Read More
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Finding the Thrill of Joy Within
Bob talks about how he got started with meditation, and the connection he feels between meditation and skydiving. Transcript Bob: An Intense Approach to Overcoming a Fear of Heights I grew up with an intense fear of heights, and the way I decided to deal with that is to jump out of an airplane. One thing I started to notice … Read More
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Shifting Consciousness
Kalidas, a professional skateboarder, father and husband, shares his story of meditation and the art of shifting his consciousness. Transcript Kalidas: Being Bored and Living an Actively Exciting Life In my early days, I used to get into a lot of trouble. And I think that that trouble was because I was bored with regular consciousness. I was involved with … Read More
How to Handle a Restless Mind in Meditation
Tyagi Jayadev
Question from shraboni pathak: Dear Sir, I’ve been practicing meditation for the last 7 years but of late I can’t concentrate, let alone meditate. I can’t control my thoughts and am restless. This is very disturbing because the whole day I feel very bad about it and gradually I’m getting disconnected with my self. Please help me to regain my composure and be able … Read More
Difficulties with Meditation
Question from Patrick: I am only 27, had joined a raja yoga for sometime, had to leave due to peer pressure, but by then I had transformed myself a lot. Lost I began to meditate with head phones in my ear and eyes closed it got me more lost. For I long time I practised gazing at a point without a wink and … Read More
Best Time of Day to Meditate?
Nayaswami Hriman
Question from Sudhin: I get up at 3 am and sleep at 9:30 pm. What is the best time for me to meditate?
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“Learn a Meditation Technique” – The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita with Swami Kriyananda
Swami Kriyananda shares some of his personal stories and gives us an inspiring talk from a passage in the Bhagavad Gita. He also explains a very powerful meditation technique that uses the mantra Hong-Sau for watching and calming the breath. He explains that breath is a mechanism of the body that can be transcended. When the mind and body are … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Divine Love, Spiritual Growth
Catching the “Bug” of Service
I was working at the publications building at Ananda Village one day in the summer of 1976, when Swami Kriyananda stopped by. He asked for my help with photographing some art for a project he was working on. I followed Swamiji and several members of the publications staff outdoors where the light was better for photography. Swamiji described the pink … Read More
A Place Called Ananda, Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth
Day by Day
These are thoughts of daily life are from over a year ago — I’m just now sharing them! This is an experiment, and I’d be glad to know what you think of this format in the comments. February 3, The Joyful Arts Center Right now I’m standing in the auditorium of the Joyful Arts Center, a 60+ foot high work-in-progress … Read More
