I Will Always Think of Thee

I WILL ALWAYS THINK OF THEE (by Swami Kriyananda) Lyrics: 1. Every morning when I greet the sun, When I move forth through crowded ways, In my heart, Lord, ever so silently, I will always think of Thee! 2. When I laugh, O, and when I cry with pain, When my best friends misunderstand. In my heart, Lord, ever so … Read More

Lightly I Fly (By Swami Kriyananda)

With the Ananda Intern Choir, recorded in May 2021. Lyrics: Lightly I fly when I live in laughter, Lightly I fly when my heart sings. Lightly I fly when I live in laughter, Lightly I fly when my heart sings. Fling to the ground every heavy burden. Now I can soar up above the clouds! Fling to the ground every … Read More

Life Is a Dream (By Swami Kriyananda)

With the Ananda Virtual Choir. Recorded in May 2021. Lyrics: Life is a dream. Time, like a stream, Carries our burdens away. Never despair: Joy’s ev’rywhere; Love can befriend you today. Free from all care, Like birds on the air, Soar above griefs and worries: Seek Joy and be gay! Often on earth Things of great worth Worldly ambitions defy. … Read More

Someday (By Swami Kriyananda)

Lyrics: Someday, friend, we’ll all be free: Loose these chains, someday! When the hidden light we see, Veiled within earth’s clay. He alone is a prisoner whose thoughts have been bound. He alone can escape this cage, Who wisdom has found. Someday, friend, the darkness will flee: God will be ours someday! https://www.ananda.org/music/ ABOUT SWAMI KRIYANANDA In 1948 at the … Read More

Swami Kriyananda Birthday Concert 2021

An international brotherhood concert broadcasted live on May 19th, 2021 in honor of Swami Kriyananda’s birthday. With live and pre-recorded performances from Ananda singers and instrumentalists all over the world. The Journey Home Each of us is a soul and has deep within us a yearning to be drawn back into our eternal home in Spirit. We need a guide … Read More

Love Is a Magician (By Swami Kriyananda)

Lyrics: Love is all I know: Sunrays on the snow Of a winter long In darkness, without song. Oh, my heart’s afire, Burning all desire: Only You remain, And life again! Too long I did stray, Flung lifetimes away— Imagined You did not care! I know now Your smile Was mine all the while: I listened, and Love was there. … Read More

Ananda Music and Consciousness: Part One

Yogananda said, “Sound or vibration is the most powerful force in the universe.” It’s the easiest way to realize God of the eight ways that He is experienced. Why is this? The answer is that we ourselves ARE vibration, created from the “Word of God,” the vibration of AUM that permeates every atom of cream. We all have preferences and … Read More