Home Is a Green Hill (Ananda Joy Choir at Crystal Hermitage)

Watch and listen to this beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda, performed by members of the Ananda Joy Singers Choir, recorded during the 80th birthday celebration of Nayaswami Jyotish at the Crystal Hermitage at Ananda Village, August 5th 2023.

Lyrics:

Home is a green hill, home is a wind

Blowing betrayal, far, far away.

Home is the knowledge heaven is near,

Home’s the end of the fray.

Home is my heart’s land, home’s where I am;

Nothing can dim the light of my soul.

Home is forever, home is today,

Home’s a heart that is whole.

Often I dream that life is a play:

Laughter forever and skies never gray.

But when I’m silent, freed from all care,

I discover my home’s everywhere.

Home is a green hill, home is a wind

Blowing betrayal, far, far away.

Home is the knowledge heaven is near,

Home’s the end of the fray.

Swami Kriyananda: “Often we dream of home as a specific place on earth. In fact we are home wherever we happen to be on earth. God is center everywhere, circumference nowhere. And so is it also with us."