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Swami, You Seem So Joyful, What Is Your Secret? (With Swami Kriyananda)

Swami Kriyananda
August 27, 2022

Swami attributes the Joy he feels and the Joy others feel and witness in him as an expression of God’s own Joy. The journey to being free in yourself is to see such feelings as God’s very own presence in our lives. Kriyananda encourages us to understand that every test we are sent can be embraced in the spirit of redirection. Our tests and trials can put us on the very course we need to follow to find Truth and infinite Joy.

He also shares a personal story of suffering and surrender that was transmuted into a life-changing victory. Kriyananda states that as a result of that experience, he discovered an underlying river of Joy running beneath his personal anguish. This recognition helped him understand and appreciate the power of meditation and devotion that anyone can access to find an enduring and unshakeable layer of tranquility and peace in the Divine.

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ABOUT SWAMI KRIYANANDA

In 1948 at the age of 22, Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) became a disciple of the Indian yoga master, Paramhansa Yogananda, who is best known for his spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. In the book he recalls his experiences growing up in India and his life in America. He writes of meeting the great spiritual master Babaji, and how Babaji reintroduced the life changing meditation technique of Kriya Yoga. He tells of his life with his guru, Swami Sri Yukteswar, of his paramguru, Lahiri Mahasaya, and of his meeting with Anandamayi Ma.

Yogananda moved to America and developed the Energization Exercises and taught the meditation techniques of Hatha Yoga and especially Kriya Yoga. At Yogananda’s request, Swami Kriyananda devoted his life to lecturing and writing, helping others to experience the living presence of God within. He taught on four continents in seven languages over the course of 65 years. His talks, his music, and his many books have touched the lives of millions. An advocate of simple living and high thinking, his 150 books emphasize the need to live wisely by one’s own experience of life, and not by abstract theories or dogmas.

A composer since 1964, Walters has written over 400 musical works. His music is inspiring, soothing, and uplifting. He taught meditation to thousands and has initiated many into the life changing technique of Kriya Yoga. His books and teachings on spiritualizing nearly every field of human endeavor include focuses on business life, leadership, education, the arts, community, and science. He wrote extensive commentaries on the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita, both based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.

He is known as the “father of the intentional communities movement,” which began in the United States in the late 1960s, fulfilling Yogananda's dream. Ananda is a worldwide movement to help individuals realize the joy of their own higher Self.

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ABOUT PARAMHANSA YOGANANDA Born in 1893, Yogananda was the first yoga master of India to take up permanent residence in the West. Yogananda arrived in America in 1920, and proceeded to travel throughout the United States on what he called his “spiritual campaigns.” Hundreds of thousands filled the largest halls in major American cities to see the yoga master from India. Yogananda continued to lecture and right up to his passing in 1952. Paramhansa Yogananda’s initial impact on Western culture was truly impressive. But his lasting spiritual legacy has been even greater. His Autobiography of a Yogi, first published in 1946, helped launch a spiritual revolution in the West. Translated into more than a dozen languages, it remains a best-selling spiritual classic to this day. [Read free at https://ananda.org/autobiography/.] The path of Kriya Yoga combines the practice of advanced yogic techniques with spirituality in daily life.

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