New Year Thoughts . . . Forget the past, for it is gone from your domain! Forget the future, for it is beyond your reach! Control the present! Live supremely well now! This is the way of the wise…” ―Paramhansa Yogananda Living in the present moment has always been a key part of the great spiritual traditions. We are counselled … Read More
Three Things I Learned from Swamiji Everything I know about Paramhansa Yogananda, is a result of knowing Swami Kriyananda. I realise my own reading and practice have helped me to know Master also, but Swamiji’s life, teaching and his discipleship have profoundly informed all aspects of my spiritual life. Out of the many, many important things I have learned from … Read More
Reflections on Inner Strength – Part Three The aversion to pain seems hardwired in all living beings. Even something as primitive as a worm, observed Swami Kriyananda, when pricked with a sharp object, will wiggle away. If suffering is so universally loathed, why, then, is a hedonistic life often such a ruinous one? Why did the enormously affluent Howard Hughes, … Read More
I was looking forward to going out of town for the New Year holidays. But before doing so, I needed a proper eye exam. My vision had been bothering me for a few months now, but I was sure it was nothing to worry about. Perhaps I needed glasses or, at worse, had cataracts. I picked a private hospital and … Read More
