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Brindaban and the “Stealer of Hearts”

by Durga Schilling

Brindaban and the “Stealer of Hearts” Have you ever felt a call in your heart that was so strong that you had to follow it? So strong that even if you didn’t know why, you would turn every stone and move every mountain to answer that call? That is how I felt about Brindaban. Or Vrindavan, as they say in ... Read More

Becoming a Mother

by Avanti

Becoming a Mother Two years ago, I had an opportunity to go on a pilgrimage to Encinitas and Los Angeles. One of our stops was Ananda LA, where I emailed ahead and arranged for a kriya check. Before this, all of my interactions with Ananda had been online. I took the steps to kriya online, became a disciple online, and ... Read More

Mother Of Us All

by Darshan Lotichius

Mother Of Us All Our neighbor’s car door was badly scratched. The householder, a dentist, had sandpapered the damaged area on the driver-side door, but that had only served to highlight the need for the whole door to be repainted. The little boy I was at that time, normally inattentive to concerns about cars, couldn’t help but notice the big ... Read More

Gratitude – The engine that moved everything

by Aditi Tommasini

The gratitude in me has been the engine that has moved everything. Even in complex situations, from an early age, I could sense a glimmer of light and felt inwardly grateful, at peace, in the face of situations such as those that the mind poses, deluding us that there are obstacles and not opportunities. I smiled inwardly at that sense ... Read More

Gratitude

by Priya Alessandra Gorgeri

Since childhood I had been taught by my parents to say “thank you” whenever someone gave me a gift or had a kind word towards me. I had always felt that word resonating inside me as a light, humble sound, as if it was supposed to tiptoe in… By pronouncing it, it was as if something changed in me, I ... Read More

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Satsang with Darshan and Arudra on their trip to Russia – June 2023

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Interview with Nayaswami Asha: spirituality in the East and the West

by Nayaswami Asha

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I offer You the song of my heart: interview with Tyagini Gitanjali

by Tyagini Gitanjali

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Interview Gitanjali – Darshan

by Tyagini Gitanjali

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