“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet…” Rudyard Kipling, “The Ballad of East and West This line, from the well-known poem by Rudyard Kipling, is often misquoted by those who maintain that there is an irreconcilable difference between the Eastern and Western cultures and that any reciprocal understanding is impossible. In fact, the … Read More
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We Sang for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican
by Tyagi RamOne the most memorable times of living at Ananda Assisi was when the World Brotherhood Choir sang at the Vatican on Wednesday, March 8, 1989. After celebrating Paramhansa Yoganandaji’s Mahasamadhi on the previous day, community felt a deep blessing as we caravanned to Rome to share Master’s and Swami Kriyananda’s songs as a vibrational-offering for the Spiritual Unity of All … Read More
I Will Always Think of Thee:
Pioneering in The Early Days
by Lila Devi
My nephew, who just turned 17, recently responded to my birthday greeting by saying, “It’s crazy being 17. It definitely hasn’t sunk in yet.” That’s a bit how we “spiritual pioneers” felt in helping to found an Ananda World Brotherhood Colony, even though we were slightly older back then than my nephew is now. It was the mid-eighties, though we … Read More
Meditation: A Universal Problem-Solver
by Vayu CastelliA Muslim should perform his namaj worship four times daily. Four times daily a Hindu should sit in meditation. A Christian should go down on his knees four times daily, praying to God and then reading the Bible.” With these words, Lahiri Mahasaya highlighted one of the cornerstones of the path of kriya yoga: its universality. The liberating technique of … Read More
Our Greatest Adventure
by Nayaswami DeviMaster’s Reassurance
by Nayaswami JyotishBabaji
by Nayaswami DeviBabaji-Krishna Prayer for Devotees
by Nayaswami JyotishSelf-Realization, Knowing and Becoming That I Am
by Sanjaya Connolly“I AM THAT I AM” Exodus 3:14 According to Yogananda: “Self-Realization is the knowing in all parts of body, mind, and soul, that you are now in possession of the kingdom of God; that you do not have to pray that it come to you; that God’s omnipresence is your omnipresence; and that all that you need to do is … Read More
Self-Realization, a Potential for Modern Society
by Darshan LotichiusIn their well documented and deeply insightful book on the yugas, Joseph Selbie and David Steinmetz list the following characteristics of the new energy age that we have been in now for 120 years or so: self-interest awakened intellect energy awareness How do these three features fit into the new religious expression that Yogananda has introduced to the world under … Read More
“Have I Found God?”
by Paramhansa YoganandaThis is a message of my heart to you. Read, mark, inwardly digest, and put my thoughts into practice. Ask yourself: “I have been following a religion, or have been changing one for another, but have I found God?” If you find your answer unsatisfactory to yourself, try to sincerely get busy with meditation as taught by the Masters of Self–Realization. India’s … Read More