Community

Pillars of Community Building

by Nayaswami Kirtani

Whenever I think of what Master meant when he said that small world brotherhood colonies would be the way of living for the future, I think especially about what his purpose was.  Because, as we know, his real concern was our freedom in God, our spiritual realization.  So he wasn’t just talking about these small communities as a solution on … Read More

Education for Life

It’s Time We Started Raising
Organic Children

by Nayaswami Nitai

About 50 years ago, a small but dedicated group of people began challenging American society’s attitudes toward food production. The prevailing opinion at the time was that vegetables should be judged primarily by their outward appearance. Bigger and redder tomatoes were deemed more desirable, and so American agriculture brought in the chemical fertilizers and pesticides that would support this type … Read More

Education for Life

Some Memories of the
Feeling Years

by Darshan Lotichius

The emphasis throughout this second six-year phase of education should be on teaching through the feelings and the emotions, and particularly on developing the finer feelings. For it is during these years that a child can begin to direct his emotions constructively, instead of letting them rule him. Swami Kriyananda in his book Education for Life During my first months … Read More

Education for Life

Education for Life RULES

by Parvati

Before Yogananda went to the United States, he spent four years in India developing what he called ‘How-to-Live Schools’. In Chapter 27 of his Autobiography of a Yogi, he wrote: ‘The ideal of an all-sided education for youth had always been close to my heart. I saw clearly the arid results of ordinary instruction, aimed only at the development of body and intellect. … Read More

Ananda Yoga

Ananda Yoga: A Tool for Today’s Challenges

by Gyandev McCord

It is easy to feel overwhelmed by all the difficulties that we face in today’s world. But there is good reason for hope, because consciousness rules this world, and human consciousness is rising—even if it doesn’t always seem that way. The ancient science of Yoga offers practical techniques and teachings that can help consciousness rise faster. I would like to … Read More