by Nayaswami Bharat (Joseph Cornell), Ananda Village
Nature’s most precious gift, I believe, is the experience of her deeper nature: her stillness, wholeness and joyful vitality. It was only after beginning a lifetime practice of yoga that I discovered the source of Nature’s joy as AUM, the Cosmic Sound.
Kriyananda speaks of New Age monasticism as not world-rejecting but samadhi-affirming. The people at Ananda who seemed so happy were that way because they were learning how to love God, not just in meditation but in each other.
In our humanness we say, “Oh, this love is so satisfying to me!” And then the masters come and tell us, “A thousand million romantic loves all crushed into one can be yours if you would seek it.” And the mind doesn’t know what to think, but the heart understands.
Swami Kriyananda began the now famous Crystal Hermitage Gardens with vision of sharing God via the spectacular beauty that many thousands of tulip blooms bestow. Don't miss it.
2020 marks the 100th anniversary of Paramhansa Yogananda's arrival in the West and the start of the spread of his teachings around the world. Join us in celebrating a century of spiritual awakening.
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