Though I've done my best to describe the impact these teachings have had on me in just a few short years, there are no words that can truly capture the depth of gratitude I feel for this practice, this teacher, and this community. It is beyond words.
Read MoreWhat if you could pluck the sun out of the sky like a gilded coin and carry it with you everywhere? Wherever you go, that golden orb would be right there, a quiet splendor always radiating the warmth of assuredness. Having a teacher is like walking with the sun in the palm of your hand.
Read MoreJoy is not something elusive that exists beyond your reach. It exists now and you already have everything you need to access it. Swami Shankarananda offers us 3 simple steps to demystify attracting more joy into our lives.
Read MoreWhat do we do when our feelings flare up? Sometimes they can seem to take us over and leave us drained, but are some feelings good? Do we have to be at their mercy? Swami Shankarananda offers us a simple and elegant solution and reminds us that feelings come for but one reason.
Read MoreSwami Premananda says there are two things necessary to unfold love from within. Discover how his teaching connects the many aspects of love and the practice of Bhakti yoga to reveal a pathway to see God everywhere.
Read MoreFrank Sinatra’s “Do Be Do Be Do” offers us an elegantly simple way to remember a powerful teaching from Lau Tzu and spiritual teacher Ram Dass that can free us from the bondage of attachment and send us on the path to tranquility, wisdom, and freedom.
Read MoreWhen someone crushes us with misunderstanding, judgment, blame, thoughtlessness, or insensitivity of any kind, or we belittle ourselves and believe that we’re not good enough, Chaitannya, the great bhakti yogi, invites us to look to the blade of grass for a path forward back into joy.
Read MoreOur conditioned mind often concludes that some essential quality or experience is missing in us and seeks out all sorts of preparation to become ready and worthy. How can we move beyond feeling like a self-improvement project that never seems to end?
Read MoreMany of us desire to wipe the slate clean and focus on a fresh start when one year comes to a close and another begins. We make New Year’s resolutions for this reason. While there is nothing wrong with adopting resolutions and intentions for the New Year, Sri Yukteswar reminds us we don’t have to wait to hit the reset button.
Read MoreSome people say, there is no peace in the world. Look at this country and that one. Think of a blank chalkboard in the classroom. A boy comes up to the blackboard and draws images of war. We know that at the end of the class, the teacher will erase the chalkboard and it will be clear and clean once more. How can we bring this idea into our lives?
Read MoreAn incredible true story about a neighborhood of row houses and what happens when one resident admits that she’s having a hard time. What they do next will warm your heart and remind us of a teaching that stretches back thousands of years.
Read MoreSometimes it’s difficult for us to feel peace for the simple reason that we have been too absorbed in focusing on the absence of peace. Whenever we focus on the absence of peace, peace is absent. Discover what you can focus on to bring more peace into your life.
Read MoreA mother octopus in the wild deposits her eggs in a cramped cave and stays continuously with them without eating for six months. What happens next is an illuminating model of supreme devotion that may help us understand more about our own lives.
Read MoreWe are always in pure awareness, pure consciousness, pure existence, pure bliss. In truth there is nothing that can shake us. How do we manage to be kind, respectful, caring, and wise when we don’t feel steady right now?
Read MoreIn the inner life, there are times upon times when the path may feel dry, the heart may feel empty, and meditation may feel fruitless. Discover how, at such times, we can remember that the path up a mountain is not evenly inclined and emptiness itself can be the presence of God.
Read MoreCreativity is the voice of God. Our very lives reflect the ultimate creative process. Get inspired and discover examples of how some are connecting to the Divine through creativity.
Read MoreIn the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells us that all beings have embedded within them the desire to realize their forgotten spiritual perfection and that those who have already attained higher states of realization bless and assist others on their journey. Discover the wake-up bolt of admonishment Krishna shares next that helps us better understand our spiritual path.
Read MoreKrishna, in the Bhagavad Gita, says to each of us, when you stand firm on unity, you are an athlete of the spirit. Discover a practice to help identify if you are receiving spiritual training in courage or nonattachment or forgiveness or letting go of sorrow or letting go of judging yourself or others, or something else entirely.
Read MoreEven the deepest wounds are not separate from the One. When we know and feel that, we are always in the presence of the One. Explore practices to help you be awake and aware, in contact with reality, living the love of the heart, the supreme power of humankind.
Read MoreWhatever you see in the world is not good or bad; it is simply an extension of the nonphysical Reality, called forth into manifestation through something all humans share.
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