The Path of Kriya Yoga

It’s a rare gift to live with a true teacher. Experience it for yourself, as Asha brings you into meetings, conversations, personal counseling, living rooms, cl...assrooms, long walks, meetings, and meditations. This first-hand account of life with Swami Kriyananda is more than a biography. It’s a guidebook for spiritual living, a path of light that all may follow. And it’s a labor of love by Asha that has been 44 years in the making. To order your copy visit https://www.ashajoy.org/books-by-asha #swamikriyananda #lightbearer #paramhansayogananda #LifeinGod

The Mystery of Avatara Sunday Service with Nayaswamis Parvati and Pranaba at Ananda Village, recorded Jan 31 2021. You can find more Sunday Services at https:/.../www.ananda.org/video/series/sunday-service/ (The music is taken from earlier recordings). ABOUT ANANDA WORLDWIDE Ananda is a worldwide movement to help individuals realize the joy of their own higher Self. Ananda is based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and was founded by his direct disciple Swami Kriyananda in 1968. Learn more at https://ananda.org. ___ HOW TO STAY IN TOUCH Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AnandaWorldwide/videos Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anandaworldwide Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ananda.org Follow on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/anandasangha Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/anandaworldwide Take classes on our virtual spiritual community: https://www.ananda.org/online-classes/ Learn to meditate with our Online Lessons in Meditation course: https://www.onlinewithananda.org/lessons-in-meditation/ Download the FREE Ananda Meditation app and watch guided meditations https://www.ananda.org/meditation/app/ Find an Ananda Near You: https://www.ananda.org/find-ananda View Upcoming Live Events Around the World: https://www.onlinewithananda.org/live-events/

If you want to rise above karma, try to realize these three truths. ~ Paramhansa Yogananda #riseabovekarma #ParamhansaYogananda #pureheart #upliftedconsciousn...ess #expandedawareness #karma #spiritualtruth #spiritualadvice #spiritualliving #blissconsciousness #spirituallife #spiritualliving #freedom #freeconsciousness See more

The violent storm that had struck off the coast of Donegal, Ireland, in 1748 was threatening to take down Captain John Newton’s ship, the Greyhound. Newton was ...not a religious man, and moreover he was a slave trader: The cargo hold was filled with Africans who had been captured and were now chained in horrific conditions. As the high waves and winds threatened to sink the ship, Newton fell on his knees and, for the first time in his life, began praying to God for mercy. In that moment, his prayers were heard: He felt God’s presence and started to reform his life. Eventually Newton became an Anglican priest and worked for the abolition of slavery. His legacy is the song Amazing Grace, which has inspired millions of people over the years since it was written. Today in America our situation is parallel in many ways to John Newton’s experience. As a nation we carry the burden of many people still being shackled by racial hatred and prejudice. A violent storm is upon us, caused not by wind and waves, but by the arousing of our American conscience and passion for justice. A prayer for justice and mercy is rising up from the soul of this country: a nation founded on spiritual principles and a pledge of equality for all its people. Abraham Lincoln stated this high purpose in 1863 during one of the darkest hours in the Civil War when he delivered the Gettysburg Address. He concluded by urging that we here highly resolve . . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. America’s high purpose was affirmed also by Rev. Francis Bellamy in 1892, when national feeling was again at a low ebb. He wrote the Pledge of Allegiance primarily for school children to awaken them to the great vision from which America sprang. In its current form, the closing words are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. There is a tremendous battle before us now to right the injustices that exist in the world and to reclaim this nation’s high purpose. Each of us must do our part as we feel within. As devotees, we have both a personal and a social responsibility. First, we should redouble our efforts to achieve soul freedom for ourselves and others. Then we must humbly try to draw the divine grace that will raise global consciousness, which in turn will bring outer freedom for all. It is time to rise up in challenge to all forms of bondage: materialistic greed, egotism, racism, divisive nationalism. In their place, let us work towards a rebirth of higher values: simplicity of life, awareness of our higher Self, and an understanding of the oneness of all people, all nations under God. Prayer for a United World by Paramhansa YoganandaOur guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, endured racial prejudice and inequities during the years he brought his mission of world brotherhood and soul freedom to the West. In his Prayer for a United World, he wrote: Let us pray in our hearts for a League of Souls and a United World. Though we may seem divided by race, creed, color, class, and political prejudices, still, as children of the one God we are able to feel brotherhood and world unity. May we work for the creation of a United World in which every nation will be a useful part, guided by God through man’s enlightened conscience. May the Amazing Grace that John Newton received touch human hearts in this hour of need, and awaken people everywhere to the universal love and acceptance that resides within us all. Your friend in God, Nayaswami Devi P.S. We invite you to watch this call to action, which we recorded yesterday to address all that is happening in the world just now: https://youtu.be/diLj7yTMxqY

The Secret of Living Fearlessly Is the Practice of Gratitude with Nayaswami Jyotish You must stand unshaken amidst the crash of breaking worlds! Paramhansa Yo...gananda, the great modern mystic and author of *Autobiography of a Yogi* issued this soul-stirring exhortation. How do we follow his great example and become Warriors for the Light? Stand Unshaken! offers inspiration and practical guidance on how to live courageously during these turbulent times. Each secret of living fearlessly (one for each day of the month) is paired with a beautiful painting by Nayaswami Jyotish (http://jyotishart.com). This creates an environment in which you can absorb each message in a more receptive and uplifted state of consciousness. Awaken your power to live in joy whatever your outward circumstances, and to bring that joy to others. Stand unshaken and you will be a light unto the world. Now is the time for each of us to learn to live without fear! Fear crushes the spirit of joy and expansion within us. Living fearlessly offers us great strength and courage, whenever and wherever we need to have it. __ BEHIND THIS SPECIAL EDITION GIFT Learn more or to order this gift: https://www.crystalclarity.com/shop/books/stand-unshaken/ The quotations for each secret are taken from Jyotish and Devi’s weekly blog, now entering its sixth year, *A Touch of Light* (receive this weekly letter: https://www.ananda.org/jyotish-and-devi/blog/). The poem at the end, later adapted by Paramhansa Yogananda into a well-known chant, was written some hundred years ago by one of India’s great spiritual emissaries. Each page includes a secret, followed by a painting, and can be left open as a focus for each day, to raise the consciousness of your sacred space. The time for fearless living is now. Co-author Nayaswami Jyotish shared in his recent letter, This may be the most important period of our life. We are under pressure from multiple sources: a worldwide pandemic, a troubled economy, and now, a global call for sweeping social change. Tests provide opportunities. How we react to these challenges will determine our future karma, certainly for this lifetime, and perhaps for many incarnations to come. Be kind, be strong, be a source of Light, and ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’ ___ ABOUT THE AUTHORS Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi are dynamic emissaries of Paramhansa Yogananda, and UN Global Peace Ambassadors. As Spiritual Directors of Ananda, Jyotish and Devi are living examples of spiritual values in action, traveling the world sharing Yogananda’s teachings, and blessing people with the practical and heart-opening path of Kriya Yoga. Swami Kriyananda, Ananda’s founder, designated Jyotish as his spiritual successor. ___ HOW TO STAY IN TOUCH Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AnandaWorldwide/videos See full YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jyotishanddevi/ Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jyotishanddevi/ Follow on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/anandasangha/touch-of-light/ Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jyotishanddevi Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nayaswamis-jyotish-and-devi Take classes on our virtual spiritual community: https://www.ananda.org/online-classes/ Download the Ananda app: https://www.ananda.org/apps/ananda-app/ Download the Ananda Meditation app and watch guided meditations with Jyotish and Devi: https://www.ananda.org/meditation/app/ View more books by Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi: https://www.crystalclarity.com/shop/

100 years ago - August 3, 1920 - Yogananda left India on the ship The City of Sparta, the first steamer to sail from India to America after World War I. Aum Shanti...Aum Guru....

Arjuna: Lord, what signs mark a man who passes beyond the three qualities? What does he do to cross beyond these qualities? Krishna: He does not dislike light... or activity or delusion; when they cease to exist he does not desire them. He remains disinterested, unmoved by qualities of nature; he never wavers, knowing that only qualities are in motion. Self-reliant, impartial to suffering and joy, to clay, stone, or gold, the resolute man is the same to foe and friend, to blame and praise. The same in honor, and disgrace, to ally and enemy, a man who abandons involvements transcends the qualities of nature. One who serves me faithfully, with discipline of devotion, transcends the qualities of nature and shares in the infinite spirit. I am the infinite spirit's foundation, immortal and immutable, the basis of eternal sacred duty and of perfect joy. The Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 14, slokas 21 - 27 See more