Ananda's Blog

Just One Spoon

Making his way towards the car with boxed lunch in hand I began to say goodbye but he stopped and said “Just going to get my metal...

Missed Chances

I spied it on the side of a box I opened that said “Don’t throw away a chance to recycle.” What a great tagline! And of course it got me...

Spiritual Resilience

Life is often defined in the Bhakti teachings as ‘a struggle for existence’. The daily grind, the showing up, the making it to the end of...

Mercy

On the altar of humility If our desires are serious Never blind to our efforts His mercy is mysterious Charmed with compassion Our...

Uncertainty and Surrender

What I remember most was how quickly I was able to accept what was happening. An eastward swing down Porter Street, a long residential...

Don't Hike Alone

There is a lot of talk about resilience these days - the capacity to recover from difficulties. Since Covid-19 landed among us, we have...

Sunshine

Darkness creeps in when the sun goes away And fades away when the sun returns Our internal darkness also cannot stay In the presence of...

Life out of Balance

There is a great verse in the Bhagavad-gita that speaks to balance. “He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation...

Our Post-Pandemic Choice

“Grief and gratitude are kindred spirits, each pointing to the beauty of what is transient and given to us by grace.” (Patricia Campbell...

On the Way

How far am I from that place Which I hold sacred And dear to my heart? It is said, "where there is A will, there is a way." And I am on...