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Ananda's Blog


The Big and Small Souls
Everything that exists is a product of matter and spirit. Spirit is the basic field of creation, and matter is created by spirit. Spirit...


4 Principles of Community Building
Many years ago a great Krishna Bhakti teacher, Bhakti Tirtha Swami, penned the following 4 principles of community building: 1. Treat...


A Generous Love
Imagine we were rich with love. We had storage after storage rooms of love. And then imagine that we were one of those rare rich people...


Stating the Obvious
As I marvel at the different languages I hear when I travel, as I feel awe flying at 30,000ft in the air, as I appreciate the ease of...


In Search of Self
“Be yourself.” This is an oft-repeated mantra nowadays. While the call to be true to oneself is enriching, the path to self-expression,...


Time I Am
Time I Am “Time I am” echoes in the air as we breathe into the end of another year We can fool ourselves that we are in control Until we...


Bent out of Shape
It happens and will continue to happen - someone says something to us, or about us, and we feel the emotions rise. We get ‘bent out of...


Finding the Balance
Question - On the subject of identifying ourselves as a soul and not the mind and body, there is a delicate balance between pushing...


Sunrise
This morning I watched the sunrise and marveled. What a blessing to see it and experience awe. It should be a daily tonic - to stand and...


Fall
I sit with my japa meditation in Autumn and the mantra arrives softly like leaves falling to the ground. Each one making a journey down....
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