Ananda Vrindavaneswari Movement and time never stop the breath of the universe moves in and out and in again rhythmic and steady We stand in one small place two small feet planted on the ground holding on tight to this ever moving world but really being held from above Bhakti sustains life on this earth relationships of love and service it’s not gravity that holds us in place us small whisps of being but the original love of the One we are all connected to the One who truly loves us though...

Ananda Vrindavan Devi While Krishna was on His way to Dwaraka He passed through the land of scanty water (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.10.34). I began to imagine what else might be scanty in that land with less water. And how today, in this time of Kali Yuga, the age of quarrel and hypocrisy, scantiness is everywhere. But first this delicious word - scanty. It means ‘limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent.’ Miriam Webster Only when water is scanty do we realize how much we...

Ananda Vrindavaneswari The air is warming, the snow is melting and the birds are singing a little louder. This poem is inspired by this time and how Krishna’s name also warms and melts our hearts: It’s a wonderful thing the sound of the holy name like the song of the birds it moves across the sky of my heart and sweeps my soul to places it longs to be It is the parrot song bringing messages of love, to me of all people how this birdsong of the holy name touches my small heart and makes it...