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June 2012 Newsletter

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Coal has value. Diamonds have far more. Both are made of the same stuff. The difference is extreme heat and pressure over time.

Coal and diamonds are both based on carbon. For diamonds to form, the environment must be right. The high heat and pressure must remain quite constant.

Occasionally, diamonds are formed more quickly at sustained meteorite strike sites. The high temperature and pressure produced can be sufficient to form diamonds more quickly.

We are of value. We are on our way to becoming diamonds. Rejoice that we are exposed to extreme pressure - otherwise we'd never get there.

The great ones – the Masters, the Gurus, the Great Teachers – are our meteors. With their intense love, we move more quickly to our higher, diamond-like state.

What an astounding Universe Creation has manifested! Be glad. You are a part of all that is.

Timothy

Ananda's Anniversary and
40th Anniversary of Education for Life Schools

3-day weekend

June 28 - July 1, 2012

Your weekend will include:

Orientation led by Ananda's Spiritual Directors, Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi
Keynote talk by Nayaswami Nitai, and talks by Ananda School alumni and their parents
Learning Education for Life through Games and Activities
Applying Education for Life for Everyone
Kirtan led by the Ananda students' White Light Kirtan
Swami Kriyananda (health permitting), speaking on the communities movement and Education for Life
Talks by Education for Life teachers
Videos of Education for Life Schools around the world
Sunday Service led by Swami Kriyananda or Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi

Inspiration from Swami Kriyananda

Direct every sorrow upward from your heart to the Christ center between the eyebrows. The more determinedly you raise your consciousness, the closer you will come to understanding that grief is but a delusion, born of egoic separation from your true Self, God.

Bathe your hearts sorrows with the holy, purifying water of devotion. Look upon sorrow as mere dirt - something to be washed away by an intense flow of devotional love, the direction of that flow being ever upward, toward union with your Divine Beloved.

From: Living Wisely, Living Well

Spiritual Travel
with The Expanding Light

Arabian Desert Retreat
Meditate in the Stillness

Nov 28 - Dec 8, 2012

Please join us in this wonderful adventure:

Meditate in the profound stillness of the storied Arabian Desert
Soak in the magnificent desert sunrise and sunset
Ride camels into the desert
Experience meditative walks and Ananda Yoga on the dunes
Marvel at the exquisite architectural beauty of famous mosques
Enjoy sightseeing in Westerner-friendly Dubai
Relax in luxury hotels, literally a step away from the dunes
Savor delicious Middle Eastern vegetarian meals

Inspiration from Yogananda

The fundamental instinct for life, then, may be summed up thus: as a desire for continued conscious existence in a state of perpetual enjoyment. For ‘continued existence‘ we may substitute the world, ‘immortality.‘

Thus do all beings reveal their divine nature. For this is what God is: ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new bliss.

The deep-seated craving for eternal bliss manifests itself, first, in the constant effort of all creatures to avoid pain; and second, in their ceaseless struggle to find happiness, or joy

Complexities arise because soul-joy is forgotten, and because people substitute for it the fleeting pleasures of the senses. All things, however, come from Bliss, or God. Eventually, all things must evolve back to that Bliss-state.

From: The Essence of Self-Realization

Crystal Clarity Publishers

How to Love and Be Loved

Jun 10 - 15, 2012

Gain the ability to:

Heal negative or challenging relationships
Communicate more sensitively and truthfully
Use your attunement with your higher Self to heal disharmonies
Make changes and move forward

Inspiration from
Grandmothers Counsel the World

Depending on our spiritual or religious devotion or our culture, the Divine Feminine may come to us as Shakti, with the electrifying vitality that ignites the flame of life. She may come to us as the Virgin of Guadalupe or the Blessed Mother Mary, whose gentle hearts have an infinite capacity for enduring grief and sorrow, as She comforts the most humble, modest, and often-forgotten of our brothers and sisters. She may manifest as the radiant light being, Tara, Mother of the Victorious Ones whose infinite wisdom fills an infinite sphere. Or Quan Yin, the bodhisattva of infinite compassion.

Her manifestations are not confined by any specific people, place, belief, or time. We meet her in meditation, prayer, and visions, in the person sitting next to us, in our mothers and fathers, in the children we love, and within ourselves. And others meet Her through us.

From: Grandmothers Counsel the World
Trumpeter Books

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