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September 2012 Newsletter

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When we are open to it, we see lots of little miracles in our lives all the time. When we welcome it, grace flows around us.

A statue of Quan Yin surrounded by roses

This picture is of a statue of Divine Mother in the form of Quan Yin, Goddess of Compassion. She stands in the lovely garden my wife Lalaan cares for at our home. The little roses by her head are pretty. What makes this far more striking however, is that the rose bush is behind the statue on the other side. The small bush is a little higher on a hill, and to the south of the statue. The branch with these roses leaned to the north and reached out to Quan Yin away from the sun. This summer all of the other roses faded out completely, weeks earlier. This group continued to be in bloom for a long time after the others were gone.

We didn't note the date we first observed this, but I'm pretty certain that these roses lasted a month after the other roses died out.

Beauty is all around us. Grace surrounds us. See God in everything, for God is there.

Timothy

September is Personal Retreat PLUS month

More programming at a very low cost!
20% off the regular Personal Retreat price.

Inspiration from Swami Kriyananda

Where He dwells, the earth in gladness
Puts forth sweet herbs, shading trees.
Gay streams bound through summer meadows;
Fragrance blows on every breeze.
They with happiness are blessed,
Who the Lord have made their guest.
Who the Lord have made their guest.

Found in: Space, Light, and Harmony:
The Story of Crystal Hermitage

Meditation Teacher Training

October 12 - 21 CEU's

A deep program on meditation - how to deepen your own practice, and how to have the confidence and skills to share with others. Nayaswami Diksha, after teaching for decades, has reinvigorated this ever-popular program.

Inspiration from
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam

One by one, as the rose of Self-realization spreads its petals wide to the inner light of deep meditation, souls are released from earthly bondage to roam in fragrant, fadeless gardens of God-consciousness.

Paramhansa Yoganandas' paraphrase of Quatrain 8
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam

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13th San Francisco World Veg Festival

October 5-8, 2012
in Golden Gate Park