June 2013 Newsletter

How do you measure success? As yogis we are taught to be non-attached to the fruits of our actions. On first hearing this, it seems a foreign and actually bizarre concept. I shouldn't care about what happens as a result of what I do? Isn't that sort of contrary? Well yes, it is contrary to the common notion.

It's not an issue of caring or not. A longer view puts the popular opinion to the test. Look back on your own life. Were those things that seemed to work well the best things that happened to you? Some may have even been among the easiest times of your life - but were they the best? I don't contend that you can only learn from things that didn't go as planned - but certainly we can learn and grow as much or more when they didn't.

More importantly, in a spiritual sense, we often don't actually know what is best for us. Living on this planet, we are not at a high enough place to really know. God does. Putting our trust in God can include trusting that whatever happens is what we need. How we respond is the larger issue.

One of the benefits of this approach is that you can be happy - regardless of the results of your actions. We try our best - and stay happy no matter what. I'd say that's worth working on.

Timothy

Early Days of Ananda: Living History

Jul 5 - 7, 2013

This weekend will be filled with fun. At the same time, the story of Ananda has much to teach any serious spiritual aspirant:

• How to live courageously
• How to move forward when everything seems impossible
• How to live harmoniously with others
• Ways to experience the benefits of meditation throughout your day

Inspiration from
Nayaswami Joseph Bharat Connell

The calmer you become, the more you'll hear and feel the vastness of vibratory creation within you. One's consciousness increases with expanding, all-spreading AUM to the shores of Infinity.

From AUM: The Melody of Love

Developing Deeper Love for God

June 28 - 30

Led by Nayaswami Devarshi, the Director of Ananda's Kriya Sangha, with Nayaswami Maria and Melody Hansen.

In this weekend you will fully appreciate how natural devotion is for each one of us. You will learn how to rediscover this love within yourself, awaken it, and keep that flame growing stronger and stronger throughout your life.

Inspiration from Kriyananda

“The relationship with God as Friend is in some ways the sweetest,” Swamiji writes in his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. “When one...thinks of God as Friend, there steals into the heart that sweet confidence by which one feels, 'But of course You love me! I am Yours; You are mine. How could either of us ever turn away from the other? We are one!”

Swami Kriyananda As We Have Known Him
by Asha Praver

Pilgrimage to Italy
Mystical Inspiration And Beauty

October 7 - 21, 2013  

Join Jyotish & Devi and Daiva & Gangamata for a spiritual and cultural Italian pilgrimage.

Visit holy sites blessed by its great saints, and enjoy some of Rome and Florence's greatest art and architecture. In Assisi, you will be hosted by the Ananda community.

There is room for just a couple more pilgrims, in shared rooms. If you are interested, please sign up now. Usually there are some who need to cancel, so even if you are on the waiting list, the chances are good you can go.

Ananda Yoga Vacation in Costa Rica

December 1 - 8, 2013
with Nayaswami's Gyandev and Diksha

Come join us for a relaxing, healing retreat on Costa Rica's beautiful Pacific Coast. You'll stay in a modern resort located right on a secluded beach. A tropical setting, inspirational teachers, good food and great company.
Pure Paradise.

Reserve your space now!

Education for Life Training for Teachers and Parents

July 30 - July 5, 2013

At Gaia House

You don't have to have children in an Education for Life School to benefit enormously from this 5-day program. Learn how to help your children or students reach their own highest potential.

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