We live in a world that celebrates multi-tasking. Getting hired for any management position seems to make this a priority skill. The presumption is that it facilitates productivity. As any parent or...
Aum Christ, Amen; Aum Christ Aum. Aum Christ, Amen, Aum Christ Aum. —Festival of Light blessing song by Swami Kriyananda It was 2004 and my life was busy and full. I had a great job as a Tech...
“Learn to behave,” Sri Yukteswar admonished. I picture his stern countenancepunctuating his words. We don’t know if “Learn to relax” is something he also said, butthat would have been another key...
“This above all: to thine own self be true,And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man.” This well-known phrase from Act I of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is spoken by the...
“Knowledge is power,” said Napoleon. Was he right? Well, that depends on what you know, as opposed to what you think you know, and whether you use it wisely. Worldly power is acquired mainly of...
I don’t remember much from my childhood, but I have a clear memory of being a young, starry-eyed boy of about 7 or 8 years old, thinking that the age of 40 was a really mature and grown-up age...
At Ananda, we often speak of the blessings that come from living in intentional communities rooted in high ideals and simple living. Paramhansa Yogananda envisioned these “world brotherhood colonies”...
Do you judge? Of course, you do. Judging is how we compare and contrast, how we choose between this and that. It’s a habit as automatic as breathing. Every action, thing, person and experience is...
“Never the twain shall meet.” This well-known line from Rudyard Kipling’s 1889 poem The Ballad of East and West depicts incompatible differences. The poem tells a story of a British colonel’s daughter...
