Live-streamed from Ananda Village, Jyotish and Devi speak of Divine Mother as within us, and how to experience it ourselves.
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Sunday, July 4, 2021 – Abiding in God – Ministers Hailey & Zach Abbey
In her talk from Ananda Farm, Hailey shares the heart-felt example of abiding in God provided by a dear friend of theirs. And Zach shares Ananda Farm as a living example of abiding in God together.
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Sunday, June 27, 2021 – The Redeeming Light – Nayaswamis Padma & Hriman
Padma’s talk explores lightness of consciousness, and how to reach it. “If thine eye be single, thy whole body will be filled with light”.
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Sunday, June 20, 2021 – The Eternal Now – Ministers Murali Venkatrao & Dambara Begley
With yoga jokes, insight and quotations from the original Sanskrit, Murali illustrates that yoga helps us know that God simply is.
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Sunday, June 13, 2021 – How Devotees Rise – Nayaswami Nivritti & Dambara Begley
With examples from her own life, Nivritti relates the importance of tuning into God’s consciousness, and of keeping our focus on it in the midst of life’s many demands.
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Sunday, June 6, 2021 – Why Do Devotees Fall? – Ministers Hailey & Zach Abbey
Hailey relates that Judas’ betrayal of Christ is the story of our own battle to reverse the Ego’s downward pull and redirect our energy towards God instead, with Divine Mother’s help of course! We don’t have to be perfect; just willing to continue building good habits.
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Sunday, May 30, 2021 – The Inner Kingdom – Nayaswamis Padma & Hriman
Padma hits it out of the park! Weaving together the transient fulfillments of the outer world and Yogananda’s teachings on the inner kingdom of energy, Padma introduces the Gita as a spiritual “GPS” guiding us to the balance of inner and outer and to the ultimate fulfillment of oneness in God.
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Sunday, May 23, 2021 – The Best Way to Worship – Ministers Zach & Hailey Abbey
Zach reminds us of the importance to ask God to teach us how to worship, so we can find and travel on the one highway of Self-Realization.
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Sunday, May 16, 2021 – Activity vs Inner Communion – Nayaswamis Padma & Hriman
Padma expands on last week’s theme of activity and inner communion by exploring the spiritual benefits of Seva, or selfless service.
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Sunday, May 9, 2021 – The Secret of Right Action – Nayaswamis Hriman & Padma
Hriman offers nuanced insight into the Biblical story of Martha and Mary. Ostensibly contrasting Martha’s restless activity with Mary’s inner absorption of Christ’s presence, Hriman’s exploration arrives at the one sin that can’t be forgiven; that of turning our backs on God. Which we do every day! But, fortunately, we have some choice in the matter!