Dambara shares how our happiness comes from expanding from a limited identity into the oneness of life; all evidence to the contrary!
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Sunday, May 23, 2021 – How High Should We Aspire? –
Ministers Hailey & Zach Abbey
Hailey relates a recent experience of sitting to meditate, only to discover that her meditation revolved around planning the greenhouse! But then, acknowledging that her busy mind, too, was part of God, she determined to find a deeper experience of God’s presence within.
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Sunday, April 18, 2021 – To Each According to His Faith –
Nayaswamis Padma & Hriman
Padma relates Willingness, the positive attitude of “Say Yes to Life!”, to the experience of our own inner life.
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Sunday, April 11, 2021 – Deeds vs. Intentions –
Talk by Bhima Breckenridge, Nayaswamis Hriman & Padma
Bhima shares humorous and instructive anecdotes about the joy of intention, and of completion!
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Sunday, April 4, 2021 – Easter Sunday – Resurrection for Every Soul –
Nayaswamis Hriman & Padma
In a beautiful, musical Easter Service, Hriman speaks inspiringly on Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection, and on our own path to perfection.
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Sunday, March 28, 2021 – Palm Sunday – Who is This Son of Man? –
Nayaswamis Padma & Hriman
Padma relates her recent visit with her grandkids to the lessons of Palm Sunday and Easter. And our choir sings again!
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We Are Children of the Light – Sunday, March 21, 2021
Ministers Zach & Hailey Abbey
Zach speaks on our being little Children of the Light, secure in the lap of the Divine Mother.
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Reason vs. Intuition – Sunday, March 14, 2021
Nayaswamis Jamuna & Nivritti
Jamuna gives some great examples of intuition, which Yogananda defined as “the soul’s power of knowing God”.
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Celebrating the Lives of Paramhansa Yogananda & Swami Sri Yukteswar! – Sunday, March 7, 2021
Nayaswamis Hriman & Padma
Hriman gives a dramatic reading of Yogananda’s meeting with his Guru, Swami Sri Yukteswa, which reminded Padma of Hriman reading to his grandchildren! Padma speaks on Yogananda’s reverence for saints of all religions.
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By Thinking Can We Arrive at Understanding? – Sunday, February 28, 2028
Nayaswamis Nivritti & Lajjana
Nivritti asks “Can we really understand by thinking?” and uses examples from the lives of Saint Francis, Yogananda, Mother Teresa and Christian mystic Frank Laubach that go beyond thinking.