March 25, 2018 – Due to a technical problem, the beginning of the video is missing. Recognizing our own Divinity, and living from the center of that recognition is the task that is before us. Palm Sunday reminds us of both the joys and fickleness of our ego-nature, and the eternal Joy and Bliss of our Soul nature. We hope … Read More
Swami Kriyananda explained to audiences that “If you want to know me, listen to my music.” Music is vibration, and the deeper truth of all creation is found in the vibratory experience of the living and omnipresent Christ consciousness within. Saturday night will be the bi-annual performance of Swami Kriyananda’s greatest musical work: an entire oratorio, called, Christ Lives … Read More
Guest minister and light-bearer Shanti Rubenstone will join Nayaswami Padma McGilloway in presenting this Sunday’s service. Shanti is an Ananda minister and life-long devotee, as well as one of the Spiritual directors at Ananda Palo Alto. As a Stanford trained M.D., her talks on the integration of physical healing and meditation are very well received. Be sure to join us in … Read More
Guest minister and light-bearer Nayaswami Pranaba Hansen will join Nayaswami Hriman McGilloway in presenting this Sunday’s service. Pranaba has been sharing the teachings of Yogananda and Kriyananda through classes and seminars for over 26 years. He helped establish and served at our first Ananda center in Seattle in the late eighties. Please join us in welcoming him back this Sunday. From Pranaba: … Read More
The topic this week is Can man see God? Having just returned from a three week India Pilgrimage, I can’t say I saw God, but I do have a lot of very interesting story’s about our trip! I may even be able to convince Sue to say a word or two! Please come and enjoy. Matt Video will be posted shortly after service on … Read More
This Sunday’s service will be presented by Nayaswamis Hriman and Padma McGilloway, and Guest Speaker Zach Abbey who will be doing this week’s talk. Zach and his wife Hailey manage Ananda Farms in Camano Island. Message from Zach: When Yogananda brought the teachings and spirit of the East to America, he brought with him not merely more laws for obeying … Read More
No one achieves the experience of God’s presence, nor yet, ultimately, union with God, by “falling into heaven!” It may be so that we “fall” in love or “fall” asleep but the term “fall” reflects our loss of conscious awareness. To achieve SUPER-consciousness we must seek it at first consciously! There is a story in the Mahabharata that the great … Read More
“The Mystery of Avatara” is the mystery of our own being! Come on Sunday for an exploration of who these great ones are, how and why they come, and what we can do to tune into their consciousness. We look forward to visiting with friends of many years and meeting new ones! Blessings, Nayaswamis Dharmadas and Nirmala Schuppe
Entering the subtle realms of identifying spiritual greatness, we are reminded that this isn’t the same as recognizing a world famous rock star. Much is not apparent to the worldly eye, or matter-soiled brain.Those who got a glimpse of Yogananda on a street corner,or followed him down the block in giggles, never realized that God was in their midst. Come on … Read More
The common belief is that God created the universe and so is separate from it, but the Bible and Gita readings today state that creation is a process of becoming. These great scriptures say that the universe is not separate from God, but is a part of Him. So does this mean we too are a part of that process … Read More