Nayaswami Hriman McGilloway

There is an expression that says, “The darkest moment is just before the dawn.” When we calmly confront with faith and courage what seems like the darkest circumstances, there can appear a ray of light that shines to reveal new possibilities. Our common experience with a cold or flu this time of year is a reminder of “how the light … Read More

In the life of the soul there can be an accumulation of “bad karma” from our wrong actions but there’s also the failure to make the right spiritual effort, such as in prayer, meditation and service. What are the consequences? Could it really be that eternal damnation awaits our blackened souls! Does belief in reincarnation just buy us plenty of … Read More

The last several weeks’ Sunday Service topics have include “how devotees fall (spiritually)” and “how devotees rise!” Now we come to the central point: here AND now. There’s no “time” like the present, which makes it a great gift (indeed, a “present’). The very essence of the eternal dharma (teachings) is that outwardly all is flux but inwardly and in … Read More

We spend virtually all of our waking hours and lives engaged with the outer world. But did you know there is a larger, more interesting, more powerful INNER world? While not the same as science suggests, it is nonetheless telling that science describes its own version of an inner world of powerful micro-sized particles, energy packets, gravity, nuclear forces and … Read More

Easter Sunday celebrates the eternal promise that awaits our souls as children of God. Paramhansa Yogananda came to the West to give us a new dispensation showing that coin of our soul’s redemption has been exchanged for calm acceptance and joy, leaving behind us the previous emphasis on sorrow and suffering. While self-effort and self-offering constitute a necessary step to … Read More