Dooreena Durbin, M.Ed.

When I embarked upon the spiritual path, my journey became crystallized when I learned the ancient art of meditation. Thirty five years later, I am still practicing meditation and have been teaching for over 30 years. In my role as the senior academic advisor for medical students at the University of Illinois at Chicago, College […]

Praseela Feltenstein

I have been a wife, mother and special education teacher, and now I enjoy being a retired grandmother. I began using AMS’s practices in 1979 and teaching meditation in 1980, experiencing Gururaj’s teachings directly. Meditation has been the key to coping with all of life’s challenges as well as to unlocking life’s joy. It has […]

Jasuti Goss

Jasuti Goss has taught meditation for 30 years. When asked about her way of teaching, she simply explains that her students come with one deep and sincere question, “Who am I?” She then gives them the tools: meditation techniques and new understandings, so they can start their own journey of self-discovery.   Contact 765-642-2652 Jasuti@comcast.net […]

Melissa Mills

As a long-time meditator, I am more and more convinced that meditation is the medicine for what ails us. It quiets and organizes our roiling minds, increases our focus, relieves depression and negative emotions, gives deep rest and grounds our bodies, and gives hope through the experience of joy.  Not all at once, of course, but steady practice […]

Once a teacher, always a teacher

Once a teacher, always a teacher

Service as an Offering

If the service is done as an offering then praise or blame will not affect you at all because you find the inner joy of serving.

Meditation, contemplation and art

The secret in contemplation GURURAJ: Good. Now we talked about contemplation last night. If you have any questions to ask, please do ask them. If there is anything that is not clear to you, by all means ask me. I’m here for that purpose. Mind you, Jeff mentioned something last night when he was comparing […]

Conquer the mind: Find Freedom

The diagram shows we mostly ignore the right hand side which represents our infinite inner resources – our real self. In effect we’re living a lie, by confining ourselves to the boxed in thinking process on the left (in the box), so how can we expect it to be trouble-free or totally satisfying? The wondrous […]