If a guru gives you a practice which is needed by you, specifically tailor-made for you, practice it with sincerity and truthfulness. And if you practice it with sincerity and it does you no good, change the guru! The teacher shows you the path, but you have to walk it with your own feet. There […]
11 julio, 2014
Spiritual Pride
Teachers sometimes develop a spiritual pride, which is not good at all—it is devolutionary instead of evolutionary. The greatest thing to be watched for is pride. A person can reach a very high evolutionary spiritual standard, but if he assumes any form of pride, then he is not a spiritual teacher because he, with his […]
11 julio, 2014
The message of truth
The message of truth will eternally remain the same. But as times change, the message has to be given out in a different manner, so that people can understand, accept, and practice it. When they practice they benefit. When they benefit by unfolding themselves, all joy of the universe is theirs, and that is, as […]
11 julio, 2014
More ordinary than ordinary
The unfolded man has to be a humble man. He must know the true value of humility. He can identify himself with a highly evolved being and at the same time identify himself with the merest worm that crawls on the floor. This identification takes place because he has recognized the Divinity existent everywhere: he […]
11 julio, 2014
I don’t want followers!
I have found that those who are skeptical become the most ardent followers. Not followers of me—I don’t want followers!—but followers of truth. The truth that is spoken, the essence that is studied, will forever remain, for generations to come. That is the whole principle. No worship. No worship, but friendship. Many profound teachings have […]
8 julio, 2014
Early Gururaj Ananda Pictures from USA
This is a gallery show of pictures taken by Priya Drews during the courses of Gururaj Ananda Yogi in the USA. Many of these pictures are also in the different posts in this web dedicated to the teachings of Gururaj Ananda Yogi.
2 julio, 2014
Karuni (Karen) Stallard BS, MCLT
From a small child I have always possessed a great love of animals and the natural world. Therefore, when it came time to select a degree, Biology was a logical choice, with a double minor in English and Psychology. I have worked in animal care at the Humane Society of Missouri, the Wildlife Rescue Center, […]
2 julio, 2014
Celibacy and Marriage
I do not advise celibacy for a householder. Celibacy practiced by a householder in the world as we know it, can become very dangerous. It can become repressive, and those inhibitions and repressions can translate themselves psychosomatically. When we marry there is at first a mutual attraction. One has to enhance this attraction if love […]
