After a weekend celebrating the completion of the movie Finding Happiness, Jyotish shares about the guru — and what he really is, which is not at all something that everyone understands. He says that a guru is totally unnecessary — until you want to find God.

The song after the talk is an original composition of David Shannon.

To be healed by God, what is needed? By way of many illustrations and stories, Anandi talks about God's grace, and the story of the woman who was healed in a crowd by Jesus.

She talks about healing — mentioning a story about a lake of sulfuric acid, broadcast online here — and tells stories of overcoming trials from the lives of Sister Gyanamata and St. Theresa of Avila.

The essence of the path of yoga, Ananta says, is the union of the little self with the cosmic Self. We can't do this on our own; we have to rely on God.

Ananta tells how Ananda Sacramento got a temple, a letter from Swami Kriyananda, and other stories.

Pranaba talks about the task that devotees face to "abide in God," and to remember him. Even if we are sometimes distracted, even if we can't do it constantly, he says, our love of God is more important than all the mundane details of our lives. He closes by telling a story from The Life of Pi, and of the story from that book and movie about the tiger called "Richard Parker."

With Nayaswami Devi

Time and space must be the greatest inventions of maya, Maria conjectures during this talk. "They seem so real to us," she says. "Can you imagine a world without them?" And yet, God, our true reality, is beyond both of these.

Through many "washings and regenerations" we realize that we are a child of God, and rise. We are not our mistakes, Parvati reminds us, but should remember always our highest potential.

She tells the story of an engineer's dream on the night of Swami Kriyananda's passing, and other delightful anecdotes from years on the path.

With Nayaswami Bharat

With Nayaswami Devarshi

With Ananda Sangha Worldwide