Ananda's Blog

Bent out of Shape

It happens and will continue to happen - someone says something to us, or about us, and we feel the emotions rise. We get ‘bent out of...

Finding the Balance

Question - On the subject of identifying ourselves as a soul and not the mind and body, there is a delicate balance between pushing...

Sunrise

This morning I watched the sunrise and marveled. What a blessing to see it and experience awe. It should be a daily tonic - to stand and...

Fall

I sit with my japa meditation in Autumn and the mantra arrives softly like leaves falling to the ground. Each one making a journey down....

Travel Light for Kartika

We are about to begin a journey into the month of Kartika (Oct 13th to Nov. 11th), a month that can sweeten and deepen our relationship...

5 Day-Trip Japa Walks to Take this Fall

The Shrine of Saint Anthony 12290 Folly Quarter Rd. Ellicott City, MD 21042 Wind your way through the forest trail system on the grounds...

A Good Call

As a chaplain, I often meet homeless people in the hospital who are being prematurely discharged because the hospital needs their bed....

Cows and Goodness

When I was young we spent time at our aunt’s farm in the south of Ireland. She had 5 milking cows, all had names, and when she sat and...

Dancing with God

In the Vedas there is a description wherein Krishna (God) expands Himself into multiple forms in order to dance simultaneously with each...

Why We Hide

“Human beings above all, are relational creatures. They seek connection and they experience anxiety, terror, and depression when...