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But you have to understand that just being able to meditate or having a vision is not everything. Also watch out for the changes that have occurred during the course of your life since you started the practices. Has your fear lessened? Has your anger lessened? . . .

Devotee: I have a hard time motivating myself to practice simply using my mind and will power. It’s much easier when it comes from my heart, but I can’t force my heart to motivate. Do you have some words about the movement from the mind to the heart?

Shri Anandi Ma: Both are essential . . .

To celebrate Hanuman Jayanti last month, Shri Anandi Ma led the chanting of 108 Hanuman Chalisas at the DYC Center at Antioch, CA. A large group of devotees joined the onsite event but there were also many others joining via webcast. The following experiences from people living in the Boston area give a true sense of how powerful the webcasts can be.

Kundalini can be activated through any of the yoga practices, including mantra repetition, meditation and even hatha yoga. However, awakening the kundalini is one thing; taking it to the deeper levels is where meditation comes in..

Long ago the ancient sages of India discovered and developed a great science, Ayur­veda–the science of life itself. What promotes life, longevity, happiness, and fulfillment, and conversely, what produces ill­ness, pain, misery?

Who is not a householder in this world? Your mind should be pure. It is not necessary to renounce the world in order to have realization.

A lot of love and effort have gone into the redesign of DYC.org. Check it out.

The 2013 schedule is here. Now you can register online!

This simple recipe offers a change from the usual side salad and takes advantage of the ready availability of this popular winter squash.

“Suddenly I realized that God can and does take the entire being of the devotee, not just the soul, and absorbs every last particle; and I realized this form of self-realization is equally as valid as self-inquiry. One can be in the waking state in a form of deep meditation yet with the senses somehow active and merge completely with God, who is Guru in the felt sense.”