Years ago there was a popular soap opera called As the World Turns. Today it could be aptly called: As the World Churns! For everywhere you look, circumstances are creating churning, unsettling energy within us and all around us. Paramhansa Yogananda often remarked on the dream nature of this world as a cosmic motion picture show, the drama being played out on the screen of our life experiences through our karmic interactions with one another. To be honest, we are watching a pretty great global soap opera unfolding these days!
The world situations are constantly testing our faith in what is truth and how God’s will unfolds in this world. As yogis, we learn through our experiences in meditation that there is only one lasting truth: God’s presence within. Nayaswami Jyotish, Spiritual Director of Ananda Worldwide wrote a beautiful blog post this week that offered an expansive perspective through compassion, humor, and hope. We highly recommend you read it to lift your spirits and provide a guiding light. Here is a brief excerpt.
Acting as a channel of light is especially important during turbulent times. A friend of ours shared a vision in which Babaji was asked, “Why don’t you do something to stop all the evil in the world?” The great avatar responded, “My job is not to suppress evil, but to increase the light.” As disciples of this great lineage, this is our mission also. Let us freely offer light to everyone who crosses our path.
Recently we held our annual Ananda Texas Kriyaban Retreat with Nayaswami Pranaba. Amidst the turbulent winds of change that are swirling around us, it was perfect timing to infuse our spirits with renewed inspiration of the lasting kind. Together we were able to lift our consciousness beyond the world’s drama into the Light of Truth and in our own ways, now radiating God’s light out into this needful world.
Together in the Light,
Ananda in Texas
