Do Good!

On the retreat with Amma in Detroit this past November, there was a Question and Answer session.  A woman asked her, “What guidance can you give us to stop the violence in the world and to make the world more peaceful?”  She asked because there had recently been some...

WORLD/UNIVERSAL Peace

When we were with Amma recently, and for the past year, at the end of the talks and meditations, she has said, “At this time Nature and human minds are equally agitated.”  Sounds true, right?  She continues saying that Grace is the only thing that can help us in the...

Why Kirtan? (part 2)

Part of the point of kirtan (or meditation or Yoga) is to transform our consciousness from being preoccupied with the little self, or even our preoccupation with our little ideas about God, to an awakening of a bigger Self or Truth or experience of God; pick how you...

Premature Surrender

I had a conversation a few weeks ago with one of Bodhi’s, our oldest son’s, friends from taekwondo.  His family is fundamentalist Christian and is good friends of our family.  We were talking about religion and our beliefs and views, and he shared that he loves Jesus...