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 Spiritual growth can't be reduced to a single step-by-step program that is the same for everyone. We are all bound by the same universal realities, but within that we also have our own karma, which determines the pace and method of our awakening. That is one reason why it is called Self-realization.
Nor can spiritual growth be separated from life itself. Once we begin to think in terms of inner awakening, everything gets involved: work, relationships, creativity. Our very self-definition is just a doorway to higher consciousness.
The course of study described on this page, takes into account the individual and all-inclusive nature of the Self-realization process.
Threads in a Tapestry
There are many areas of study, which are listed here with a brief encapsulation of the essence of each one, including titles of the core courses. The specific course curriculum changes every four months.
These categories, however, are not rigidly separate. Everything weaves together like threads in a tapestry. Meditation helps your relationships, healing changes your self-understanding, learning about karma influences the way you raise your children, and so on.
You can begin at any point and take classes in any order. You can go deeply into one area or sample from many. Each course stands on its own, and includes a presentation by the teacher, informal discussion, and experiential exercises.
For a copy of the complete curriculum, or help in selecting the class that best meets your needs, please call or drop by. See the calendar of events for current course offerings.
Areas of Study and Core Classes
Inner Communion
Trust, faith, unconditional love, God's will: these powerful concepts may seem distant at first, but gradually they will become your best friends and surest guides to the happiness and wisdom you seek. Core classes:
* How to Know God's will
* Pray So That God Will Hear & Answer You
* Your Personal Relationship with God: Devotional Practices
* Learn to Chant
Inner Realities
We are all bound by certain universal realities. When we suffer it is not God's will for us, but the impersonal result of our living out of harmony with divine law. Core classes:
* The Law of Karma
* The Chakras: Your Destiny Revealed
* Kundalini Power: How to Awake it
* Astrology and the Law of Karma
Relationships
Love is our divine birthright, yet often love's promise turns into disappointment or pain. Then love becomes our teacher, showing us how to expand and change to have the fulfillment we long for and are destined to know. Core classes:
* Open Your Heart and Learn to Love
* Men, Women, Love & Marriage
* Conscious Parenting: Finding the Best of Yourself & Children
* Relationships and the Chakras
Self-Understanding
Spiritual development needs a base of psychological health, and true psychological well-being is only possible when one understands the ego in relation to broader spiritual realities. Core classes:
* Who Am I & Why Do I Behave the Way I Do?
* Emotion & Feeling: Suppress or Express?
* Loving Yourself as a Child of God
* Face and Overcome Your Fears
Self-Expression
To be original is not merely to do that which has never been done before, it is to act consciously, from one's own point of origin: the divine within. Then even the simplest actions become truly creative. Core classes:
* Daily Life: Doorway to Superconsciousness or Nowhere?
* How to Know & Trust Your Inner Guidance
* Money, Energy & Success
* Feng Shui: Creating Sacred Spaces
Healing
To accept, to forgive, to respond with joyful courage this is what it means to be well! The dividing line between mind and body, matter and spirit, life and death itself is dissolving as energy and consciousness emerge as the fundamental realities. Core classes:
* Become a Healer: Awaken Your Spiritual Healing Power
* Heal Yourself - Body, Mind, & Spirit
* Heart & Hands: A Workshop of Healing Methods
* Healing Power of Sound
* Aromatherapy
14 Steps to Higher Awareness
A comprehensive course on the teachings of Self-realization based on the home-study lessons and tapes by Swami Kriyananda. Includes yoga postures, philosophy, diet, breathing exercises, healing, and more. Completing this course fulfills your pre-requisite for Kriya initiation. This course is a live presentation of Part 2 of the Ananda Course in Self-Realization as described below under Home Study. Fourteen weekly sessions from January to May.
Scripture
One truth, many messengers. Great and wise souls have walked this path before us. Their example and the precepts they left behind can guide and inspire our personal journey. Core classes:
* Bible: Preparing Ourselves for Christ Consciousness
* Bhagavad-Gita: How to Know God
* Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: Textbook of Spiritual Practice
* Just for Disciples - A Study Group on The Way of Awakening
* Preparing Ourselves for Christ Consciousness
* Dawn of a New Age: The Evolution of Consciousness
Home Study Course
The Ananda Course in Self-Realization is a complete, practical training program in yoga, meditation, and the fundamentals of the spiritual path. The course is designed for truth seekers of any age, faith, or background. The teachings are universal, and the techniques practical and effective wherever you are, whatever you do, and at whatever your stage in life. View course details.
Instructors and Staff
Many of Ananda's experienced members serve as classroom instructors as well as all of the Ananda Ministers. View instructors and staff.
Audio Recordings of Classes
Audio recordings are made of each class and are available for purchase at the desk in the Boutique. Persons who have paid for a class but are unable to attend may receive the class tape free.
How to contact us
For classes/seminars/workshops call 650/323-3363 or send e-mail to
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