Newsletter • May 2023

"Please always see the bright side of everything"

-- Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

Spring Weekend Retreat

May 27th-28th

click link above for more info

Let Us Move Together

free monthly program on zoom

May 6 @ 9:00 am Pacific



Coming up May 13th!

Human Society in Transition: The Big Picture

Instructor: Ravi Logan

Description: 90 minute class

Date/Time: May 13th at 10 am PT

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Ananda Seva Activity

Ohio

The Ananda Seva Ohio meditation group remains active. A new round of public lectures is planned for this spring. Regular Saturday meditation for new members continues at 10:00 AM ET with music and a discussion of a spiritual topic. Recently they have been discussing neohumanism..

Contact Ac. Giriisha for more info.

Ananda Seva Eugene



The Dharmalaya Community in Eugene, Oregon is busy planning the May Weekend Retreat.

At the recent community meeting it was whole heartedly agreed to support Community Supported Shelters with ongoing service projects. The immediate need identified is to support gardening efforts in the camps. Ananda Seva Eugene will purchase the soil for raised beds in one camp to get started! More projects to come!

Another need in the camps expressed by the kitchen coordinator is for fresh produce. The Dharmalaya and Vistara gardens will be providing extra produce throughout the growing season. Vistara garden has ongoing work parties on Saturdays if you want to participate contact Dacé for details.

Evening Kiirtan

Ac. Anandam and Kirana have been playings kiirtan on zoom every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 5:00 pm PT

Everyone is welcome to join!

Join by zoom

passcode: Baba



Ottawa

Ananda Seva Ottawa, led by Ac Chandranatha, is now having in person group meditations in addition to the regular guided mediations on zoom. People from California, Oregon and Montana are joining the online weekly Wednesday class.

Contact Ac. Chandranatha for more info.



Daily Practice

Every weekday morning at 7:35 am PT Ac. Gayatrii and others lead kiirtan, meditation, kaoshikii and a morning check-in to connect and support each other on our spiritual journeys.

Join by zoom

passcode: Baba



East Coast

Ac. Govinda and Ac. Sandeep host East Coast Dharmacakaras on the first Sunday of each month. More info here.

They are also offering two more chances to join for community meditation on Mondays at 6:00 pm ET and Wednesdays at 6:30 pm ET both on zoom. Contact AC Sandeep to get on the email list for those programs.



West Coast

Join us for our weekly Sunday morning group meditation. This event is free and open to everyone. The program includes singing uplifting devotional songs, yogic dance, chanting, meditation, a discourse, and group discussion.

The first Sunday of the month program is followed by a sattvic vegetarian potluck..

more info here.

New on the PROUT Café

The latest initiative by the PROUT Café is called PROUT Bites. These are short videos that illustrate a bite-sized PROUT concept. Check out the PROUT Café for interviews and other PROUT snacks.

PROUT

Summer PROUT Gathering at Dharmalaya in Eugene, Oregon will take place on June 17-18

PROUTists from all groups and organizations are encouraged to attend.

For more info, contact Ac. Ravi

Philosophy Study Group

Please join us every two weeks on Zoom to discuss Shrii Shrii Anandamurti's writings. We choose three to four discourses, (currently from "Problems of the Day) and discuss these in a congenial setting. Participants are free to share what they found relevant, interesting, and meaningful which will deepen our understanding of the material and make them relevant to the progress of our spiritual lives. One must have access to the Electronic Edition compendium of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti's writings in English. We would love to have you join us for an enjoyable gathering!

— Ac. Jayadeva



Jayadeva is heading this group and if you have questions and wish to join, please email him at:

 Jayadevaasm@hotmail.com. 

He will provide you with the meeting times and toicps.

Projects

Ac. Ammadevi is busy working on a project called Community Driven Recovery and Transition.

Read about it here

If you are interested in attending programs or events related to this project, please

contact Ammadevi

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Check out our sister organization:

Ananda Seva Finland



Click on the photo above.



Andanda Seva in Maharliika



Ongoing Service Projects in Maharliika (Philippines)

Ac. Atma Jyoti works tirelessly in Maharliika with the tribal populations that have, by and large, been forgotten by the government and large aid agencies. If you would like to support these ongoing efforts in Maharliika, please make a tax deductible donation via our website. Choose "support for Maharliika service projects" in the drop down menu.



Click on the photo above for a gallery of the children from the Makatao Elementary School. of the Ata tribes.



Healthy Yogic Lifestyle



Ac Govinda recently shared an article in the publication,

 The Earth & I

The Benefits of Yogic Fasting

click on photo below for thoughts on Yogic fasting from Ac. Ravi and Ac. Giriisha.

Ananda Seva educational opportunities

Transformation Education

Winter/Spring 2023 Class Schedule

Upcoming Classes:

PROUT Design Seminar 2023

Instructors: Ravi Logan, Tom Paprocki, John Linkhart

Description: 10 week seminar

Date/Time: Feb 1st at 9:30 am PT

*registration closed. course filled

Human Society in Transition: The Big Picture

Instructor: Ravi Logan

Description: 90 minute class

Date/Time: May 13th at 10 am PT

Human Society is One and Indivisible

Instructor: Ravi Logan

Description: 90 minute class

Date/Time: June 3rd at 10 am PT

opportunities to learn at your own pace and time:

NEW ON TEACHABLE:

Our Transformation Education Teachable site gives participants the opportunity to take on-demand courses at their own pace. We now have 16 classes up on the platform covering a variety of topics.

Featured Class this month:

With the defects of democratic political systems becoming painfully evident — particularly in the United States — this two-class series on PROUT’s political system offers timely understandings of how political systems can be progressively reformed.



This course explores topics such as:

• economic democracy vs political democracy
• selectoral-electoral system
• compartmentalized democracy
• strengthening the electorate
• planetary confederation
• the archetype of moral leaders
• sector-based representation
• the core rights undergirding political constitutions

These classes give a vision of the political system needed for a new era in which political institutions serve people, communities and the planet, and in which leadership is drawn from the best of humanity.

This course is taught by Ravi Logan

From the Blog

Benefits of a Quiet Mind

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\This article was transcribed from a talk by Acharya Ravi given in July 2020.



"The artists or writers, before holding their brush or pen, should look around and assess the direction in which society is moving and the basic causes of its weakness. What are the “isms” that have supplied impetus to evil ideals? It is not enough to look around; they may also have to take a firm stand against the apparently irresistible forces of destruction.."

– Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

Abhimata, The Opinion, 14

Artistic expression has always been integral to human evolution. The artists spark the imagination and pave the way for new ideas to flourish. Can you imagine a revolution with no songs to rally the people? The energy stirring beneath the earth now calls us to connect with that Divine Source and draw inspiration to birth a new society. How will you use your creative energy to support that flow?



poetry and art by Kirana Perkins

Click on image below to listen to "Glowing Heart" by Snow Lion.

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