When Kriyananda published “Education for Life: Preparing Children to Meet the Challenges,” I recognized it as the “cure” for the ills of our society because it explained how teachers and parents could give children a sense of life’s joyous possibilities, starting at the earliest age.

What is the spirit of gardening? It is the more expansive and inspiring approach to life gained through your contact with flowers, trees, and shrubs, through caring for the soil, and through bringing beauty, harmony, and upliftment into your surroundings. Such experiences help you to grow and flourish.

There is no better panacea for sorrow, no better reviving tonic, and no greater beauty than a genuine smile. Paramhansa Yogananda.

Paramhansa Yogananda gave us another approach to spiritual growth that wasn’t an absolute teaching but a directional one: Wherever you are right now, try to be better. Wherever you are tomorrow, try to be better than that. The Light of Superconsciousness by Swami Kriyananda.
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The sky seems bright or sad according to our own changing moods, not to its own. True growth comes first by improving our own attitudes. Eastern Thoughts—Western Thoughts by Swami Kriyananda.
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The emotions are our “demons,” for they obstruct our growth in understanding. These demons range themselves in …