Ananda Cooperative Village. - AUM: the melody of love: the spirit behind all creation

First, I would like to express my veneration to Holy AUM, the Mother of us all. May all Her children return to Her blissful omnipresence.

Second, I offer my gratitude and deep appreciation to my guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, and to my teacher, Swami Kriyananda, for their loving guidance. Yogananda brought to the West the essence of ancient Indias teachings on meditation. Often while meditating I have felt his guidance showing me how to express AUMs subtle truths clearly and joyfully.

It has been my great fortune to live with Swami Kriyananda, a man immersed in Cosmic AUM. His blissful example of love, dedication, and attunement with God and Guru has inspired me for nearly forty years. I also bow with gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to all great saints and lovers of AUM, many of whom are included in this book.

I am grateful to Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi for their support these many years; to Nayaswami Naidhruva for her encouragement; and to Nayaswami Prakash for editing the final manuscript.

Last, I would like to thank Nayaswami Anandi for her invaluable advice, support, editing, and total commitment to this book.

Thanks to all the photographers, including Swami Kriyananda, Nayaswami Jyotish, Sharing Nature Worldwide, Barbara Bingham, Robert Frutos, Akio Shoji, Alessandro Rovelli, Tejindra Scott Tully, and also to David Baron for making his deer photo public on the Creative Commons.

For the graphic use of her charming AUM charm throughout the book, Id like to thank Beth Hemmila of Hint Jewelry; for more see bethhemmila.com.

Presented by Ananda

Nayaswami Bharat and experienced Ananda Meditation teachers are available to give lectures, seminars, and retreats on the art and science of listening to AUM. These programs, as well as this book, are based on the universal teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda.

Nayaswami Bharat has designed these programs to be philosophically thrilling, experiential, and deeply inspiring. Key components include music, meditation, and, where appropriate, outdoor exercises for communing with AUM.

If your organization is interested in hosting a program, email us at: aum.seminars@ananda.org or call us at 800-424-1055, outside US 530-478-7600.

OF JOSEPH BHARAT CORNELL

Nayaswami Bharat is the founder and president of Sharing Nature Worldwide, one of the planets most widely respected nature awareness programs. He is the honorary president of Japan Sharing Nature Association, which has 224 regional associations and 10,000 members.

He is also the author of the Sharing Nature Book Series, used by millions of parents, educators, naturalists, and youth and religious leaders all over the world. Mr. Cornells second book, Listening to Nature, has inspired thousands of adults to deepen their relationship with nature.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service selected Bharats first book, Sharing Nature with Children, as one of the fifteen most influential books published since 1890 for connecting children to nature.

Cornells highly effective outdoor learning strategy, Flow Learning, was featured by the U.S. National Park Service as one of five recommended learning theories, along with the works of Maria Montessori, Howard Gardner, John Dewey, and Jean Piaget.

Mr. Cornell has received many international awards for his Sharing Nature books and work. He has received the prestigious Countess Sonja-Bernadotte Prize in Germany for his vast influence on environmental education in Central Europe. In 2011 Cornell was selected as one of the 100 biggest opinion leaders committed to the Environment by the French organization, Les Anges Gardiens de la Plante.

SHARING NATURE
WELLNESS PROGRAM

John Muir said, Natures peace flows into us as sunshine flows into trees. Nature, the great healer, offers gifts of joyful serenity and vitality to every receptive heart.

During a Sharing Nature Wellness program youll practice nature meditation exercises to quiet your mind, expand your consciousness, and open your heart to all creation. You will learn how to internalize your experience of nature and feel more at peace with life.

Youll delight in joyful nature awareness activities, feel more positive and affirmative, and feel a spirit of community and communion with others and with nature.

Natures benevolent presence will remind you of lifes higher priorities.

Sharing Nature Wellness programs provide uplifting experiences and healing through nature for individuals, and for leaders in business, education, religion, and the public sector. Courses can include instruction in meditation if desired.

To sponsor a program or find out more about Sharing Nature, visit us at www.sharingnature.com, or contact us at:

Sharing Nature Worldwide
14618 Tyler Foote Road BOX210
Nevada City, CA 95959
PHONE: (530) 478-7650
EMAIL: info@sharingnature.com

The original 1946 unedited edition of Paramhansa Yoganandas spiritual masterpiece

Autobiography of a Yogi is one of the best-selling Eastern philosophy titles of all time, with millions of copies sold, named one of the best and most influential books of the twentieth century. This highly prized reprinting of the original 1946 edition is the only one available free from textual changes made after Yoganandas death.

A Biography with Personal Reflections and ReminiscencesSwami Kriyananda

Paramhansa Yoganandas classic Autobiography of a Yogi is more about the saints Yogananda met than about himself. Now, one of Yoganandas few remaining direct disciples relates the untold story of this great spiritual master and world teacher: his teenage miracles, his challenges in coming to America, his national lecture cam-paigns, his struggles to fulfill his world-changing mission amid incomprehension and painful betrayals, and his ultimate triumphant achievement.

My Life with Paramhansa YoganandaSwami Kriyananda

Winner of the 2010 Eric Hoffer Award for Best Self-Help / Spiritual Book
Winner of the 2010 USA Book News Award for Best Spiritual Book

This is the moving story of Kriyanandas years with Paramhansa Yogananda, Indias emissary to the West and the first yoga master to spend the greater part of his life in America. Through more than four hundred stories of life with Yogananda, we tune in more deeply to this great master and to the teach ings he brought to the West. This book is an ideal complement to Autobiography of a Yogi.

Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda As Remembered by his disciple, Swami Kriyananda

This revelation of Indias best-loved scripture approaches it from a fresh perspective, showing its deep allegorical meaning and its down-to-earth practicality. The themes presented are universal: how to achieve victory in life in union with the divine; how to prepare for lifes final exam, death, and what happens afterward; and how to triumph over all pain and suffering.