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    Touch of Peace: Living the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda
    Touch of Joy: A Yogi's Guide to Lasting Happiness
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    Touch of Light Series

    By Jyotish Novak, Nayaswamis Jyotish, Devi Novak and Nayaswami Devi

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    About this series

    The peace beyond all understanding!
    This fourth collection of blogs in the Touch of Light series shines the light of wisdom on the problems and puzzlements, delusions and dilemmas sincere seekers encounter on the spiritual path.

    Through engaging stories of Yogananda (author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi) and of his disciple Swami Kriyananda, and through many personal anecdotes, Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi (recipients in 2017 of the Global Ambassador Peace Award) warmly share tips and tools, guidance and encouragement from their own experiences on how to walk the spiritual path with confidence and a joyful heart.

    Each stand-alone blog is an instructional jewel clarifying the nuances of such subjects as right attitude, selfless service, and how to balance the inner life of meditation with the outer life of work. Tales of forgiveness, grace, challenge, and triumph will inspire and sustain the reader through every bend in the road.

    Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi Novak are lifelong disciples of Paramhansa Yogananda, and were close friends and students of Swami Kriyananda, one of Yogananda’s foremost direct disciples and Ananda’s founder, for over fifty years. As Spiritual Directors of Ananda Worldwide, their mission is to share the life-changing teachings of those two great teachers as widely as possible through their blogs, books, and lectures. To see their programs and scheduled appearances both online and in person, go to Ananda.org.
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    With all of the changes taking place in the world around us, the need for inner peace is greater than ever before. Learning to live in peace under all circumstances is the secret of a happy life.

    Touch of Peace is a powerful collection of spiritual writings that will change your life by guiding you through with inspiration and new perspectives for facing life’s challenges and finding peace within. Drawing from the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda (author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi), Touch of Peace shares practical tools, instructive stories, and right attitudes to help you tap the wellsprings of peace inside you.

    These blogs, then, are not mind-born, or an expression of what “we want to say.” Rather, they represent what we feel people need to hear. Often, when we sit down each week to write, we’ll think, “I don’t really know what to write about,” and then a wonderful idea will emerge resplendent like a butterfly from the dull chrysalis of our mind. As we say, it’s a three-way collaboration between our role as middlemen, the needs of the readers, and Paramhansa Yogananda’s life-changing teachings.
    This book marks the fourth in the series of our compiled weekly blogs: Touch of Light came out in 2015, followed by Touch of Joy in 2017, Touch of Love in 2019, and now Touch of Peace. When we began writing these blogs back in 2013, we had no idea how long we’d keep going, or how well they’d be received. We’ve been at it now for eight years, and have passed the four-hundred-blog milepost; it grows more fulfilling for us with each passing year.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrystal Clarity Publishers
    Release dateFeb 20, 2018
    Touch of Peace: Living the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda
    Touch of Joy: A Yogi's Guide to Lasting Happiness

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      Touch of Joy: A Yogi's Guide to Lasting Happiness
      Touch of Joy: A Yogi's Guide to Lasting Happiness

      Touch of Joy: A Yogi's Guide to Lasting Happiness

      Jyotish Novak
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      IS LASTING, UNINTERRUPTED HAPPINESS POSSIBLE? Everyone wants happiness. We chase after it daily. We look for it in relationships, in our careers, in financial security, in good health . . . In other people—a lover, a spouse, a friend, our own children. For some of us, happiness would be found in world peace. For others, in a clean environment for our planet. For some, when world hunger ends, or when a compassionate politician is elected. Happiness is so conditional. It depends on so many circumstances over which we have no control. No wonder that lasting happiness or joy has always eluded us. But it doesn't have to be that way. WHAT IF THERE WERE A WAY TO BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME . . . A way to experience joy without conditions? Unconditional joy . . . Unconditional happiness . . . No matter what takes place around us, or what happens to us. The loss of a job or a loved one. The ending of a relationship. Sudden illnesses, financial devastation . . . What if we could remain even-minded, calm, and peaceful—happy under all circumstances, no matter what takes place? Because deep within is a place untouched by external events, where JOY resides. Not a fleeting, ephemeral, conditional joy, but unconditional joy. Joy that depends on no causes. Joy that just IS. This powerful collection of spiritual writings will change your life, through new perspectives for facing life's challenges, and through inspiration for living a life in unconditional joy. Drawing from the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda—author of the bestselling classic Autobiography of a Yogi (the book Steve Job asked to be given to each guest at his funeral)—Touch of Joy shares practical tools, instructive stories, and right attitudes to help you tap into the wellsprings of joy within you. Swami Kriyananda, disciple of Yogananda, once said: “Joy is the solution, not the reward.” To learn to live with joy under all circumstances, and not to wait only until conditions are to our liking, is the secret of a happy life. Touch of Joy shows how to find that joy.

      IS LASTING, UNINTERRUPTED HAPPINESS POSSIBLE? Everyone wants happiness. We chase after it daily. We look for it in relationships, in our careers, in financial security, in good health . . . In other people—a lover, a spouse, a friend, our own children. For some of us, happiness would be found in world peace. For others, in a clean environment for our planet. For some, when world hunger ends, or when a compassionate politician is elected. Happiness is so conditional. It depends on so many circumstances over which we have no control. No wonder that lasting happiness or joy has always eluded us. But it doesn't have to be that way. WHAT IF THERE WERE A WAY TO BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME . . . A way to experience joy without conditions? Unconditional joy . . . Unconditional happiness . . . No matter what takes place around us, or what happens to us. The loss of a job or a loved one. The ending of a relationship. Sudden illnesses, financial devastation . . . What if we could remain even-minded, calm, and peaceful—happy under all circumstances, no matter what takes place? Because deep within is a place untouched by external events, where JOY resides. Not a fleeting, ephemeral, conditional joy, but unconditional joy. Joy that depends on no causes. Joy that just IS. This powerful collection of spiritual writings will change your life, through new perspectives for facing life's challenges, and through inspiration for living a life in unconditional joy. Drawing from the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda—author of the bestselling classic Autobiography of a Yogi (the book Steve Job asked to be given to each guest at his funeral)—Touch of Joy shares practical tools, instructive stories, and right attitudes to help you tap into the wellsprings of joy within you. Swami Kriyananda, disciple of Yogananda, once said: “Joy is the solution, not the reward.” To learn to live with joy under all circumstances, and not to wait only until conditions are to our liking, is the secret of a happy life. Touch of Joy shows how to find that joy.

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      Touch of Peace: Living the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda
      Touch of Peace: Living the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda

      Touch of Peace: Living the Teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda

      Nayaswamis Jyotish
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      The peace beyond all understanding! This fourth collection of blogs in the Touch of Light series shines the light of wisdom on the problems and puzzlements, delusions and dilemmas sincere seekers encounter on the spiritual path. Through engaging stories of Yogananda (author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi) and of his disciple Swami Kriyananda, and through many personal anecdotes, Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi (recipients in 2017 of the Global Ambassador Peace Award) warmly share tips and tools, guidance and encouragement from their own experiences on how to walk the spiritual path with confidence and a joyful heart. Each stand-alone blog is an instructional jewel clarifying the nuances of such subjects as right attitude, selfless service, and how to balance the inner life of meditation with the outer life of work. Tales of forgiveness, grace, challenge, and triumph will inspire and sustain the reader through every bend in the road. Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi Novak are lifelong disciples of Paramhansa Yogananda, and were close friends and students of Swami Kriyananda, one of Yogananda’s foremost direct disciples and Ananda’s founder, for over fifty years. As Spiritual Directors of Ananda Worldwide, their mission is to share the life-changing teachings of those two great teachers as widely as possible through their blogs, books, and lectures. To see their programs and scheduled appearances both online and in person, go to Ananda.org. _______________________ With all of the changes taking place in the world around us, the need for inner peace is greater than ever before. Learning to live in peace under all circumstances is the secret of a happy life. Touch of Peace is a powerful collection of spiritual writings that will change your life by guiding you through with inspiration and new perspectives for facing life’s challenges and finding peace within. Drawing from the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda (author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi), Touch of Peace shares practical tools, instructive stories, and right attitudes to help you tap the wellsprings of peace inside you. These blogs, then, are not mind-born, or an expression of what “we want to say.” Rather, they represent what we feel people need to hear. Often, when we sit down each week to write, we’ll think, “I don’t really know what to write about,” and then a wonderful idea will emerge resplendent like a butterfly from the dull chrysalis of our mind. As we say, it’s a three-way collaboration between our role as middlemen, the needs of the readers, and Paramhansa Yogananda’s life-changing teachings. This book marks the fourth in the series of our compiled weekly blogs: Touch of Light came out in 2015, followed by Touch of Joy in 2017, Touch of Love in 2019, and now Touch of Peace. When we began writing these blogs back in 2013, we had no idea how long we’d keep going, or how well they’d be received. We’ve been at it now for eight years, and have passed the four-hundred-blog milepost; it grows more fulfilling for us with each passing year.

      The peace beyond all understanding! This fourth collection of blogs in the Touch of Light series shines the light of wisdom on the problems and puzzlements, delusions and dilemmas sincere seekers encounter on the spiritual path. Through engaging stories of Yogananda (author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi) and of his disciple Swami Kriyananda, and through many personal anecdotes, Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi (recipients in 2017 of the Global Ambassador Peace Award) warmly share tips and tools, guidance and encouragement from their own experiences on how to walk the spiritual path with confidence and a joyful heart. Each stand-alone blog is an instructional jewel clarifying the nuances of such subjects as right attitude, selfless service, and how to balance the inner life of meditation with the outer life of work. Tales of forgiveness, grace, challenge, and triumph will inspire and sustain the reader through every bend in the road. Nayaswamis Jyotish and Devi Novak are lifelong disciples of Paramhansa Yogananda, and were close friends and students of Swami Kriyananda, one of Yogananda’s foremost direct disciples and Ananda’s founder, for over fifty years. As Spiritual Directors of Ananda Worldwide, their mission is to share the life-changing teachings of those two great teachers as widely as possible through their blogs, books, and lectures. To see their programs and scheduled appearances both online and in person, go to Ananda.org. _______________________ With all of the changes taking place in the world around us, the need for inner peace is greater than ever before. Learning to live in peace under all circumstances is the secret of a happy life. Touch of Peace is a powerful collection of spiritual writings that will change your life by guiding you through with inspiration and new perspectives for facing life’s challenges and finding peace within. Drawing from the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda (author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi), Touch of Peace shares practical tools, instructive stories, and right attitudes to help you tap the wellsprings of peace inside you. These blogs, then, are not mind-born, or an expression of what “we want to say.” Rather, they represent what we feel people need to hear. Often, when we sit down each week to write, we’ll think, “I don’t really know what to write about,” and then a wonderful idea will emerge resplendent like a butterfly from the dull chrysalis of our mind. As we say, it’s a three-way collaboration between our role as middlemen, the needs of the readers, and Paramhansa Yogananda’s life-changing teachings. This book marks the fourth in the series of our compiled weekly blogs: Touch of Light came out in 2015, followed by Touch of Joy in 2017, Touch of Love in 2019, and now Touch of Peace. When we began writing these blogs back in 2013, we had no idea how long we’d keep going, or how well they’d be received. We’ve been at it now for eight years, and have passed the four-hundred-blog milepost; it grows more fulfilling for us with each passing year.

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    Jyotish Novak

    Nayaswami Jyotish Novak is a disciple of the great master Paramhansa Yogananda (author of Autobiography of a Yogi) and student of Swami Kriyananda. His mission is to help others live the teachings of Self-realization through meditation, devotion, and service. His lifelong dedication to the spiritual path has led him to lecture, teach, counsel, and serve throughout the world, spreading the message of peace through meditation. He and his wife are recipients of the Global Ambassador Peace Award. This honor was conferred at the United Nations in a special ceremony by the Institute of International Social Development in recognition of their contribution to fostering world peace. Since 1984 he and his wife have been the Spiritual Directors of Ananda Worldwide, pioneering Ananda’s work in Italy and India and guid-ing the spiritual welfare of thousands of Yogananda’s devotees. They are the co-authors of Touch of Light, Touch of Joy, and Touch of Love. To see their schedule of appearances, lectures, classes, and events online and in person, go to jyotishanddevi.org. Nayaswami Jyotish was named by Swami Kriyananda as his spiritual successor after decades of helping him build Ananda’s work around the world. Jyotish began taking classes from Kriyananda in 1967. In 1969 they moved together to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California to found Ananda Village, now a model spiritual community. Jyotish has also written several other books: Lessons in Meditation, How to Meditate, 30-Day Essentials for Marriage, and 30-Day Essentials for Career.

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