Friends in Kriya
Library Volume 3
We reached storage capacity on FiK Volume 1 and Volume 2.
Welcome to Volume 3.
Scroll down to enjoy the teachings, meditations, and inspiration, listed in chronological order.
December 17, 2023
Music of the Spheres
Debby Sher invites us to reflect on Cleansing the Chakras.
Katie Lahiff shares a personal and transpersonal experience of the Music of the Spheres complete with an original musical composition.
Devi guides the Meditative Invocation. Chant. Prayer.
December 24, 2023
Year End Rituals & the Chakra Tree
This FiK gathering includes a thoughtful reflection question from Sylvia Ewing about year end rituals.
Devi shares a invocation/meditation about letting go and entering the Path of Unfolding Merit. Eric bathes us song/chant.
We end with prayer.
December 31, 2023
Balance the Chakra Tree
We end the year with teachings, music, meditations . and prayers for balancing the chakra tree.
January 7, 2024
Adjust, Adapt, and Acclimatize
As we Open the Door in 2024, we meditate, reflect, sing, and chant, circumambulating one of Kriyananda's triple watchwords - Adjust, Adapt, Acclimatize. And, we conclude with prayer.
January 14, 2024
Messy Days & the Mountain Presence
This FiK gathering includes a reflection from Harry Lambides on "straw dogs", a meditation from Devi on flexibility, Saturn, and the importance of invoking our lineage.
Nelle Cotten shares personal stories and meditative guidance on facing messy days with meditative presence.
Katie offers a mantra of Saturn's Holy Presence. We end with prayer practice.
January 21, 2024
Self-Esteem & the Tension Bomb
Eileen Ruffer shares a profound and personal reflection inspired by a Kriyananda talk on diffusing the tension bomb.
Devi offers guidance from Yogananda and others on the power of mini-naps.
Katie chants the lullaby KriyAloha.
January 28, 2024: Illuminated from Within
Our "Lineage Stories" series continues with a wonderful reflection on a pilgrimage to sit at the feet of Yogiraj Shelly Trimmer from Marsha Sacks.
And Devi, Eric, Katie share music, mantra, meditations.
February 4, 2024
Groundhog Day Dharma
"I got you Babe . . . " Naomi Greene reflects on the dharma teachings hidden in plain sight in a beloved modern film comedy. A revisioning of the familiar that brings a new dimension to the joy of the dharma. What could it be?
Devi, Eric, Katie share music, mantra, meditations.
Feb 11, 2024
Strawberry Moments
In this FiK gathering, Helene Palella shares a little-known, dramatic, and soul-enlivening tale of The Strawberry Moment.
William Hunt guided a beautiful practice for healing body and mind. (See the video below).
Devi guides an invocation/meditation, Katie chants us deeper, and we end with a prayer practice.
February 18, 2024
Prayer, the North Wind, and a Squirrel
Eileen Ruffer shares (a hilarious) personal story, deep reflections and awakening insights inspired by a discourse that Goswami Kriyananda presented on the deeper dimensions of prayer.
Devi, Eric, and Katie share mantra, music, and meditation.
February 25, 2024
Crazy Wisdom
In this gathering, Eric & Devi share The Squirrel Ate My Mala Blues (inspired by Eileen's story of the previous week).
Marsha Sacks illuminates the crazy wisdom meanings (and more) of the Jupiter - Uranus conjunction.
Devi guides a reflective meditation of crisis and soul depth.
Katie expands the blessing with Shiva mantra that moves into our prayer practice.
Squirrel Ate My Mala lyrics
March 3, 2024
The Language of Joy
In this FiK, Ginger Crisenberry sets the tone, focus, and direction with her Community question on the language of Joy.
Eric sings Reciprocity.
William Hunt guides a subtle and profound practice of breath, posture, and presence. (See below for video).
Devi guides us into a prayerful meditation.
Katie expands the blessing with a Yogananda chant on Joy!
We end with a prayer practice.
March 10, 2024
Ananda, Ananda, Ananda
Ken Lee meditates and reflects on the Path of Paramahansa.
Janice Nakashima performs a meditative composition for the guitar/sitar.
Devi and Eric share music and meditation. We end with a prayer practice.
March 17, 2024
The Great Inheritance
This FiK gathering:
Eilleen Ruffer shares reflections and teachings inspired by a Kriyananda story of Narayana and the Great Inheritance.
Devi, Eric, and Katie will share mantra, music, and meditation.
March 24, 2024:
What . . . Thought Bomb?
Ray Ruffer shares provocative reflections and subtle teachings inspired by Kriyananda and Shelly's teachings on the "thought bomb".
Devi, Eric, and Katie will share mantra, music, and meditation.
We end with a prayer practice.
March 31, 2024
Can an Egg Fly into the Dawn?
This FiK gathering begins with a wonderful Lineage story from Sharon Steffenson followed by a celebration of Easter/Passover symbols - flying eggs, singing to the Dawn, and teachings from Shelly-ji. We end with a prayer practice.
April 7, 2024
The Call of the Loon & the Ishta
Tom Wilkens begins ths FiK gathering personal story of Nature mysticism in the Boundary Waters. Then, John Pirog continues his series on the esoteric dimensions of Christianity reflecting on how the cultural symbol of the Ishta is both a barrier and a portal.
Devi guides a meditative invocation. Katie chants us into stillness.
And we end with a prayer practice.
April 14, 2024
I'm Not This. I'm Consciousness.
This FiK gathering highlights a dharma talk from Frank Morales that explores refinements to the Neti, Neti practice using insights from Psychosynthesis.
NOTE: Check out the video of Frank's talk below.
Devi guides an invocation/meditation. Katie chants Isha Upanishad.
And we end with prayer practice.
April 21, 2024
The Tuning Fork
This FiK gathering centers on a universal and deeply personal dharma talk by Eileen Ruffer. Inspired by a Sunday Meditation given 50 years ago, to the day, by Kriyananda.
Devi guides a meditation on the practice of Resting in God as God rests within the Soul. Eric sings Adjust, Adapt, Acclimatize. Katie chants a kriya mantra
We end with prayer.
April 28, 2024
Breathing in the Good
This FiK gathering includes a beautiful dharma talk-invocation from Devi with music and mantra from Eric & Katie. We end with prayer practice.
May 5, 2024
The Near Enemies of Neti, Neti, Neti
This FiK gathering Frank Morales explores how understanding the Buddhist concept of "near enemies" can purify and enhance the Neti, Neti, Neti practice.
See the video below for more detials.
And, of course, there's a rubber duckie, meditation, mantra, and prayer.
May 12, 2024
Mother's Day
This FiK celebrates Mother in all Her forms. The gathering includes, humor, music, mantra, meditation, and prayer.
May 19, 2024
Spiritual Success
Eileen Ruffer shares a personal and profound dharma talk on the concept of spiritual success which leads into a reading from one of Kriyananda's Noon Meditations on the theme.
May 26, 2024
Prayer: You've Got a Friend
This FiK gathering includes a:
- Joyful reflection from Nelle Cotten
- Deep invocation from Devi
- Powerful teaching on Prayer from Ray Ruffer
- Heart Opening song/mantra from Katie
We end with prayer.
June 2, 2024
Secret Song of Cicadas
- Devi shares a Community Reflection on Initiation.
- Eric sings about Seeking Illumination.
- Nelle gives a dharma talk on the Cosmic AUM and how the Root Sound can be heard.
- Katie chants a mantra with melody by Janice.
- We end with prayer.
June 9, 2024
The Music of Dying
This FiK includes a beautiful teaching from Katie on the practice of Music Thanatology.
Here's the link to a video that she talks about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Devi shares her own health and letting go journey along with insights into the heart of FiK.
We end with prayer.
June 16, 2024
Kriya in a Minor Key
This FiK gathering includes
- A Jupiter in Gemini Community Reflection from Marsha
- A Father's Day Invocation from Devi
- A Dharma teaching on Fathers, the Guru, and Hong Sau from Eileen
- A Holy Gander song from Katie
We end with prayer.
June 23, 2024
Connecting with Your Ishta Devata
This FiK gathering Sylvia Ewing shared universal teachings and stories from her life on how we can connect with and cultivate an ever-deepening relationship with our Ishta Devata.
Devi meditates and reflects on the heart of our kriya practice.
Katie sings Present Moment as an offering to the Ishta.
We end with prayer.
June 29, 2024
Lakshmi & the Tattvas
This FiK gathering begins with an extended Lakshmi Puja performed by Ken and Kamala Lee (Bonus: video below).
Then, Debby Sher offered a multilayered dharma teaching on the Swara Yoga and the elemental/tattvas. (Bonus: video below).
Katie deepened the Lakshmi mantra.
We end with prayer.
July 7, 2024
Beauty & the Divine Mother
Debby Sher leads the Community Reflection on the theme of Beauty.
Devi explores the practice of attuning to and deepening intimacy with your Ishta Devatta.
Katie bathes us in two Divine Mother mantras.
And, of course, we meditatively pray together.
July 14, 2024
Prayer Songs from the African Tradition
In this gathering (audio & video) Issac & Ava Stanley introduce FiK to the spiritual practice of song-prayers from the Yoruba tradition. They share ancestral and historical context along with the practice of these soul-deepening song-prayers.
July 21, 2024
The Blessing of the Guru
This FiK features Eileen Ruffer sharing personal stories and sacred insights into the blessings of the Guru. She finishes with a short reading from a teachings Kriyananda gave on this topic many decades ago.
July 28, 2024
Giving & Receiving through Dying & Death
Sylvia Ewing shares experiences and teachings of giving & receiving support as we and others move to and through dying. Along with our FiK reflections, meditation, music and prayer.
August 4, 2024
How to Pray
Ray Ruffer shares an in-depth and practical teaching on how to structure and deepen a mystical prayer practice.
We reflect on Good Vibrations and end with prayer.
August 11, 2024
Secret Teachings of the Living Jesus
John Pirog continues his teachings comparing the Gnostic concept of the Demiurge with Kriyananda’s conception of the superego. John will describe the process whereby the Ishta Devata and the practice of self-forgiveness can carry us past the limitations we have built into our own internal universe.
August 18, 2024
How to Be Happy (though Spiritual)
This FiK includes:
- A Spiritual One Liner from Ken Lee
- A dharma teaching from Eileen Ruffer combining personal stories, thoughtful reflections, and wisdom inspired by one of Kriyananda's Noon Meditations
- The story of a white crane visitation and invocation/meditation by Devi Bliss
- Prayer practice to end.
August 25, 2024
Jupiter in Gemini: Let Noble Thoughts Flow
In this FiK gathering Marsha Sacks offers beautiful, expansive teaching on the nature of Jupiter in Gemini along with methods for getting into the creative/noble flow this transit offers.
September 1: One with the Dusty World
Bill Kirkwood offers a wise dharma talk on the deeper practice of Kriya Yoga - awakening in the very midst of anything and everything. A profound and very, very timely teaching. Bill draws on images from the Tao, stories of Jesus and Zen masters.
September 8, 2024
No Mud, No Lotus
Devi begins with a Spiritual One-Liner from Groucho Marx.
Ken Lee offers a beautiful teaching and encouragement on the symbol of the lotus rising from muddy water. Practical and profound.
Mantra, music, meditation, and prayers complete this sacred gathering.
September 22, 2023
Miracles, Emotions, and Prayer
Helene shares a one-liner (actually 2) that nudge us into a new attitude.
Then Devi guides a poetic invocation.
Ray provides insights on how to work with emotions to deepen our prayer practice.
Katie leads the Isha Upanishad mantra and we end with prayer.
September 29, 2024
Giving & Receiving
This FiK features an invocation and teaching from Devi on giving and receiving.
Eric sings a song.
Katie leads the mantra.
We end with prayer.
