A Place Called Ananda: The Trial by Fire That Forged One of the Most Successful Cooperative Communities in the World Today

by WATERS J. DONALD

• ISBN13: 9781565891586
• ISBN10: 1565891589
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

True story of the trial by fire that forged one of the most successful cooperative communities today. With photographs.

Table of Contents

Main Persons in This Story	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Yogananda's Mission to the West	p. 21
Master's Commission to Me	p. 35
Organizing the Work	p. 47
The Third Presidency	p. 60
Polarization	p. 84
Six Blind Boys and an Elephant	p. 97
Rights and Wrongs	p. 105
I Go to India	p. 110
My First Year in India	p. 116
My First Lecture Tour	p. 137
Fresh Water for Dirty Drains	p. 147
I Return to America	p. 153
The Delhi Project	p. 164
The Reaction	p. 180
Retrospect	p. 192
Afterthoughts	p. 203
Getting My "Sea Legs"	p. 209
"Your Work Is Writing and Lecturing"	p. 221
Seclusion vs. Outward Activity	p. 225
A Choice Is Thrust upon Me	p. 236
I Take Up Writing Music	p. 247
I Dive into the Water	p. 258
"New Age" Movements	p. 268
Crystal Clarity	p. 283
Land Ahoy!	p. 297
Domes and Self-Expansion	p. 310
Ananda Retreat	p. 330
Hidden Influences	p. 343
Community Beginnings	p. 365
Karmic Patterns	p. 395
Conclusion	p. 431
Afterword	p. 439
About the Author	p. 441
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