Drop Anchor Yoga & Meditation

You will remain in poverty until you know your true Self. Only the One Who knows himSelf knows the riches of the Kingdom. And only in the Kingdom of Heaven can abundance be experienced. #acourseinmiracles #acim #thelightoftruth

Any time I am suffering in any way, it's because I believe I have needs that are not being met. I can see that this is really what causes me to lose peace of mind. And all of those needs are entirely wrapped up in this very temporary body/personality identity. When I open my mind up to all that is beyond this form, poof, the needs are gone. And then I laugh!

Time and eternity are both in your mind, and will conflict until you perceive time solely as a means to regain eternity. A Course In MiraclesT-10.in.1:2 #ACourseinMiracles #acim #thelightoftruth

You are here in this world for only a little while; everything is temporary. But association with God is permanent and forever, and so you must not be deluded ...by the temptations of the world and forget God. ~Paramahansa Yogananda This day, January 5, 1893 Yogananda was born. He laid the body aside on March 7, 1952. And he lives in our hearts forever

Forgiveness offers everything you want. We invite you to dive deep into your mind to see for yourself all that forgiveness can offer, in our 30-day immersive and online experience. Much of my life can be summarized by having tirelessly searched for solutions to all of my perceived problems through some external means in the world. That’s the ego’s game: seek but do not find (at least not permanently). Forgiveness of your own perceptions and beliefs wipes the shadows of the ...past from your mind, exposing the natural beauty of the present moment. This is all that this world is forForgiveness. Join me and my father for a 30-day journey into the heart of forgiveness using the teachings of A Course in Miracles. You can expect weekly private and group coaching sessions, practical forgiveness exercises and a whole ton of love and support. Tuition: $249 plus HST. Visit dropanchoryoga.com for more info and to register. Only 8 participants/group! #acim #forgiveness #acourseinmiracles See more

Nothing in this world will ever give you satisfaction. Solely God suffices. All else will never bring you happiness and will eventually fall away. Seek solely the Eternal. Seek solely God. God is all there is #acourseinmiracles #acim #thelightoftruth

The One who unconditionally gives from his heart simultaneously gives to himself. He knows that there is only One to give to. When he gives his heart expands, a...nd he remembers the Kingdom of Heaven within. He knows he is eternal and he gives like God gives. Giving brings him home #ACourseinMiracles #acim #thelightoftruth

All you can ever lose is the illusion. Fear, unworthiness, hate, anxiety, feeling of loneliness and so on is all a part of the illusion. All you can lose is wh...o you are not! And that is not loss at all! That is actually FREEDOM! What you are in Truth can never be lost. Love, peace, happiness, certainty, kindness, gratitude and joy is who you are. You can never lose your True Self. Your changeless eternal Self. Truth cannot ever change. Truth is consistent now, has always been consistent and will always be consistent. So just relax! Enjoy the show and let your True being flow. You are eternally safe and loved. #acourseinmiracles #acim #thelightoftruth

Eventually you will reach a point where all questions have fallen away and your mind rests in a state of not knowing anything of this world. In that realization... True Knowing will dawn on you. And Oneness with God will wash over you. In Oneness there is nothing to question and nothing to choose between as All is One #acourseinmiracles #acim #thelightoftruth

Join us Saturday, Dec 19 at 7pm EST What could you want forgiveness cannot give? Do you want peace? Forgiveness offers it. Do you want happiness, a quiet mind, a certainty of purpose, and a sense of worth and beauty that transcends the world? Do you want care and safety, and the warmth of sure protection always? Do you want a quietness that cannot be disturbed, a gentleness that never can be hurt, a deep abiding comfort, and a rest so perfect it can never be upset? All this... forgiveness offers you, and more. It sparkles on your eyes as you awake, and gives you joy with which to meet the day. It soothes your forehead while you sleep, and rests upon your eyelids so you see no dreams of fear and evil, malice and attack. And when you wake again, it offers you another day of happiness and peace. All this forgiveness offers you, and more. Lesson 122, ACIM I’m teaming up with my father, RG, again for an inspiring evening focused on the topic of forgiveness. Forgiveness can sometimes feel impossible, especially when our anger and hurt feel so justified. But there is a way of looking differently upon every perceived injustice so that true healing can occur and in doing so is the world you see transformed. To register, please EMT payment ($10-$20 suggested) and email me your full name to [email protected] to reserve your spot in this online event. #acim #acourseinmiracles #forgiveness #forgive

I lost myself in love. Then I realized that I was love. Then I knew that I had never been lost. And then I realized that I had always been love #ACourseinMiracles #acim #thelightoftruth

"What is not permanent is not worth striving for." - Sri Ramana Maharshi.

" Slowly .... I am beginning to understand that I cannot see You with my eyes But only with ... my heart... For so long I have been Trying to catch a glimpse of You Staring madly Into the middle distance Now effortlessly in moments You are here My heart empties Into You And I am no more. " - Ayaz <3 ( from: For You: A Collection of Prayer Poems )

This world is itself but an embodiment of want; hence the heartache due to the absence of fulfilment must needs endure. This is why it is said that there are ...two kinds of current in human life: one pertaining to the world in which want follows upon want, the other of one's true being. It is the very nature of the former that it can never end in fulfilment; on the contrary, the sense of want is perpetually re-stimulated. On the other hand, the latter aims to bring to completion the activities of man's true being, to establish man in his divine nature. Thus, if he endeavours to fulfil himself by entering the current of his true being, this current will eventually lead him to the perfect poise of his own true being. Words of Ma Anandamayi

I am pure, Mind. I am only, Mind. I am NOT a body. I have never been on a timeline. I have projected a timeline. Timelines are made up; they are constructs of the Mind. Bodies and timelines are illusory. They are ideas and images my Mind has made up. Nothing that seems to happen here is really happening to the real Me.

Our karma is our mind Ram DassOur karma is our mind Ram Dass

Join us tonight at @hamsayogacp for a FREE workshop and learn how to effectively and quickly CALM YOUR MIND. Shoot me a message for the link to register. Did I mention it’s free?

To believe that you are human instead of Divine is a compromise of the most epic proportions.To believe that you are human instead of Divine is a compromise of the most epic proportions.

Coming up this Saturday!

This is the universal belief of the world you see. Some hate the body, and try to hurt and humiliate it. Others love the body, and try to glorify and exalt it. While the body stands at the centre of your concept of yourself, you are attacking (the truth) The light of truth is in us, where it was placed by God. It is the body that is outside us, and is not our concern. To be without a body is to be in our natural state. To recognize the light of truth in us is to recognize ourselves as we are. ACIM W-72

If I can keep my heart open, the situation that seems to cause me pain can become the harbinger of unimaginable Love & Joy.If I can keep my heart open, the situation that seems to cause me pain can become the harbinger of unimaginable Love & Joy.

Sri Ma’s Special Directives for Spiritual Aspirants ====================================== In order to advance towards Self-Realisation, it is absolutely neces...sary for an aspirant to yearn constantly for his sublime goal. He should practice sadhana regularly, whether he feels in a mood for it or not. To criticize people or to feel hostile towards anyone harms oneself and puts obstacles into one’s path to the Supreme. If someone does something bad, you should feel nothing but affection and benevolence towards him or her. Think, ‘Lord ! This is also one of Thy manifestations.’ The more kindly and friendly you can feel and behave towards everybody, the more will the way to the One who is goodness itself open out. Take care not to be contented at any stage. Some aspirants have visions, others realizations. Or, someone experiences bliss, great happiness and thinks he has himself become God. On the spiritual path, before true Realisation supervenes, one may get caught in supernatural powers (vibhutis or siddhis). These constitute obstacles. The positive proof that the aspirant is centred in God is that he ceases to hate any person or object, and that good qualities such as love, forgiveness, patience, forbearance go on increasing in him. When this change takes place in an aspirant, he will come to see that the One Brahman pervades each and every form, all sects, creeds. An aspirant should not indulge in useless conversation or gossip, but speak only when it is really necessary, which means that he must be a man of few words. Try and try again to reach the goal you have set before yourself. So long as Realisation does not come, you must never relax your efforts. Let this be your firm resolve. In the quest of Self-Knowledge, Love is the crucial factor. Whether it pleases you or not, you will have to make the Eternal your constant companion, just like a remedy that has got to be taken. Without loving God, you will not get anywhere. Remember this all the time. MEETINGS WITH SAGES AND SAINTS (Lighthouses Guiding Seeker’s Journey Within) by V. Ganesan

You consider it natural to use your past experience as the reference point from which to judge the present. Yet this is unnatural because it is delusional. Whe...n you have learned to look on everyone with no reference at all to the past, either his or yours as you perceive it, you will be able to learn from what you see now. For the past can cast no shadow to darken the present, unless you are afraid of light. And only if you are would you choose to bring darkness with you, and by holding it in your mind, see it as a dark cloud that shrouds your brothers and conceals their reality from your sight. ACIM Photo Credit: Madeleine Lindley Ltd

Such a BIG and WONDERFUL lesson and one I’m grateful to learn. Refusing to learn it keeps peace out of my reach. I’ve believed that I need my mother to be well or certain bodies to be with me and alive to be at peace, and yet if I’m honest, their presence has never really brought lasting peace into my mind. Fleeting comfort and beautiful drops of happiness perhaps, but this was always the result of the meaning I was giving to the form in front of me. And the love experienced with these other people is just a glimmer of the Love available to me when I give up listening to the teacher of fear for the teacher of happiness. This is THE purpose

The power of one mind can shine into another, because all the lamps of God were lit by the same spark. It is everywhere and it is eternal. In many only the spa...rk remains, for the Great Rays are obscured. Yet God has kept the spark alive so that the Rays can never be completely forgotten. If you but see the little spark you will learn of the greater light, for the Rays are there unseen. Perceiving the spark will heal, but knowing the light will create. Yet in the returning the little light must be acknowledged first, for the separation was a descent from magnitude to littleness. But the spark is still as pure as the Great Light, because it is the remaining call of creation. Put all your faith in it, and God Himself will answer you. A Course In MiraclesT-10.IV.7:5,8 #acourseinmiracles #ACIM #thelightoftruth

My spring 2021 retreat sold out in 4 days. Thank you to those who reached out about attending. We have decided to offer a second spring retreat, from May 6-9 in northern Frontenac (pictured above). This will also be a 3-night/4-day silent retreat. I have 1 shared room remaining (2 beds). If you’d like more information about this retreat, send me a pm and I’ll send you further details.

My dad will be co-hosting this one-night workshop with me via Zoom on Saturday, October 24. He’s a riot, meaning this will session will also be some fun. He’s been practicing A Course in Miracles for a long, long time so he thinks he knows stuff! I think we make a great team though. I’m all about the topic of pain lately. A Course in Miracles says that our attraction to pain and death is what generates it and keeps it in place. Why would we ever be attracted to pain an...d death? Because of our even bigger fear of giving up our identity as a body in exchange for our true identity as formless Love. The idea of being this utterly formless Love is soooo threatening to the ego that it tries to convince us of our mortality and vulnerability through special forms of bodily problems. The emotional and physical pain serves to reinforces our belief that we are just a weak body and nothing more. So it’s literally all a mind game; Sickness is only of the mind. Hope you can join us! Contact me to register. Suggested donation: $10-$20 payable to [email protected]

If you are new to meditation or feel like it’s time to go deeper, we would love to support you because we LOVE this stuff (and it works). Our 14-day virtual meditation and mindfulness program at Hamsa Yoga, starting Nov 1, will give you access to our best meditation practices as well step-by-step guidance on how to really make this work for you. You will learn how to quickly rewire your anxious mind so that you can achieve better sleep and a more harmonious day. You are not ...a victim of your genes, anxious habits or body!! Let us show you how you can use the power of your mind to access your unlimited healing potential. Register for only $19.99. Free for Virtual Hamsa Members (must register to participate).

Every obstacle that peace must flow across is surmounted in the same way; the fear that raised it yields to the love beyond, and so the fear is gone. ACIMEvery obstacle that peace must flow across is surmounted in the same way; the fear that raised it yields to the love beyond, and so the fear is gone. ACIM