Anand Ashram is truly a shade for passing travelers in the desert of life. It presents not only the serenity but also provides those stopping in with exercise to wash away stress and eject out bad memories stored in subconscious. The exercise called Stress Management—created by Anand Krishna (an interfaith spiritual advocate and author of over 140 books)—is just a preliminary training for self empowerment. There are 300 more techniques to facilitate anyone who wishes to take further still the journey within “self” or more widely known as Meditation.
Every fortnight Anand Ashram holds Open House Program. It’s a heart-to-heart meeting of Anand Krishna with his book readers. And, more than a meeting, in this very opportunity the participants can also savor dynamic meditation for free. Under the guidance of expert instructor each person is led to cleanse his or her subconscious of unfavorable emotions, so that peace and love may reign within. The by-product of the cleansing is holistic health—one is mentally and emotionally as well as physically healthy. Henceforth, peaceful and loving yet true healthy beings are able to effect and bring good cause to their surroundings.
As for the frequenters, Open House is a moment to pause for refreshing and re-energizing after a week or two of toiling. Indeed, a thorough mind and thought cleansing ensures the increase of a person’s creativity. In every session there are always new participants other than Jakartans coming to take the advantage of the program. They are from other places in Indonesia where, besides benefiting free meditation exercise, they take Neo-Zen Reiki, a program which helps individual to access natural energy for self healing.
Heart to Heart Gathering With Anand Krishna
The heart to heart gathering was opened with sharing from new participants who attended the open house for the first time, then was Anand Krishna’s turn. In his sharing, Anand Krishna re-confirmed that we do not have convert to another religion, because this conversion will only cause conflicts in the mind. We should all do is, dig up more seriously and more persistently. With his typical cheerfulness Anand Krishna shared awareness, inspiration, and passion with all the people who were present. Joy filled the room that the participants who attended laughed and enjoyed the fun with Anand Krishna at Anand Ashram (affiliated with the United Nations).
Anand added that the joy felt by the participants at this moment would be beneficial to their health, but it must be maintained by practicing meditation routinely. Anand Ashram (affiliated with the UN) also provides trainings for whoever would like to follow meditation trainings, the programs given at the Ashram are:
– Neo Zen Reiki
– NEO SELF EMPOWERMENT
– NEO SUFI EXERCISE
– KUNDALINI YOGA
– Sufi Mehfil
Reporter: Su Rahman, Photographer: Prabu Dennaga, Translators: Dominggus Koro and Sylvia Antaresa
