Swami Radhananda

Swami Radhananda touched my heart and life deeply as a friend and teacher. One example of her teaching skill is from a Kundalini and Dream course. Asked to reflect on: What is behind your urge to keep talking, I shared my response. Swami Radhananda asked what I could have done differently. I offered many ideas, she nodded and listened. A year later, at my bookstore desk during the same course, the insight came clearly: I could have accepted the situation instead of trying to control it. Had she offered that suggestion a year earlier, the impactful insight would have been weak or absent. Another example is how when I told her of some accomplishment, she would ask, “And how did you do that?” This encouraged me to identify what approaches brought about the desired result. She led me to see that the significant learning was not the achievement, but how it was achieved. Her presence as a friend and teacher remains alive in my life through such teachings, her kindness and love in showing how to reach my potential.