Love Is a Magician

Описание: Watch this moving and beautiful song by Swami Kriyananda, performed by Nayaswami Ramesha and Brahmachari Prashad during Sunday Service at Ananda Village of February 15th 2026.

Lyrics:
Love is all I know:
Sunrays on the snow
Of a winter long
In darkness, without song.

Oh, my heart’s afire,
Burning all desire:
Only You remain,
And life again!

Too long I did stray,
Flung lifetimes away—
Imagined You did not care!
I know now Your smile
Was mine all the while:
I listened, and Love was there.

I can’t breathe for love!
All the stars above
Call to me: “Come home!
Life’s waves all end in foam.”

Only love can heal
All the pain I feel.
What a fool was I
To turn away!

Composed by Swami Kriyananda, arrangement by David Miller
https://www.ananda.org/music/

Swami Kriyananda: "I have a confession to make: This song, which is probably my favorite of the many songs that have come to me, evolved quite by accident. The very fact that it did so is, to me, proof sufficient that none of my songs are really my own. The day before I wrote it, I had finished (as I thought) writing melodies for my album, “Secrets of Love,” to accompany a little book I had written by that name. I sent these melodies from Italy to a dear friend of mine in America, David Miller, who wrote a sensitive arrangement of them for several musical instruments.

The next day, still uplifted in the mood that had drawn those melodies to me, I sat down at my keyboard, placed the fingers of my right hand on the keys, and simply allowed my fingers to move as they would. I went along consciously with whatever melody emerged. Almost before I knew it, the melody of this song appeared. I repeated it over and over, and found that it moved me deeply. A few nights later, unable to sleep for the constant repetition of this lovely melody in my mind, I got up and wrote the following words.

For a long time I wasn’t able to sing this song out loud: It moved me too deeply. Even recently, when recording it in the studio for the companion album for this book, I had to make two or three attempts before I could get through the song without a break."

— From the book “I’ve Passed My Life as a Stranger, Lord” by Swami Kriyananda

Swami Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters) became a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of "Autobiography of a Yogi", in 1948. At Yogananda’s request, he dedicated his life to teaching, writing, and sharing Kriya Yoga and spiritual principles worldwide. Over 65 years, Kriyananda authored 150 books, composed more than 400 musical works, and taught thousands, inspiring millions through his lectures, music, and practical teachings on meditation, community, and spiritual living. He is recognized as a pioneer of intentional spiritual communities, fulfilling Yogananda’s vision.

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