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Solutions for Feeling Unworthy

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Isaac: Hello. Ananda has helped me greatly thus far in my life. The problem I have been having I believe comes from the same root but is in two parts. I am having trouble with people judging me, when this happens I find myself comparing myself to others, this seems to perpetuate a feeling of unworthiness. How do I dispel others…

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Are Vedantists and Buddhists Atheists?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from david snowdon: Believers in the Vedanta and Buddhism are not unlike atheists regarding end of life: it is dissolution of the self. The ‘awareness’ is not ours, it is God. I feel that the non-fundamental mind is being violated — the joke is on us. Your thoughts?

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How Important Is Material Success on the Path to Self-Realization?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Jeniffer: Question to N. Hriman. I know that my highest goal is to know God, thats why im on this path. But respecting to my worldly life I feel completly lost, that I’m not good at anything or I’m not Smart enought. I have failed in everything in life (28), in all my jobs too and now I´m without one. How…

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Resurrection and Protection

Mary Kretzmann

Question from Pushkar: Greetings Gurudev, I have few questions. First I want to ask how masters are able to resurrect dead? Paramahansa protected his disciples on numerous occasions. Is it because they remembered him at the very moment? If suppose I fall in to some trouble will Yogananda come to my rescue? Or will I suffer due to my past karma? Thanking you…

Spiritual Eye

Question from Ramya: Hi, For a few days now, with my eyes open I see a small golden circle surrounding dark, (similar to the one I see during meditation or when i concentrate on the spiritual eye ) and at times i see a spark of blue light. But both come at their own wish and I am not able to find what…

What Is an Avatar? Why Is One Born?

Question from AP: Dear Ones. My question is about those souls who are not bound to return into birth/death cycle and yet come to earth according to their own will. Who are these souls? Are they already liberated? Are they same as what we know as ‘Avatars’? What could be their purpose of taking birth. I understand there can be many reasons and…

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Where is my true home?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Buddha: What is happening with me? Actually my consciousness has changed. Suddenly I’m developing hatred toward this planet Earth. I feel like this world is not my true home. I feel like my true home is somewhere else, far away from here. Sometimes I even start crying because I’m unable to go home. How can I go home? Please help me…

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Why do I feel pain and longing for freedom inside myself?

Nayaswami Diksha

Question from Ankit: I am 24, a graduate in Yoga and have been teaching Yoga as my profession to make a living. I also am regular to self yoga practice ( basic pranayama and asana). But this doesn’t complete me. Some pain hidden inside. A quest in me taking a deeper space now, more often I think how it feels to be free,…

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Who is the Doer and Who Is the Observer?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from krishna Sundarajoo: If there as a person called Joe, let’s say, who has a soul or atma. I understand that the Lord residing in him is the Doer. Who, then, is the witness of everything that happens in Joe’s life?