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Some Ways to Handle Social Anxiety

Nayaswami Diksha

Question from Ruchit: For some months I’ve been facing severe problems of social anxiety, like I’ve lost control over my mind — it’s just behaving like a crazy monkey jumping here and there. I’ve become negative minded and get anxious over little things. Is it like some sort of negative energy inside me or is it something else? Please provide guidance to me.

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Accepting God’s Presence After a Difficult Experience

Nayaswami Parvati

Question from Pavan Kumar: I suffered from mental disorders for last 3yrs. The experience was very terrifying.Now I am free of it but am not able to accept whatever has happened.Innerly I feel god is the cause(indictd in scriptures).I am much isolated now since I dont want to be called depressed.I practiced meditation,due to restlessness,couldn’t get any answer.When practicing bhakti,i feel severe pain because…

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Spiritual Guidance for Muslims

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Ali Twaij: Hi there. In Yogananda’s poem “Come to Me as Mohammed,” what did he mean, please? Could you send me that poem, please. Thank you.

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How Can I Know If Yogananda Spoke the Truth?

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from SK: I am just wondering, how do you know that Yogananda did not make everything up that he said and wrote? Can you actually say that you know that he speaks the truth with 100% certainty ?

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Why Did God Create a World of Suffering?

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Vaibhav Agarwal: If the ultimate objective of the soul is to unite with the Supreme, why did He create this world containing maya? Had He not crated this world, no question of uniting with Him would arise, thus no suffering, no enlightenment, nothing. What made the Lord think of such a drama, the drama of this world? Ultimately, we were a part…

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What Is Our Purpose in Life?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Deepika: Dear Friend, I want to find out who do we really live for on Earth? for Divine, for our physical self, or for the society? We are always trying to please people/society and we become someone else (forget our true self) based on their acceptance and rejections. How do live that life then? We are told to follow our heart…

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How Can I Help My Deceased Mother?

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Karthika: I lost my mother suddenly before 7 months due to heart attack. She was a very pious , dutyful, religious woman ,a devotee of Lord Krishna who was very kind to all alike including animals. I feel that a human being like her should definitely get moksha and not go through any suffering again through rebirths. How can I know…

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The Secret of Concentration

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from adithya: My mind tends to remember what i dont want it to remember when i read my subjects. I constantly get other thoughts i am unable to concentrate on my studies. When i rarely do concentrate, my mind recognises it and i feel nervous and i loose concentration and my mind drifts away and stays in that state, maybe daydreaming state…

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Thoughts Are Universally Rooted

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from RUCHIT: From my spiritual practices i’ve became a lot better person but now an problem has occured with me whenver i’m thinking or lost in thoughts unknowingly i project my thoughts to other people around the area so i don’t want them to hear my thoughts sometimes there are too much personal thoughts what can i do to stop people hearing…