How to improve eyesight with a yogic technique
Nayaswami Savitri
Question from DEEPAK PRADHAN: My eyes are very weak. How can I improve them by meditation?
Healing at a distance
Nayaswami Anandi
Question from dimple: Dear Sir/Madam, Have a good day. Is it possible to completely heal a person from a distance? Thanks and Regards! Dimple
Healing with Reiki
Nayaswami Anandi
Question from sandy nat: A lot of people these days are practicing Reiki as a form of healing. What are the views of Sri Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda on this subject ? Thank you,
Mystical experiences and the brain
Tyagi Shanti, M.D.
Question from Nirmal Vadgama: Medical science has elucidated many brain functions. This led me to question certain “mystical experiences”. We know from various studies that these experiences can be induced in individuals (i.e entheogens). Also, patients suffering from temporal lobe epilepsy claim to have profound feelings after a seizure, as if they had experienced God, and they no longer see life as meaningless. Are…
Overcoming Shyness
Asha Nayaswami
Question from M: Hello! I am a shy kind of girl and have been trying to get over my shyness for quite some time.I’ve been able to succeed to a certain extent in being friendly with girls, but I find it still difficult to converse with boys.Its because I am afraid that I’ll get attracted towards them and I don’t want to be…
Can Meditation Cause Headaches?
Tyagi Shanti, M.D.
Question from carrie: blessings. many times when i meditate i have been feeling pain in my head. specifically around my temples, above my right eye and sometimes behind at the medulla oblongata. it seems to be very distracting to me and i try not to let it divert my focused attention but many times i get agitated about it. and this only makes…
Disturbing dreams
Tyagi Shanti, M.D.
Question from cheryl: i have had a dream every night and its always about my dead relitives,but they are alive in my dreams,and a lot of the dreams that i have,have some sort of evil spirit or ghost in them,the only time i can get peace in my dreams is if i medicate myself and dont dream or at least dont remember them.and…
How to Learn the Energization Excercises
Nayaswami Devarshi
Question from Terri: My nutritionist suggested these energization exercises. I wanted to know if there was somewhere on the internet I could see these demonstrated? Please let me know what are the different ways I could get instruction for these exercises. Thank you
Human brain, spiritual awakening, and science
Tyagi Shanti, M.D.
Question from Ashwin: I recently watched a documentary showing people suffering from even slight damage to their temporal lobes experience immense spiritual awakening and visions of saints etc..The scientists concluded saying perhaps all spiritual experiences are but a byproduct of the mind and not something from beyond the mind. and that spiritual experiences are caused manly by faulty wiring in the brain and…
