Can Our Causal Bodies Have Karma to Be Worked Out?

Question from Will: I just re-read “Resurrection of Yukteswar” in “Autobiography of a Yogi”, and in one passage it says “… Such beings have only astral and causal karma to work out.” (p. 413) I understood that in the astral world one could still have karma to be worked out, but not in the causal world. Do you have any notion of what…

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Where Do Souls Begin Their Journey?

Nayaswami Parvati

Question from Brandon Olivares: Namaste, Do all souls start out on the physical plane? The reason I ask this is that I am curious where such spirits as angels and demons fit into this equation. Are there spirits that simply start out in the astral plane? On a related note, is it common to receive glimpses of one’s previous life in the astral before…

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Do Good People Die Early?

Nayaswami Parvati

Question from Rajesh: Guruji, thanks for answering my question on living with Karmic Scars. Guruji, I have another question, I have been observing from my childhood and with many cases, I have a firm beleif that people who are good die early. Is it so? I knew many people who were very good human and died earlier than normal age. Can you pour…

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Living with “Karmic Scars”

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from RAJESH: Sir, I have always been truthfull and humble and seldom have cheated anyone, however, I got cheated by people which has left a big scar . How do I live with these scar’s some of which have been very very bad. Thanks Rajesh

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Taking on Another Person’s Karma

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Lee: I have an incurable genetic disease. I told my yoga teacher about it when I started her class, and she told me she is a spiritual healer and convinced me to do sessions with her. She told me that she knew a “method” and could take away people’s karma. I spent 2 1/2 yrs. with her & paid $100 a…

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Where Are Seeds of Karma Stored?

Nayaswami Devarshi

Question from sandy: In a heading under “can kriya burn up karma” it is stated that karma is stored in the astral spine as Vrittis. I have read in spiritual texts that karmic record is a part of the causal body — seed body — as the name implies. Please advise the source of information on which the above statement of it’s being…

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Can the Role of a Guru and Disciple Be Reversed?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from John C: Namaste. In Autobiography of a Yogi, Yoganandaji describes that the roles of Guru-disciple (i.e., Elijah-John and Elisha-Jesus) “became reversed” between their two separate appearances in time on earth. It seems that a reversal of roles like this can make sense if they were both Masters inwardly to begin with, and reversed roles only outwardly for earth’s drama? But what does…

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My Mother Is Bitter. How Can I Help Her?

Asha Nayaswami

Question from Carina: I saw Swami Kriyananda’s video “What Happens After Death” and now I am worried about my mother’s “afterlife”. She doesnt believe in God and became a very bitter and difficult person. I can feel her unhappiness but can’t get through to her. I love her and I know that she has a kind heart underneath. I always believed that angels…

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The Law of Karma and the Law of Attraction

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Michael Hamlin: There have been many teachings over the last 100 years on “The Law of Attraction.” Meaning, what we think about, reinforcing it with emotion, will materialize in our lives. This has been taught in Unity & Religious Science Churches in the United States. My question is, is the “Law of Attraction” the same thing as Karma? They seem very similar…

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The Four Ashrams, or Stages, of Life

Nayaswami Devi

Question from chip arpin: Hi- i read Yogananda’s autobiography in the early ’70’s and have been meditating ever since. Love to read Swami Kriyananda’s books too. My worldly duties seem to have ended….children grown….their Mom is off on her own live in a cave. My question is, “what to do, when all that is left is the “search” for God?? i am not at…