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Obedience to (Bad) Parents

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Sudha: Our scriptures state that we must respect our parents and be obedient to them failing which, we are committing a sin. What do we do when we have bad parents who have never really cared for our well being but have always been selfish and look at their children only as a means of earning money? What do we do…

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Can Love also Be Non-Attached?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Manisha: Can vairagya and prem co-exist? I love a person and have lustful thoughts only for him. I don’t want to be touched by some other person now.

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Changing Unwanted Thoughts and Attachment

Nayaswami Hassi

Question from Manisha Kumari: I am in pre-final year of my engineering. I am in love with a guy and we are on a break as we both want to concentrate on our career. We communicate much less. I am finding this difficult and am not able to concentrate on my studies. I am overwhelmed by my attachment to him. I want to concentrate…

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Is This Guy THE ONE?

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Keeley: I have just recently met a guy. Is he the one?

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Overcoming Intense Jealousy

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Sunrise: I am intensely jealous of a female friendship that my boyfriend has at work. This jealousy is destroying my relationship with him, as well as the peace and calm that manages to be generated when I can control myself & not begin an argument about her for a couple of days. I want him to have friends & creative collaborators,…

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Kindness to Your Self

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Sonia: I have been on my spiritual journey for a while now. I feel I have to start all over because I failed the first step of ‘Being Kind to Myself.’ Can I overcome childhood trauma through meditation and how would I meditate towards being kind to myself?

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Peace and Harmony Prayer

Nayaswami Hassi

Question from SS: Why do so many older women (mothers and mother in laws) mistreat their daughters and in law,and misuse their power? I am a woman and was severely abused by my mother, and mistreated by a very rude mother in law. It has always bothered me that older women who are supposed to be wiser instead cause so much problems. I…

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Coping with a Friend’s Suicide

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Vicki: How do you cope with the loss of someone that has taken their own life? I have done spiritual work for many years and feel lost.