Central Keys for Achieving Spiritual Success
Tyagi Jayadev
Question from Jim: What does it really take to achieve true spiritual success?
Christlike Masters
Joseph (Puru) Selbie
Question from Lemains: In the chapter “Ressurrection of Sri Yukteswar,” from Autobiography of a Yogi, it says: “The undeveloped man must undergo countless earthly and astral and causal incarnations in order to emerge from his three bodies. A master who achieves this final freedom may elect to return to earth as a prophet to bring other human beings back to God, or like…
Do I Need to Have Faith in God to Realize the Self?
Nayaswami Pranaba
Question from Raju: In the path of self realization or realization of Brahma, where is the place of God? I did several inquiries (self) and cannot find a place! Precisely my doubt is, is it necessary to have faith in God to realize the Self? And is it a prerequisite to leave normal life to seek the spiritual life?
The Nature of an Avatar
Asha Nayaswami
Question from Alex M: When an enlightened soul chooses to reincarnate on Earth in order to help humanity or for any other reason, does this being know he is enlightened since the moment he has consciousness after birth? Or, he is born ignorant of this and later in his life he realizes his true nature? How does this work?
Who is responsible: God or Man?
Asha Nayaswami
Question from aa: Why is it that people keep asking. If God exist why does bad things happend ? Why is it that they don`t understand that humans are behind most of the bad things that happens ?
Free Will
Asha Nayaswami
Question from karen: Hi I have read how we are more evolved than animals as we have free will, and we can use that will to choose what we do and how we live. But I have also read that none of what we do is our (individual) doing — its all god acting through us, even when we are creating bad karma.…
Where do I look for God?
Asha Nayaswami
Question from aa: How can i find God again ? Where do i look ?
Stages of Enlightenment
Nayaswami Devi
Question from Romila: Is there a difference between the state of being Spiritually Awakened and Self Realisation? Thank you very much for helping me understand
The Promised Land
Nayaswami Shivani
Question from ellsj: I’m Jewish. I do believe in God, but as a people, we believe the Messiah has not yet come. Therefore, while I believe that Jesus was probably a great man and leader, I do not believe he was the Messiah. I have a deep apprecation for Paramhansa Yogananda, meditate and practice yoga, but want to deepen my spirituality. Can I…
How Prana (life-force) enters the body
Nayaswami Savitri
Question from Andreas: I am a Kriyaban in the tradition of Paramhamsa Yogananda. PY teaches that the life-force flows into the body through the medulla oblongata. There are 3 colours: White — consciousness beyond primal nature, blue — God involved with creation; gold — frequency of “OM.” Before I started the path of Kriya-yoga, I studied other systems. For years I have tried…
