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Sri Yukteswar’s Life Purpose

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Cyril: There is a line in Autobiography (maybe chapter 12 ) where Yogananda says that Sri Yukteswar could have been a mighty warrior ( or words to those effect ) if he chose but that in this life he chose to defeat the inner warriors ( or words to those effect ) and to storm the “inner citadels whose fall is…

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How to Serve Others

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from thea: I am learning to be a person of service. To be of service, to be aware of this in all that i do….but sometimes the weight of it, serving, service work, can be heavy. Judgements from others, opinions, perceptions, wheather reality or un reality, today the weight of it, of being of service…is heavy. And I feel an extreem sadness.…

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How to Have Inner Strength and Courage

Badri Matlock

Question from Chandan: How can one overcome an inferiority complex?How can one develop strength in oneself and courage?I read in an article by SK that seeking the good opinion of others is one of the great delusions.How can one overcome this tendency?

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The Custom of Touching the Feet of Others

Nayaswami Sadhana Devi

Question from M: Do we give a part of our Karma to the person whose feet we touch? Should we only touch the feet of our Guru?

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How Can I Take the Pilgrim Vow of Intention?

Nayaswami Bharat

Question from Casey: Is it necessary to have taken Kriya initiation to make the Pilgrim vow of intention, and how is the ceremony conducted if one does not live near an Ananda centre?

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God Speaks in Awakened Silence

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Mattia: Hello everyone!Today I want to ask you two important questions.Two questions about our own daily relationship with God.How can we listen God?How can we understand what God wants to tell us?

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Is Time Travel Possible When You Know God?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from k: I just read in clarity magazine about adventures in time travel by Swami Kriyananda.Is time travel realy possible in samadhi &other higher stage of meditation or it is just a fairy tale story or mere symbolic to convey a message by SK..Is it really possible to travel back to ages when dinosors lived.ages of mahabharata,ages when PY lived on earth…

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Divine Mother vs. Satan

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from J: Hi, I just read in Clarity Magazine that Satan is “the outward flowing creative force which brings creation into manifestation.” What I am confused about is this seems very similar to the way Divine Mother is described, i.e. as AUM, the creative force, nature, the physical cosmos, etc. How could these two be so similar? Is Satan within the Divine…

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Building the Power of Perseverance

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Anitha: For about 15 years I have never been consistent. I start to do something, but give it up half way. I have never completed anything that I started enthusiastically;This is a huge obstacle to my spiritual progress. Please give me some suggestions to overcome this problem.