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Where Is the Subconscious Mind Located?

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Question from cyril paul coakley: Hi, Does the conscious, subconscious mind have seats in the body and if so where are they? I once read in a New Thought book that the subconscious mind has its seat in the solar plexus chakra. I thought they would be suituated in the brain or frontal lobe like the superconscious mind. Thanks C

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Creating Order in Your World

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Question from Bhushan: I have read somewhere that Swamiji says that when someone is sitting in meditation in his subconscious mind he had doubts the door is locked or not? Also ensure first that things are in order may be like health, money, relation, family etc. and he states that this is not correct. When you meditate just forget everything and surrender to…

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Our Attention to Negative and Fearful Thoughts

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Question from Carina: I sometimes wonder if Yogananda and other Masters also experienced negative or fearful thoughts and how they handled them. I am asking because every time a negative thought enters my mind I immediately get attached and judge myself in a sense of obsessing “if I am a bad person”. I also seem to suffer from the unconscious belief that if…

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Should I Take Antidepressants?

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Question from Robin: I am going through a big life transition and considering taking an antidepressant, which has helped me in the past for depression and anxiety. But I am afraid of losing access to my deepest emotions and spiritual feelings. Can a medicine that alters brain chemistry also alter my relationship to God? My instinct says that God’s energy is stronger than…

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Mantras and headaches?

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Question from Jennifer: Hello and thank you in advance. I experience a headache when I silently chant my chosen mantra. Is this a sign that it is the wrong mantra for me or that it is working and I need to keep with it and get past the pain?

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Who Is to Blame when Bad Things Happen?

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Question from ABC: Why do people blame God when bad things happens? Why is it that humans blame God and not the humans that does the crime? Or can God be blamed for the crime of humans since he created us? Or is he free of blame becuse he gave us free will?

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How Do I Focus on The Spiritual Eye?

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Question from Daniel Boland: How can I focus and concentrate correctly on the third eye ? How also, do I know that I’m moving through it ?

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Contacting a Departed Loved One

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Question from annu: How can i feel the presence of the soul of the loved one whom i lost in a tragic accident. Is there any method to feel connected? What happens to the extremely strong unfulfilled desires of the life time after departure? What happens to those who die untimely? Please ans soon im desperate to be connected to my loved one.

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Casting Desires into the Flames of Love

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Question from Maia: I have recently and with disappointment uncovered a thought/desire that I have been unsuccessful at “cast[ing] into the flames of love.” It is bothering me — when I am happily reflecting on God or Guru as I am taking care of daily activities it will come in and bother me. What is the best way to take care of this…

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Are We Indebted to Those Who Give Favors?

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Question from Abhi: Does accepting a favour count as an obligation to be worked off, according to Karmic law? I have grown to do people good turns with an attitude of detachment — but off late I do find that people expect (as a right) that I will have to return them when I accept any, to the extent that they even resort…