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Is Babaji More Powerful Than Shankarananda?

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from pushkar: Greetings gurudev, Master related an unheard story of Babaji and Adi Shankaracharya with the latter becoming a disciple of the great master.Does this mean Babaji is spiritually more powerful than these exalted yogi? There must be some reason why master narrated this incident.What is that?

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How to Deal with Fear (Part 2)

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Tanya: Thank you for answering my question on fear. But this is continuation of same. You said God must be having bigger, brighter plans. When I see my parents now in their sixties, having a troubled and painful marriage, fighting and bitter language.. almost every day, what better and brighter plans should I hope for, I only have the option to…

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How to Deal with Fear

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Tanya: I feel fearful about many things…about losing family members, job. Yogananda said fear comes from attachment.. can you give me a concrete solution to fix this… I pray, medidate… offer all. my activities to the ONE but circumstances happens such that i end up losing faith in him over and over. I can only trust what happens to me and…

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Circular Bodily Movement in Meditation

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Emily: I am a teacher of Ananda yoga and practice a traditional Ananda practice at home. Sometimes when in meditation in my own practice and sometimes when I am guiding a meditation in class I experience, what can best be described as, dizziness. It is not uncomfortable or unenjoyable. On the contrary, it is intoxicating. It feels as though my body…

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Overcoming Poor Workplace Habits

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from GPM: I’m in a field of work that I enjoy very much. But I’ve been asked to leave nearly every job I’ve worked. I’ve made good efforts overcoming poor habits — and the affects, through the help of professionals, of mental illness and addiction. As well as nail biting. Jai Guru! As of late, I’ve tried to see God as the…

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Will Kriya Yoga Help Me Achieve Outward Goals?

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Sanmay Patel: Namaste, My name is Sanmay Patel and want to ask one question. Does Kriya Yoga help me to achieve of fulfill my all dreams? I have both material and spiritual goal. Spiritual goal (self realization) I know kriya yoga will help me to achieve that goal. But my main concern is about material goals. For example… I want to achieve…

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Vibration Under the Legs in Meditation

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Ravi: Recently I have started meditation in Padmasana position. While doing meditation, many times I felt upward force vibration under my folded legs. Could you please explain what it is and it there any issue with it? Thanks in advance for reply!

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Why won’t God answer my prayers?

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Hmk: When I ask god for something small like good marks in an unimportant exam he gives it but when I wish for something big like winning a national competition or getting good marks in a career defining exam he never grants it.I do prayers , meditation then with deep stillness, devotion and concentration I ask him for it, still he…

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Dizziness exiting a forward fold

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from natalie: When I do a forward fold in my hot yoga class, I always get dizzy when coming back up but I’ve found that raising my arms overheard helps. I also have low pressure and I sometimes get heart palpitations and feel dizzy and raising my arms also helps me. I’ve read that the heart works harder to pump blood when…

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Too Much Kundalini Rising

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from sandeep hiray: Dear sir while meditation my head will go upward and strong kundalini shakti will raise in body. but i am not able to handle it. it create pressure in body and i hold it and sudenly i relise it. then my head get vibrate and i get hugh jurk. how to handel this