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How Do I Overcome the Hurt of Past Betrayal?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Natalie: I have always had a bad history with friends. I’m usually alone and keep to myself because I have closed myself off due to being hurt in the past. All of my attempts at making friends have left me feeling even more lonely. All of my past “friends” were abusive, and in some way used me then cast me aside….

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How Do I Quiet My Thoughts?

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Question from leslie: How do i still my thoughts? I can not quiet my mind at all EVER i cant focous. Death could be before me and i would still have a stupid song in my head.

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Sleep or Meditation?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Buddha: Since some days I’m falling asleep after some time of meditating. But the sleep I’m getting when meditating is totally different then normal sleep. It’s actually kind of half-waking state and half-sleeping in that I’m in deep sleep and feel lots of bliss and peace, but also I’m aware about what’s happening around me while sleeping. What should i do?…

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Are Vedantists and Buddhists Atheists?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from david snowdon: Believers in the Vedanta and Buddhism are not unlike atheists regarding end of life: it is dissolution of the self. The ‘awareness’ is not ours, it is God. I feel that the non-fundamental mind is being violated — the joke is on us. Your thoughts?

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Reincarnation

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Raghavan: Is rebirth a true phenomenon? If yes can we find out where a person has re birthed?

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Question from pushkar: Greetings gurudev, Why did yogananda portrayed himself as an average student who use to get minimum passing marks in examination? I mean sure enough his intuition was so developed that he could have outsmarted professors! Thanking you,

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Who is responsible for suffering and evil?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from David: If God is the doer, then the non-fundamental person has no free will and is not responsible for anything that happens. A murderer is not guilty: God was the doer. God is playing chess with himself, what is the point in that ? The doer, God, tortures and the victim, again God, suffers, or rather the character suffers pain and…

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Kriya Yoga

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Rupa: Hello, I practise kriya yoga for 3 years. I m satisfied in all aspect except I ’m gaining weight. In starting I was told it happens but it will reduce automatically but till date I m facing this issue.Please suggest

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Meditation

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from A S Bhaskara: 1)I am trying to concentrate on middle of the eye brow. But within one second it changes or my mind changes to some other aspects. How to concentrate on the eye brow. 1) Earlier in my workings (practice)while I was chanting Oome (AUM), my voice was mixing with some other external sound. I was feeling & Some different type of…