Question from Alexander: Yogananda showed some healing techniques. Some other healers say that we just should heal if a person really wants to be healed and if God allows it. That means we don’t break Gods karmic laws. Otherwise it could be dangerous for the healer itself. Did Yogananda ever talk about the danger if we use healing techniques wrong?
Question from Nirav: Hello, I am practicing the Scientific Healing Affirmations from the YouTube channel of Ananda Sangha Worldwide. There we are told to focus on the spiritual eye. My question is: is that is it safe to focus on third eye without being initiated? Will it cause any harm in future?
Question from Priyanka Solanki: Why did God create human beings? In other words, why did all this birth-death cycle start, if God resides within us? Why was this world even formed?
Question from Ashu: I am a highly sinful and weak human being. However, when I look at my attempts to get over my pettiness, I am astounded. There have been times when for months, I only had food, sleep and entertainment. On the other hand, there have been other times when God has been graceful to guide me in my daily work and…
Question from Anonymous: My mom is a Yogananda follower, but I was also raised going to Christian church. I’m wondering, does Yogananda teach that Christ is the Son of God and that praying to God and Christ is the most important and highest order? Or is Jesus considered more on an equal playing field as Yogananda and other ascended masters? I ask because…
Question from ss: Could you explain the microcosm and macrocosm analogy? Is this “energetically” speaking as humans and the universe are made out of the same five elements? Can one only truly understand this and experience this when one becomes Self-realized? Otherwise it remains a theoretical statement.
Question from SS: I have 2 meditation practices (morning one, and Kriya in the evening that I try to do daily). As I sit down to meditate lately, even before I begin I feel a strong current of energy gathering within me and moving upwards. Also, I have experienced my manipura (stomach) chakra vibrating strongly or whirring loudly recently. What is the meaning…
Question from Sam: Hi, may I know if Yogananda ever said anything about Buddhism? I don’t think I have ever found anything he said regarding that, and I am curious to know his perspective.
Question from Suchie: A dog is beaten to death by humans and then I remember that the Bhagavad Gita says that God is the only Doer, we think its us acting, because of maya. Then how can such a barbaric act happen? Why would God create a universe that is so full of pain and suffering? For us to find Him if/when we…
Question from G: From last few days, my baby (3 months old) wakes up in the middle of deep sleep and cries with a loud sharp tone. When she wakes up, she looks at some particular place with intense fear in her eyes and keeps crying. One day when i was sleeping with her, i saw a shadow like figure just above her…
