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Grieving for a Loved One

Nayaswami Maria

Question from Barbara: Hi, my husband passed a year ago in one week’s time. What I want to know is that I am feeling various pains this week. I know they are not mine. Is it possible that these pains could be sent to show me how he suffered?

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Blind Faith and Skepticism

Nayaswami Maria

Question from A0: Is blind faith a good or a bad thing? Is it better to be sceptical or should you believe everything Yogananda says blindly?

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What is Prana?

Nayaswami Maria

Question from Rajesh kumar rai: Hi ,what is the basic difference between life force and energy level and Prana with their specific significance ? Thanks.

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What Should I Do About My Mom’s Unhealthy Relationship?

Nayaswami Maria

Question from Anya: My mom is very attached to my dad who over the yrs have become volatile. My mom being non assertive has tried to correct his behaviour bt she starts talking with him no matter how he behaves. This has led him taking us for granted to the extent the entire environment of the home depends on his mood. We too…

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Should I Ignore or Be Friendly to Someone Who Hates Me?

Nayaswami Maria

Question from Nimms: I am a firm believer of karma and fully understand we will reap what we sow in life. My question is do I need to be good or ignore, someone who always hated me and gave only negative vibes to me in my life. Ignoring such people in life is going to put a bad record on my karmic account….

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Condensation & Concentration

Nayaswami Maria

Question from Vivian: Paramhansa Yogananda talked about “Condensation” – By concentration you can condense each experience and garner whatever wisdom is to be learned from it. – By condensation of individual experiences you can compress all your experiences, and the wisdom they contain, into a shorter length of time and thus gain much more than if you go through life haphazardly. Is there…

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Overcoming Negative Circumstance

Nayaswami Maria

Question from S: Most people seem to put up a lot with ehat drains them..the current job,certain people, a certain lifestyle and so on. How does one firstly identify what drains him or her. Secondly what is the way to eliminate them..A career for instance is not that easy to change. There are many factors involved.Most importantly parental pressure while changing career. How…

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Friendship

Nayaswami Maria

Question from victoria: A question on synchronicity. 5 years ago I saw a guy I know from my High school. From that encounter I wrote my first ever book. One of the most exciting times in my life. Some months later I saw him, and kept seeing. However it became clear he wants nothing to do with me. I’m so confused, what is…