Expectations of Romantic Love

Question from Nirja: What is love? How can I stop injecting pain into my life with my expectations of the painfully unattainable kind of love that I’ve grown up on, thanks to movies and music? The attachment to the hope of a perfect fairy tale romance has probably been my biggest foe and greatest teacher so far but my healing time frustrates me….

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Do Clothes Matter in Meditation?

Nayaswami Diksha

Question from Peter: Hi, Is there a specific time to meditate? Also do clothes matter in meditation? Like can a person meditate wearing boots and jacket due to coldness? So how can a person meditate in a cold room especially during a cold season?

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How to Pray to God as Mother and Father?

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Nina: Namashkar! God is one. Could you please tell me the difference between Divine Mother and Divine Father and how can I address them separately during my prayer. Regards.

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Calming the Mind in Meditation

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from ela singh: Sir, I am meditating since January this year but I still can’t concentrate more than 2-3 seconds. My mind chatters all the time whether I am meditating or not. But on the other hand, in spite of my failing in meditation, I am getting a lot of benefits. e.g., I am now less short-tempered and my attitude has started changing….

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Receptivity to Healing Prayers

Mary Kretzmann

Question from Mary: Dear Mary Thank you so much for your answer to my question of how to heal two families. You said healing depends on my faith and receptivity of the other family. If my faith is stronger, then will the prayer work even if their receptivity is not so strong, or is their receptivity equally important?

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Tingling After Meditation

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Andy Salgado: I have been meditating for about a year. Basically since my meditation I have been feeling a constant tingling in my body, it feels as if my actions are a lot slower and I am more aware. This tingling won’t leave so I’m making sure it’s okay, right?

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Internal vs. External Abundance

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from mary: Our abundance externally seems to be linked to our realization of our Divine abundance internally. How does Karma interface with this? Also I think that the more I love God the less I need to ask others for wisdom. And the more I realize that my “truth” is not the truth others may perceive for me. Thank you for responding….

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Healing a Family

Mary Kretzmann

Question from Mary: In pg 27 of “How to Love and Be Loved” , Master talks about friendships of past incarnations and doing our best to sow the seed for future.If a very good friendship has ended on a nasty note within families,with broken heart,accusation and counter-accusation, can prayer on my behalf help to restore normalcy in the relationship between the family? I…

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Feeling Sensations in the Spine and Spiritual Eye During Meditation

Nayaswami Premdas

Question from PS: I have been meditating daily for 10-15 minutes(based on my self learning of the techniques from Ananda’s website) 1) I experience very “cold/cool feeling” at my spiritual eye, soon as I feel energy coming upwards. Sometimes this feeling stays for the day and at times, it comes upon when I close my eyes and try to focus on my spiritual…

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Healing a friendship

Mary Kretzmann

Question from Rohini: I had badmouthed a close friend of mine before not less than 20 other people several times because of something unacceptable and bad she had done to me and for which she had no regret.Even she knew that she had done a bad thing but she rationalized her misdeed. That angered me more. But I have been given to understand…