Question from Raju: Hi sir, I saw one of video of kriyananada on feb 27 inwhich he mention that great depression will come soon and it’s already late to prevent it. Please tell me when it will come?. Please exprain indetail about it. Thank you Raju.
Question from Evangeline Houlihan: Prana being the lifeforce which travels on the breath, and jyoti being the divine source of light or inner flame, what is the difference between them?
Question from sharon: My question is about those few who choose to come back as avatars. Master and Swamiji say many become free and don’t choose to come back, but there are those who have a desireless desire to help people and do come back; the great avatars like Master, Jesus, etc. I wonder why there is not that innate wish to come…
Question from Chandan: I hv a fear of people.I find that when I’m around anybody I become tense and hv difficulty breathing.This irrational but compelling fear makes it difficult for me to even hv a good conversation wth anybody,even with my own relatives.Due to this fear I hv difficulty studying and so my marks hv plummeted.I hv had this problem for about 8-9…
Question from Isa: Swamiji in his Art and Science of Raja yoga, says that women during menstrual cycle should avoid stomach poses. What are the other poses to be avoided? What about Mahamudra and Kriya? Has Master talked about these things?
Question from Niraj: Can one attain salvation without attain Nirvikalpa samadhi ? Or attain Nirvikalpa samadhi is a must before attaining salvation ?
Question from Genevieve Rohan: You recently answered a question about the wearing of arm bangle as taught by Parmahansa Yogananda. I was wondering if you could share any information on the wearing of ankle bracelets in the Hindu tradition? Is there a significance based on the side of body it is worn? Do stones in the bracelet have any significance? Thank you.
Question from Bhushan: I have seen many times that in chruch there is one box type cabin where father listen to the confession of sin of person who wish to do so and thus he is relieved from the burden of his misdeed in this process nor father knows who came for confession nor the confessor knows who was the father.I want to…
Question from Melissa: In a recent recording from Treasures Along the Path, Swami Kriyananda mentioned that Master [Yogananda] said that people we are close to in this lifetime are souls that we have been with before. Can you please elaborate more on this idea? Thank you.
Question from Lemains: In the chapter “Ressurrection of Sri Yukteswar,” from Autobiography of a Yogi, it says: “The undeveloped man must undergo countless earthly and astral and causal incarnations in order to emerge from his three bodies. A master who achieves this final freedom may elect to return to earth as a prophet to bring other human beings back to God, or like…
