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Suggestions for the Practice of Hong-Sau

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Irina: I have been meditating regularly for 2 months and every time I have different intuitive feeling what this meditation should be. Sometimes I plan to practice Hong-sau technique, but when I sit down to meditate I feel such deep joy that decide to concentrate on it instead. Sometimes I don’t even feel like closing my eyes. Is it OK?

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Do I Need to Have Faith in God to Realize the Self?

Nayaswami Pranaba

Question from Raju: In the path of self realization or realization of Brahma, where is the place of God? I did several inquiries (self) and cannot find a place! Precisely my doubt is, is it necessary to have faith in God to realize the Self? And is it a prerequisite to leave normal life to seek the spiritual life?

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The World Needs Your Positive Energy!

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Janice: How does one stay positive with all the tragedies, violence, pollution on the earth, big corporations controlled by greed which are bankrupting so many individuals, etc. etc??

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If We Give Love, Will We Receive Love In Return?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Raju: I read a question in Ask Ananda that “..there’s always an equal and opposite…if we keep increasing the energy of love and peace then would this also lead to greater hate and evil in the world? How would you answer this?” I could not understand the meaning of the answer given. But what I know is, let me share, —…

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Manas (Mind) and Buddhi (Intellect) Originate in the World of Ideas

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Dr. Andreas Ullrich: Atma Namaste! Paramahamsa Yogananda describes a causal world composed of “thoughttrons” and an astral world composed of “lifetrons”. Nevertheless he includes “manas” and “buddhi” in the elements of the astral body. How does this fit togehter with a causal body composed of thoughttrons? Thank you. Andreas, Austria

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What Language Should I Chant In?

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Irina: Yogananda told his disciples to learn poems written by saints and to repeat them during the day, and to sing song throughout the day because they help to attune oneself to master’s conscientiousness. My question is: English is my second language and as I know it’s better to use your native language for this purpose? But at the same time…

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Kundalini Energy

Nayaswami Seva

Question from Michael pare: I have heard about vibrations during meditation but I feel more of a slow throbbing through my body and sometimes swirling around my spine. What if anything does this indicate?

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Death and Reincarnation

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Aditya Bhargava: Respected Sir / Ma’am, Going through so many scriptures has not helped me yet in my quest for the question that in this cycle of Birth and death , is ” Death” an event pre-planned by the Supreme or it may occur due to man’s own negligence? Can a man end up one’s life even when his end is not…

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From Minerals to Humans: The Story of Reincarnation

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from Lemains: do all souls begin the reincarnation process as lower life forms such as plants, then insects, then animals and lastly as humans before they they become liberated from physical reincarnation OR some souls begin the reincarnation process in a human body already? if yes, that wouldn’t be fair because they would have advantage over the other souls that begin the…