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Bad dreams

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Joseph Cimino: I am a student of Ananda courses online for a few months now, lately I have been dreaming about situations and people from my past that didn’t always turn out right, for about four or five nights now, during the dream and after I awake I feel the exact same sad emotions I felt when they happened physically, after repeating…

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Leaving this world

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Tom Stimson: My 92 year old mom passed on April 28th. We were the closest of friends, lived together 50 years and I was her caregiver 24/7 for the past 5 years. In the weeks since her passing, many strange things have happened that are not physically possible around the house and garden. Is this a common thing when someone dies, and…

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Burning up the seeds of past bad karma

Ananda Sangha Worldwide

Question from Joydeep: I’ve been on the spiritual path for the last 10 years and recently I have intensified my practice which has jump started my spiritual life. I have always had fears which I have tried to face as much as possible. Recently I was “attacked” by a spell of fear that lasted about 3 hours and I felt this intensity after…

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Does God exist?

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from vinay: Hello, I am a man of science and I firmly share the view of scientists that man is an organism that had evolved from another animal through the course of millions of years. My question is, did man create the concept of god as a mechanism to cope with lifes uncertanities? What is the evidence to suggest that god exists…

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Adam and Eve

Asha Nayaswami

Question from Tammy Tambrella: I read the post about the interpretation about Genesis and that Adam and Eve were not to have sex so that they would not stimulate the sex organs. Evidently this would create the basal instincts and allow humans to procreate like animals (?). I have always wondered why as humans women do not have more natural control over when we…

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Forever young

Nayaswami Savitri

Question from Tammy Tambrella: Are there any special techniques to maintain a youthful appearance? Is it possible to not age at all?

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I want to meditate, but my family doesn’t support me

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Vincent: Dear Sir, Ever since 1974 after reading Paramhansa Yogananda autobiography I have tried to live a spritual life.I have social problems in my believe with my conservative Catholic family members. I practice meditation and read vedic books in secrecy. I am now following your meditation techniques when no family members are at home. Please guide me. Thank you

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How to contact departed loved ones

Nayaswami Shivani

Question from Neil: Can one visit departed loved ones during Samadhi? (i.e. is it a near death experience)

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Do we experience love through the senses?

Nayaswami Gyandev

Question from Brock: How can we experience anything without the senses? Aren’t emotions such as love, bliss, etc. not experienced through the senses? If they weren’t, how could we know they were happening?

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A departed loved one

Nayaswami Seva

Question from karen l davis: I was on Del Mar Dog Beach with my dogs one October windy day at sunset. As i was walking back, towards my vehicle there was my mothers name LEONA printed perfectly in the sand. There was no one there at all except myself and my dogs. The sand was hard with a low tide. My mother had passed years…