Question from Ken Harper: Great Souls, I have been meditating for 7plus months, am now taking Meditation Level 6 at Ananda Sangha Palo Alto. I meditate twice a day with regular energization exercises, each session averaging close to an hour. Recently have been experiencing a chilling of my body during the later stages of a session that becomes distracting, though I am covered well…
Question from Ganesh: Jai Guru, On one of the talks I heard Swamiji say this this planet is in a crisis and a downturn and because of global warming it may stop spinning. Swamiji and other people state that this is an age of energy which Yukteshwar named Dwapara Yuga. That means this planet is ascending towards higher awareness. Will these kind of…
Question from cheryl: i have had a dream every night and its always about my dead relitives,but they are alive in my dreams,and a lot of the dreams that i have,have some sort of evil spirit or ghost in them,the only time i can get peace in my dreams is if i medicate myself and dont dream or at least dont remember them.and…
Question from Dr. Andreas Ullrich: Hello and Atma Namaste from Vienna, Austria! I refer to the 24 categories of manifestaion: chitta, ego, intellect, mind, 10 organs of perception and action. 5 subtle and gross elements. Where in this system are the five pranas operating in the body? And which is the first manifestation: ego or chitta? Thank you very much, Andreas
Question from Vidya: Good morning. I was trying to understand today’s Daily Inspiration quote — “Think of time as a radiation outward from your own center. Past and future move not only like a river, but also in a circle around their center in the unchanging NOW.” It seemed somewhat cryptic to me. Whereas on a larger level, I understand that the barriers…
Question from Ravichandran Iyer: Sir, all of you advise that one should meditate very deeply.Can you please explain the word deeply. Thanks in advance.
Question from KJ: Can we modify Energization Exercise in terms of time spent & repetitions of each exercise? 12 minutes as taken normally to complete, seems too fast for me and I am not able to concentrate on energy flowing to that part. So, what I’m doing is — 1-2 round of each exercise, with tensing a part on say count of 1-7…
Question from amit: Every spiritual book refers or suggests that “Guru is essential/mandatory for travelling spiritual path”. How can we realize and recognize him ? Without him it is not possible to traverse correctly this path. If yes, then how we will find the GURU, who will show us correct path. Pranam, Amit
Question from amit: Swami ji always tell us to have an attitude of acceptance in life and at the same time he stresses to avoid acts that take us deeper into delusion. In that light I am confused sometimes to take a decision while accepting any assignment.I am a doctor by profession and a member of Ananda for last about 3 years. and…
Question from Will: Do the changing Yugas have anything to do with Global Warming and Climate Change. I saw a program that stated the fossil record shows that many animals not normally found in or near the Arctic Circle were found to have lived close to it many thousand of years ago. Is there a written record showing what events took place during…
