Spiritual Growth, Spiritualizing Relationships
Spiritual Growth
The Devil Made Me Do It — Truer than We Thought?
Throughout the ages, many intelligent people have tried to explain how this life works. They’ve proposed religious, philosophical, psychological, social, and scientific explanations. And while some of their ideas haven’t been particularly valid at any level, many have been valid on at least some level. Someone recently asked me what I thought of the teachings […]
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Divine Love
Jesus’ Message of Redemption
Because I was born Jewish, there have been many times when I’ve had to talk with folks who’ve come to Yogananda’s teachings from Jewish roots, only to find themselves thoroughly befuddled by the picture of Christ on our altars. If you’re Jewish, you can handle images of the elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha, far better than […]
Music and the Arts
Art & Creativity as Spiritual Practice
During a class at Spiritual Renewal Week, someone asked me a question that I didn’t have time to answer as fully as I’d have liked, so I’ll answer it now. The question was, “In the course of our spiritual lives, we sometimes feel the need to blow off steam – and how can we blow […]
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Spiritual Growth
What Are the Qualities of the Mother Aspect of God?
The message that all of the great masters such as Jesus Christ, Buddha, and Moses bring to the world is always the same. They may stress different aspects of the truth to accommodate the understanding of the people living at a particular place and time, but the truths of religion are eternally the same. This […]
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Spiritual Community, Spiritual Growth
How Can We Grow Spiritually?
When Paramhansa Yogananda came to America in 1920, he spent fifteen years working extremely hard to get his mission started, while facing many difficult tests along the way. When he felt that it was on a firm foundation, he returned to India to see his guru, Sri Yukteswar, and his many Indian friends, disciples, and […]
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Spiritual Growth
Intuition Is Simple — the Intellect Is Complex
Yoga Philosophy
What Was Yogananda Really Like?
Spiritual Growth
Faith is a Call to Prayer; Prayer is a Call to Faith
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Learning about Magnetism: A Personal Journey
My slowly deepening understanding of magnetism and the part it plays in our successes and failures involved many experiences with Swami Kriyananda. Generally speaking, everyone’s faults are their virtues taken to an extreme. I’m a very enthusiastic person. I love becoming engaged in a project, but sometimes I overdo it.
