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Nayaswami Mukti is an Ananda Minister and long-time resident of Ananda Village. She leads and facilitates meditation and spiritual life programs at The Expanding Light Retreat. She is also a key member of the Ananda Music Ministry.

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How Can We Make Progress in the Next Life if We Do Not Remember the Last One?

Dear Frank, The ego usually does not remember details of past lives, but the soul does know. If we have successfully passed a karmic test in a previous life — rising above old ego reactive patterns and attachments which would…

Helping Someone Who Has Suffered a Great Loss

Dear SP, Your aunt has indeed suffered a great loss. I think healing prayers for her now are essential. I encourage you to go onto our website at this link to put your aunt’s name on our prayer list. Our…

Tingling Sensation When Meditating

Dear Alberto, I think the tingling sensation may be because you are not breathing correctly. First, your breath should be primarily in the abdomen area and very relaxed. Breathing naturally gets slower as we go deeper into meditation. You can…

How Do I Get Rid of Bad Qualities?

Dear Sathya, The most important thing you can do is raise your awareness of who you are in your soul nature: a child of God, an individualized spark of the Divine. The purpose of life is to realize this truth.…

Guru-Disciple Relationship

How Does One Come to the Guru?

Dear SS, Let’s start with these quotes from Paramhansa Yogananda (quoted from Essence of Self-Realization). God sends the seeker indirect guidance at first, through books and lesser teachers. Only when the desire for Him is very strong does He send…

What to Do About Trying Too Hard in Meditation?

Dear David, This is a problem many devotees have faced at times, including Swami Kriyananda. A key principle is to recognize that, while your will power is necessary for spiritual progress, it must be joined with the divine will flowing…

How to Learn the AUM Technique

Dear Cecile, At Ananda the AUM technique is the third technique given in The Path of Kriya Yoga. Techniques are taught in sequence because one builds upon the others. First one learns the Energization and Hong Sau techniques and the…

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