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How Can We Feel Divine Mother’s Love?
Dear Shrey, I apologize for not writing sooner. I have been in Italy for Swami Kriyananda’s memorial service. We are Divine Mother’s children. A devotee of Yogananda was being scolded by an advanced disciple of Yogananda, whose name was Durga
How to Be at Ease with People
Dear Rekha, Do you meditate? Meditation is a wonderful for helping with exactly this issue. It helps you to actually feel other people at their center – in other words, what it feels like to be “in their shoes.” Meditation
What is the Procedure for Offering Our Acts to God?
Dear Sharmila, Karma yoga is the practice of offering one’s daily actions to God. Since I was just reading The Art and Science of Raja Yoga by Swami Kriyananda, I offer his words on your question: Everyone engages in mere
Agitated After Meditation Practice
That is good that your breath slows down and becomes deeper as you meditate; that is exactly what should happen and indicates you are relaxing into your practice. As far as feeling agitated and even having angry feelings after your
Did Master Speak of Teresa of Avila?
Dear Jim, Master said that it would be good to study the lives of Saint Francis and Teresa of Avila, because they were saints that were “in tune with this ray” of Self-Realization brought by the five Gurus of this
Thoughts About Eye Contact
Dear Cyril, Yogananda said that the eyes are the windows of the soul. We can communicate more deeply with others by expressing the sincerity of our words through the eyes. Direct eye contact as we speak helps the listener feel
Which Is Better: to Pray Out Loud, or Silently?
Dear John, What an interesting question. In our spiritual practices, the energy and focus we put into them determines how much power we experience from these practices. Whether it is prayer or chanting, deeply focused interiorized devotion is the most