The more you walk hand in hand with God, the more you will experience the peace of knowing that no matter how difficult life becomes, in the end, everything works out.
Clarity Magazine, Overcoming Challenging Karma
Clarity Magazine, Coping with Loss, Spiritualizing Relationships
When the Miracle Is Withheld
Although healings and miracles are certainly wonderful, and are indeed signs of God’s presence, His withholding of such gifts does not mean His love is not there. As Paramhansa Yogananda taught, “Sometimes God works through misdiagnosis, when it is your time.”
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Attributes of a Spiritual Hero
In every undertaking, the way for the devotee to “hit the mark” of spiritual enlightenment, is to ignore every distraction and center all of your attention on the object of success. Not for the spiritual hero, the hand-wringing lament, “Oh, but think of the difficulties I face!”
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Three Keys to Changing Your Destiny
The more a person gives generously of himself, to God and to life, the more karmic law supports him in return. Always keep a generous attitude even if you haven’t the financial means to be generous in more material ways.
Clarity Magazine, Overcoming Challenging Karma
When Misfortune Strikes
When the motor scooter bucked, my body was launched into the air. Witnesses said I did at least one cartwheel, but I only remember a blur. I believe my right leg folded up under me as I hit the pavement with my full body weight. Then I rolled lengthwise several times until I was lying face up on the grass by the roadside.
Clarity Magazine, Divine Love
Learning to Love
Since I felt no love in my heart, I prayed to my Guru, Paramhansa Yogananda, and asked him to love people through me. I hoped thereby to learn how to love.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
Lessons in Humility and Courage
Suddenly finding myself in the turbulent deeper waters, the memory of my near-drowning experience surfaced. I panicked and swam back to the beach.
Clarity Magazine, Spiritual Growth
How to Banish Tension and Fear
There are some people who never do anything, and they’re always relaxed. Such lives may be pleasant, but they don’t advance you spiritually. You do not attain peace merely by escaping responsibility.
Clarity Magazine, Overcoming Challenging Karma, Spiritual Growth
From the British Isles to India: Continuing the Game of Minutes*
Beloved, we have come to a place together, where it is very difficult to leave Your presence. How difficult it was, at the beginning of this journal, to hold You for very long. You have made Yourself so delightfully delicious to me that I do not want to withdraw from You. It is easier to will myself into Your presence than it is to will myself out of it, once in.
Clarity Magazine, Overcoming Challenging Karma
When Life Gives You More Than You Can Handle
When we fail in our aspirations and fall to the ground, we need to be able to muster the courage to get up and try again. There is always a way to go forward.
