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Meditation and Service
Meditation and service • During the Hong-Sau technique, how to deepen natural pauses between breaths (Conversations with Yogananda: 375-376)
What Are Moods?
“Master, how will I know your will, once you have left your body?” • “Behind every rosebush of pleasure lies a rattlesnake of suffering, coiled and ready to strike” • What are moods? • Can we still help others if we are weak, ourselves? • Visions during meditation (Conversations with Yogananda: 369-374)
How to Win the Love of God
How to win the love of God • How to relate to the people in our lives • What was the purpose of Yogananda’s work? (Conversations with Yogananda: 367-368)
Where Does Wisdom Come From?
Where does wisdom come from? • What is clear discrimination? • What is the role of reason? (Conversations with Yogananda: 366)
How to Pray
A disciple who took many photos of the Master • Does God answer our prayers? • How to pray (Conversations with Yogananda: 364-365)
Yogananda’s Interpretations of the Rubaiyat
Yukteswar’s training: deep scriptural study • Yogananda’s interpretations of The Rubaiyat • How people come to the spiritual path • Yogananda as “just a bulge in the ocean” • The importance of taking care of the body when younger • “Fools argue, but wise men discuss” (Conversations with Yogananda: 358-363)
What Is Raja Yoga?
Which branch of Yoga did Yogananda teach? • What is Raja Yoga? • If you love yourself, how can you love God? • Offer the good and bad you do to God • How to break the barrier of egoic self-identity • God as the doer • What does it mean to “be practical in your idealism”? (Conversations with Yogananda: … Read More
Simplify Your Life
What is superstition? • Fascinating astrological and related instructions Master gave to his disciples • “It is easy to be spiritual if you follow a few rules” • SImplify your life • Don’t mix too much with others • “Seclusion is the price of greatness” • Yogananda teachings) a new expression of religion • Why materially poor Indians are generally … Read More
This Life: Dream or Reality?
What does it take to have a relationship with someone also deeply serious on the spiritual path? • Master often compared life to a movie • What is the benefit of good karma, during this lifetime? • How much is this life a dream? How much should we relate to it as a reality? • Master’s concern for suffering in … Read More
