The importance of Kriya Yoga • How to practice Kriya • How many Kriyas? • What causes the Kundalini to rise? • Should we take the Bible literally? • Was Moses a Master? (Conversations with Yogananda: 268-272)
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Why Practice Kriya Yoga?
Is it permissible to kill insects like mosquitos or flies • Where do germs come from? • Mahatma Gandhi practiced Kriya Yoga • Yogananda’s true spiritual family • Why practice Kriya Yoga? (Conversations with Yogananda: 264-268)
Loyalty Is the Greatest Law of God
Loyalty is the greatest law of God • How to develop devotion • “Suffer little children to come unto me” • Perseverance • “People are so skillful in their ignorance” • Can the soul ever be destroyed? • Spiritual truth) directional or absolute? (Conversations with Yogananda: 258-263)
Habits Can Be Changed in a Day
Our earthly father and our Heavenly Father • Stories of monastics relating to their earthly families • Habits can be changed in a day • How to change habits quickly • Yogananda resting in the desert • How the Master corrects his disciples • Loyalty is the first law of God (Conversations with Yogananda: 249-257)
Sex and Temptation: How to Overcome Thoughts of Sex
Sex and temptation • How to overcome thoughts of sex • Peggy Deitz and Master’s instruction to her, to teach Kriya Yoga • Is meditation more important than work for God? • How to develop devotion (Conversations with Yogananda: 243-248)
How to Make the Spiritual Path Real for You: A Moderated Panel
A question and answer session with a panel of experienced meditation teachers.
Yogananda’s Thoughts on Marriage, Renunciation, and Sex
Yogananda’s thoughts on marriage, renunciation, and sex • Three yogis buried for hundreds of years, and still alive, are unearthed, deep in samadhi (Conversations with Yogananda: 240-242)
What Is True Intelligence?
What is true intelligence? • How was Master able to know so much about medicine, or communicate perfectly in Spanish, without any training? • Separation of the sexes in the monastery • How Yogananda disciplined those who made errors on the path • How to overcome negative gossip about you by others (Conversations with Yogananda: 236-239)
How to Overcome Moods
What causes moods? • How to overcome moods • Over-intellectuality / pedantry (Conversations with Yogananda: 235-236)
Inner Experiences in Meditation
Inner experiences in meditation • The effect of money on people’s consciousness (Conversations with Yogananda: 232-234)