Reuniting with a disciple after many years: Oliver Rogers • “You have clear sailing” • How was Swami Kriyananda able to remember so many things that Yogananda said? • Yogananda’s sweetness and his power • Yogananda as William the Conqueror in a previous life (Conversations with Yogananda: 155-159)
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Men and Women: How They Are Influenced by Reason & Feeling
How to overcome anger • Men and women: how they are influenced by reason & feeling • Yogananda as a flawless mirror • Yogananda’s extraordinary mental fluidity (Conversations with Yogananda: 152–154)
Why Is Meditation Helpful for Spiritual Growth?
How to cultivate a desire for God • Why is meditation helpful on the spiritual path? • Kriya Yoga • Hong Sau in the spine • Offer everything mentally to God • See good in all, and you will see God everywhere (Conversations with Yogananda: 149)
Seeing God in Everything
The importance of meditation on the spiritual path • Seeing God in everything • Yogananda reminisced about meditating in a deep basement of a Benares Temple • Yogananda helps a childhood enemy (Jotin) overcome anger (Conversations with Yogananda: 149–151)
The Three Great Delusions: Wine, Sex, and Money
How to cultivate a desire for God • The three great delusions: wine, sex, and money (Conversations with Yogananda: 149)
The Meaning of Personal Challenges
Your own past lives • Seeing psychics • The two greatest barriers to wisdom • How Yogananda spoke to a man who had long worked against him • The meaning of personal challenges (Conversations with Yogananda: 145-149)
Stories of Miraculous Healings by Yogananda
How to seek God • Stories of miraculous healing • Yogananda brings someone back from the dead (Conversations with Yogananda: 132–136)
Yogananda’s Teachings on Vegetarianism
Bringing someone back from the dead • an unusual “surgery” to heal someone’s heart condition • Diet is individual—Yogananda’s advice to Dr. Lewis • Yogananda’s teachings on vegetarianism • Faith and common sense — what is the right balance? (Conversations with Yogananda: 137–144)