Ask Me About Truth

There are so many people alive on earth today — if reincarnation is true, where did all those souls come from? Paramhansa Yogananda’s answer to this question was “from other planets.” Have other peoples visited earth, from space? What determines if we are born as human, animal, or something else? Questions include: What is your opinion about aliens coming from outer … Read More

Swami Kriyananda shares thoughts, techniques, and experiences on the subject of how to be creative. “My secret to creativity,” he says, “is that I haven’t done anything. God has done it.” Questions and topics include: Is beauty a universal reality? Have you ever had to overcome writer’s block? How a playwright should write dialogue

Art, Swami Kriyananda  says, should be a priesthood, and always try to uplift — the artist as well as his or her audience. No matter what medium he works in, the greatest masterpiece of an artist should be him or herself.  Questions include: You talked about art as being idealized reality — could you expand on that? Is beauty always … Read More

The one art whose impact is unavoidable, architecture plays an important part in our lives and can even influence our consciousness.  In this discussion of art and consciousness, Swami Kriyananda shares advice for how to create a more uplifting vibration in your own home, including creating a place that will deepen your meditations.  Questions include: Paramhansa Yogananda said that we … Read More

If we want success, we need to spend time with people who have achieved it, and we should avoid people who have what Paramhansa Yogananda called “failure magnetism.”  People, groups, even countries are influenced by their environment — we should strive to be ourself, Swami Kriyananda says, free from negative influences, but open to positive ones, like the those of … Read More

“Faith is more than belief, faith is an experience.”- Swami Kriyananda Knowing God and believing in God are not one in the same. Swami talks about how to deepen our faith in and experience of God. Questions answered: How can we develop more faith in God? How would you differentiate between belief and faith? Many people reject the concept of … Read More