The Unique Essence of Each Soul - each one of us has a distinct core, different from anyone else’s. Swami Kriyananda encourages us to look beyond outward definitions of personality, position, or words and to see God in all forms. It is a mistake to categorize people or put them in a box because everyone is different. A Way of Awakening: Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talk series Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and gives commentary. Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=swamikriyananda+a+way+of+awakening. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
The story of Rama and Sita is tragic, but it has a positive outcome. Rama and Sita were exiled from their kingdom. Sita was abducted, but Rama finally was able to free her from this bondage. The story speaks of loyalty and the highest dharma. There are spiritual benefits of service to one's spouse and family. A Way of Awakening: Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talk series Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and gives commentary. Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=swamikriyananda+a+way+of+awakening. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
The word guru comes from the Sanskrit meaning, "to raise or uplift." It is the role of the guru to raise and uplift the disciple in vibration. The role of the disciple is to attune to the guru and become aware of the guru's presence within themselves. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
Renunciation of the Ego - learn to expand the ego from littleness to infinity. Live for God, hold Him in your thoughts all the time. Try to see in all people the One infinite beloved. This song by Kriyananda expresses renunciation: https://cdn.treasuresalongthepath.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/make_us_channels_ss.mp3 Lord most high our heav’nly father, All our lives we dedicate to Thee: All our labors, all our joys and woes, All our pleasure, all our melody. Make us each a channel of Thy peace: When in darkness, guide us from above; Where there’s sorrow may we sow Thy joy; Where there’s hatred may we share Thy love. A Way of Awakening: Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talk series Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and gives commentary. Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=swamikriyananda+a+way+of+awakening. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
Overcoming moods is one of the most challenging obstacles on the spiritual path. Moods are the result of overindulgence in the senses in the past. The solution, is to become mentally non-attached and to understand that joy comes from within, not from outward circumstances. A Way of Awakening: Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talk series Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and gives commentary. Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=swamikriyananda+a+way+of+awakening. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
Swami Kriyananda encourages us to develop our intuition, explaining that through the intuition, we gain access to the wisdom of the universe. In fact, it is only through the intuition that we can gain complete understanding of anything. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
Master's Birthday - attunement is our most important task as a disciple. We must strive to be in tune with the guru in everything we do. The guru gives us the right understanding and guides us to the right decisions. According to Swami Kriyananda, attunement is like walking a tightrope -- our constant surrender and work are necessary. We must never rest on past laurels, but always be open to a new and different understanding in whatever form it comes. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
Master's Birthday - attunement is our most important task as a disciple. We must strive to be in tune with the guru in everything we do. The guru gives us the right understanding and guides us to the right decisions. According to Swami Kriyananda, attunement is like walking a tightrope -- our constant surrender and work are necessary. We must never rest on past laurels, but always be open to a new and different understanding in whatever form it comes. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
The True Meaning of Resurrection - how to meet life’s tests in a Christ-like way In this fascinating talk, Kriyananda gives us deep insight into the life of Christ and how we can become Christ-like in our own lives. The principles in this talk are timeless. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
The Divine Romance - if you only knew how much God loves you, you would die for joy! A deeply inspiring talk on the true meaning of faith and how to love God. Swami Kriyananda talks of the devotee’s love for God, and His love for us, as a “romance.” He tells us that the word “romance” doesn’t only refer to a human love affair. Romance in the original meaning was a rousing adventure story. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
The Art of Superconscious Living is remaining positive, energetic and enthusiastic! When we tune-in to the superconscious mind, we are tapping into divine consciousness and opening ourselves to the reality of our oneness with God. Attitude is very important to higher thinking. As long as we live in a little human form, we’re going to suffer as well as have temporary fulfillment. But, nothing that we experience in the ego is permanent. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
Kundalini is energy in the spine that is "sleeping," and we can awaken it safely. This energy, when awakened, can transform your consciousness. It is a flow of energy. It is your consciousness. Kundalini is involved everything we do in life. Kriyananda mentions that he does not recommend hypnosis, it weakens our willpower. Sometimes our willpower can work against us. There can be a past life commitment to some type of energy, and because it is a subconscious memory, our energy is not in our control, and we seem to be in conflict. This energy has already been committed, but we are not aware of it. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
Giving and Receiving - give and receive graciously with love Swami Kriyananda discusses the importance of giving in such a way as to invite reciprocity. He explains that it is just as necessary to learn to receive graciously as it is to give graciously. It completes a circle when we leave an opening for others to give back to us. The most important thing is to give God your heart. When Kriyananda was asked 'how do you know what God wants you to do, he replied, 'God doesn't really care. All He wants is to know is that you do it with love.' To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
Following Your Highest Dharma - duty which leads you to a realization of your highest self. Dharma means being guided by what is right, not necessarily by what you want. Dharma must be understood at the outset to be not a burden, but an opportunity. Only, when we pull back from our desires, and make choices by what is right, do we find what we truly want – inner peace and joy. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
You can achieve spiritual and material success by concentration and right attitude. Success is usually equated with wealth, fame and great achievements. True success should be measured by what we have become through the process. Success means: Being successful in the eyes of God and in your own conscience Doing what you know is right To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
How to Achieve Emotional Maturity - working with our positive and negative emotions to grow and spiritually. How to determine whether an emotion is positive or negative Positive emotion is calm and points toward greater expansion, empathy and love An exceptional talk! To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
True Renunciation Involves Sacrifice, but what is really sacrificed in renouncing the limitation and bondage of ego? Isn't union with God far more desirable? Everything we give to God becomes blessed a million fold and even more so, when we give our life to God. Have a “good sense of value” and recognize that in giving our life to God, we are gaining so much more then we could ever have by holding onto the ego and our attachments to this world. A Way of Awakening: Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talk series Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and gives commentary. Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=swamikriyananda+a+way+of+awakening. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
Transforming Emotion into Devotion-- make your feelings calmly focused. Devotion is deepest when not influenced by emotions. Yogananda said, 'to demolish the mountain of delusion before you, inward focus is needed.' The balancing scales of maya balance every suffering with a joy, every pain with a pleasure. A Way of Awakening: Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talk series Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and gives commentary. Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=swamikriyananda+a+way+of+awakening. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
The Importance of Individual Effort - we need to do our part to put forth our own energy to grow spiritually. God responds when we make the effort to reach out to Him. Swami Kriyananda makes clear that outer conditions do not determine whether or not we make spiritual progress. Many people think that when they have more time, they will meditate more, or that when this or that happens, then they will finally be able to seek God in earnest. Always keep a corner of your heart open for the Divine Mother. The Mother is closer than the Father. A Way of Awakening: Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talk series Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and gives commentary. Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=swamikriyananda+a+way+of+awakening. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.
The goal of life is ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new bliss. The Bhagavad Gita shows the way to achieve that bliss. The Bhagavad Gita is an allegory of the battle within ourselves between the forces of good and evil. It shows us the way to transcend delusion. To learn more, please visit www.crystalclarity.com.