The Spirit of Spain: Shaped by Saints
Dharmadevi and I began our pilgrimage to Spain with the European Kriyaban retreat in Ávila. What a perfect way to start, for the real pilgrimage is always within. As Paramhansa Yogananda said, "The...
Demand to be fed with the Cosmic Rays
I entered my temple of silence. Seated with a straight spine, I switched off the dazzling, diverting light of energy animating my sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. I commanded my breath to c...
Question I’ve started with the Hong-Sau and energization exercises for a very short time, like 2 weeks ago, but yesterday I was doing Hong-Sau and I experienced that I had no or almost no breath,...
How Can I Become an Observer During the Hong Sau Meditation?
Question: While practicing Hong Sau, the tongue or throat should not move, but i cannot mentally chant the mantra without slightly moving the the tongue/throat (very slight), especially at the G i...
Years later, during the Depression years, he gave a lecture in New York. Certain rich people were taking advantage of poor ones who lacked the means even to protect themselves. In his lecture, Yog...
In my school in India, there was a boy who was brought in by his parents. We used to take only children under twelve years of age, but he was much older. I told him he could stay on one condition—t...
