5/8/82 Principles of Healing Parts One & Two – we can tune into the right energy to heal ourselves and others. Part One explains willpower as one of the determining factors in healing. The energy coming to us for healing does not originate from ourselves, it comes through God’s grace. The divine energy that surrounds the body can be drawn upon at will. Part Two is about refining your ability to decide how to proceed with healing. When the emotions are cleared out of the way you can better de...
Aug 20, 2025•51 min•Ep. 90
5/8/82 Principles of Healing Parts One & Two – we can tune into the right energy to heal ourselves and others. Part One explains willpower as one of the determining factors in healing. The energy coming to us for healing does not originate from ourselves, it comes through God’s grace. The divine energy that surrounds the body can be drawn upon at will. Part Two is about refining your ability to decide how to proceed with healing. When the emotions are cleared out of the way you can better de...
Aug 20, 2025•56 min•Ep. 89
7/30/81 Interiorize Your Mind – control the reactive process, dive deep in meditation and act with calmness and detachment. Feed the inner fires of compassion in meditation, and to practice compassion in our daily lives by giving and doing things for others. You are a child of God. Interiorization of the mind will reveal this. A temptation of meditation is to become overly self-involved, and be aloof to the challenges of others.
Aug 20, 2025•37 min•Ep. 88
The Art of Intuitive Teaching – let inspiration flow. Take time to learn the techniques and later relax while doing it. There are certain things we need to learn that seem like drudgery but try to make learning these things fun. When teaching intuitively have an objective outlook and be committed to the truth, not mere opinions. People admire teachers who can admit they are wrong. When you teach – offer, don’t dictate. Ask God to give you inspiration. The more you bring God into the picture, the...
Aug 20, 2025•36 min•Ep. 87
1/4/83 The Art of Intuitive Teaching – let inspiration flow. Take time to learn the techniques and later relax while doing it. There are certain things we need to learn that seem like drudgery but try to make learning these things fun. When teaching intuitively have an objective outlook and be committed to the truth, not mere opinions. People admire teachers who can admit they are wrong. When you teach – offer, don’t dictate. Ask God to give you inspiration. The more you bring God into the pictu...
Aug 20, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 86
8/20/1981 Receptivity – be dynamic in your self-offering and gratitude to God no matter what He gives you. You can’t be passive and ask for a different outcome. You need to accept whatever is given. Say ‘God I give it all to you.’ Everything that comes to us is God’s grace. If what we’re given causes us pain, accepting it as God’s gift allows us to grow spiritually, and our receptivity increases. Be with people who bring you joy. We don’t create our truths, we receive them....
Aug 19, 2025•46 min•Ep. 85
6/3/84 Signs of Spiritual Progress – stay in higher consciousness The sacred words in the Bible’s Beatitudes give us specific guidelines for assessing our spiritual progress. We must all have hope and encouragement in our potential! This talk is exceptional and will inspire you and open your heart.
Aug 19, 2025•53 min•Ep. 84
7-20-1980 Humility – Swami Kriyananda explains that the power to accomplish anything comes from the Divine and how to draw on this power. When someone complimented Yogananda on his humility, he replied, “How can there be humility when there is no consciousness of self?” In our quest to become one with God we must transcend the thought that we are separate from God. Bring God into everything. When negative thoughts come, the antidote is to bring them into the Light. Yogananda said, “You can’t get...
Aug 19, 2025•46 min•Ep. 83
12-10-1968 “I Can” is one of the most important phrases in the English language! If something we want to do is difficult, and we wonder whether or not we can do it, the affirmation “I can” is perhaps all we need. If we understand this correctly, we will succeed. Yogananda said, “Thoughts are universally, not individually rooted.” We cannot create truth, we can only perceive it. This talk was given at the beginning of the Christmas season in 1981. Swami sings two Christmas songs and other songs, ...
Aug 19, 2025•43 min•Ep. 82
June 1968 Need for Involvement – feel a kinship with all of life A monk was asked, “Why did you renounce the world?” He said, “I have not renounced the world. I have embraced the world, by giving up identification with one little family. I have made the whole world my family.” Give up the ego. It is the key to becoming involved. Serve others. Deep meditation brings you closer to knowing who you are on the soul level. We are one with God. Use discrimination with the things you choose to become in...
Aug 19, 2025•26 min•Ep. 81
Early 70s How to be Happy – the most important thing is that we love God and tell him we want His presence all the time. Kriyananda gives deep insights on how to maintain an attitude of unshakable joy, regardless of outer circumstances. Try to develop a deeper understanding of surrender and sacrifice. The shortest route to ignorance is moodiness and the greatest sin against Spirit is not to be happy. Try not judge yourself if you make a mistake and compare yourself with others. Focus on your dev...
Aug 19, 2025•26 min•Ep. 80
11/1/2004 Developing Strength Through Spiritual Tests – the greatest tests can be the greatest blessings. There is no one who has found God who says, ‘it was all a scam.’ All saints say it was all worth it. They had to endure pain and suffering. Acceptance and faith are key to developing spiritual strength. 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....
Aug 19, 2025•16 min•Ep. 79
8/4/82 Psychology of East and West is a fascinating talk given by Swami Kriyananda in 1982. He talks about the approach of standing back to observe the way your mind works, and then get into a flow of joy. The American Indians have a wonderful teaching: you can understand people when you are able to see them from within themselves, rather than just analytically from the outside. When you are trying to understand yourself, you can apply that same principle. The scriptures from India state that it...
Aug 19, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 78
11/1/04 Nearness of the Astral World – we live much more closely to the other world than we realize. This talk emphasizes the impermanence of this world and the deeper reality of our spiritual nature and the astral world. Kriyananda encourages us to look beyond form and see God in everything. We only limit God’s power to work in our lives when we confine Him to a certain definition. See truth and love as impersonal and the essence behind all form. This talk is one in a series of 365 programs rec...
Aug 19, 2025•16 min•Ep. 77
2/1/2004 Sanaatan Dharma: The One True Religion Sanaatan dharma embraces all of manifested existence. It is not a teaching by any one master, but expresses the essence of age-old, revealed wisdom. The world is on the eve of a radical change in religion. Don’t just react to this world, be a cause rather than effect. We can never know truth with the mind – we must experience it in our lives and in our hearts. A Way of Awakening Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talk series...
Aug 19, 2025•16 min•Ep. 76
Circa 1979 In Reincarnation, Service, and Love Kriyananda conveys the great blessing of wanting to know God. It is important to put forth all of our effort to achieve that goal. Selfless service is giving without thought of gain. Give to others lovingly, without desire for the fruits of your action. This talk was recorded at the Meditation Retreat in Nevada City, CA outdoors in the Temple of Leaves.
Aug 18, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 75
8/11/85 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.
Aug 18, 2025•10 min•Ep. 74
11/1/04 Divine Will, Karma and Miracles states that Yogananda would not take take any credit for performing miracles. He would say it was God’s grace alone that healed. Yogananda recognized by direct experience where the grace comes from. It is because he was fully-liberated. The poem Samadhi further explains the recognition of the source of all power: “I the cosmic sea, watch the little ego floating in me.”...
Aug 18, 2025•16 min•Ep. 73
2/1/2004 Choose to be a cause, not an effect and don’t let the seeming realities take precedence in your life. Refer back to your priority, to be closer to God. This talk deals with a key subject for all of us, the importance of turning inward for guidance and becoming independent of others’ opinions. The more we do this, the more we will find true freedom in God. Underlying all the changes of this world, God is the only reality. Ask yourself, ‘who loves me?’ It is always God who loves you thoug...
Aug 18, 2025•16 min•Ep. 72
7/22/78 Book of Bhrigu Astrology – predictive astrology from ancient India. Swami Kriyananda got a reading from the Book of Bhrigu in India and found amazing details to be accurate about his life. It’s hard to believe that a book written centuries ago could predict the life of someone in a later age. This book predicted the great spiritual work that Kriyananda was to carry on in his lifetime.
Aug 18, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 71
Swami Kriyananda discusses the science of kriya yoga and the principles of energy and magnetism to accelerate spiritual growth.
Aug 18, 2025•45 min•Ep. 70
Swami Kriyananda discusses the science of kriya yoga and the principles of energy and magnetism to accelerate spiritual growth.
Aug 18, 2025•56 min•Ep. 69
11/1/2004 The Essence of Indian Philosophy describes Shankya, Vedanta, and Yoga philosophies. The power of Yoga can change our lives. 365 programs recorded for Aasta TV in India – A Way of Awakening. The 20 minute talks are based on readings from Kriyananda’s book Conversations with Yogananda.
Aug 18, 2025•17 min•Ep. 68
May 20, 1979 In the first talk for May, Sunday Service 5/20/79, Kriyananda remarks “I was very touched yesterday by all your loving gifts and warm wishes and so on (on his birthday the previous day), but I think what made that day sweet, was the understanding that what we are really loving is God. We’re not just singling out one person. What we love here at Ananda is truth, what we love is principle.” He said that Yogananda de-emphasized his personality and emphasized the truth that he represent...
Aug 18, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 67
8/11/82 The Essence of Yoga takes you where you are, and can lead you forward from that point. It is to take you to the realization that you are infinite. One of the main points in this talk, is to help us understand where we are now spiritually and where we are headed – union with God. Kriyananda discusses how all yoga paths lead to the same goal. Indian scriptures describe the difference between different functions of consciousness: mon, buddhi, ahankara, and chitta. Mon means mind, buddhi mea...
Aug 18, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 66
8/23/90 “Self-Realization: The Redemption” is the fifth in the series of 5 classes. They are based on Kriyananda’s book The Essence of Self-Realization. The readings are direct quotes from Paramhansa Yogananda on various subjects. They comprise a comprehensive summary of the path to self-realization. Kriyananda discusses the 8 aspects of God and the importance of deep meditation. He explains how to increase our identity with God and decrease our identity with this world. Also, how to develop dev...
Aug 18, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 65
Circa 1978 There is Joy in Simplicity when you can get away from having too many things and too many thoughts. Kriyananda discusses in depth how to simplify our lives, both inwardly and outwardly, thus freeing up energy that can be devoted toward our spiritual growth. Kriyananda emphasizes finding a balance in the way we live and learning to live simply.
Aug 18, 2025•25 min•Ep. 64
6/29/86 Infusing Daily Life with God’s Presence is possible when you call to God strongly. ‘Give me your love, please give me more love. You are the source of love.’ Kriyananda begins this talk with a beautiful description to how Yogananda came to America. He taught people everywhere how to infuse daily life with God’s presence. It takes a lot of energy to call on God enough to elicit His response. When you call with fervor, then constant communion with His presence becomes a natural flow, like ...
Aug 18, 2025•35 min•Ep. 63
11/1/04 God: The Only Asset Needed – rely on God alone and work for Him Kriyananda discusses the value of spiritual communities in overcoming karma. He explains that when we live with more worldly people, our latent materialistic desires are easily awakened. Living in spiritual communities, however, helps strengthen our virtues as we work out our karma. A Way of Awakening Created for Aasta TV, India – 365 twenty minute talk series Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogan...
Aug 12, 2025•15 min•Ep. 62
1983 The future of religion East & West is an expansion of consciousness. Ancient seers have said that when the population of a planet becomes evil and committed to materialism, they set up disharmony that finally destroys the planet. When a whole population becomes completely in tune with God, the planet itself does not need to exist, because it has fulfilled its function. Then, everything is dissolved into a higher plane. When the people all become good, you wouldn’t call it a destruction,...
Aug 12, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 61
