Ask Me About Truth

Ask Me About Truth

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Ask Me About Truth episodes

  • Overcoming Ego
    What is the ego? Feel the bliss of Christ within yourself. How to overcome ego consciousness.
    Questions answered:
      What is the body of Christ?
      If the body is the universe, does that mean that ultimately that is our own body?
      Can you give us a way to overcome ego consciousness?
      Can you clarify the ego and one’s own sense of identity and sense of rightness?
      Is there any way to know how to discriminate what was being asked of you in the moment?
      For people that don’t have the opportunity to work in person with a master, how do they work with the ego?
      14 min
    • The Dream Nature of This Universe
      "The cosmic dream is what we must rise above.” -Swami Kriyananda. We must unite our consciousness with God. How do we relate to our own dreams?
       
      Questions answered:
        What is Truth?
        Is one of the things you do well is to get beyond the dream?
        Is that what Christ meant when he said, “You will know the truth and the truth will make you free”?
        Does that apply even when we are in a concentration camp, when we are being beat or tortured?
        This universe which is a dream of God, is it objective or subjective, or both?
        Is there a difference between truth and God?
        Going back to the image of dreaming, how should we relate to our own dreams?
        14 min
      • The Cause of Our Economic Woes
        The main cause of our economic woes is revealed. Swami touches on upcoming difficult times and how to respond.
        Questions answered:
          What is your view of the root cause of the problems in the world? What can we do?
          If people lived globally the way people live in your community, would there still be problems?
          It seems like we have hit the point of a viral disease or cancer, is it going to cause the destruction of humanity?
          The difficult times and destruction that is soon to come, is it worth to think that we can survive that destruction? What can we do?
          Do you believe that the general consciousness of humanity is rising?
          Do you view the upcoming catastrophe as necessary?
          14 min
        • The Traits of a True Teacher
          A true teacher doesn’t want to teacher. God is the guru. How to discern between a true teacher and false one.
           
          Questions answered:
            Is religion a curse?
            If we want to follow someone we think can help us to know truth, how do we decide who is a true teacher and who isn’t?
            What is fundamentalism?
            How do you become pure in heart?
            Do you believe that Christ took away the sins of the world?
            14 min
          • Using Our Discrimination
            In our spiritual lives, how do we discriminate when we should be obedient, and what is right from wrong.
            Questions answered:
              How important is obedience in the spiritual life?
              How do you develop discrimination without going into judgement?
              What do you think makes an action right or wrong?
              Did Yogananda ever challenge your discrimination, force your own discrimination to be keener or more sensitive?
              How would you discriminate enough to know in a situation when to offer obedience?
              14 min
            • How We Can Deepen Our Faith in God
              Knowing God and believing in God are not the same. Swami Kriyananda discusses how to develop faith in God, emphasizing that faith arises from personal experience rather than mere belief. He shares stories illustrating divine guidance and answers to prayer, distinguishes belief from faith, and advocates for practicing the presence of God in daily life. Addressing atheism and agnosticism, he defines God as universal Consciousness and recounts his own spiritual journey toward deeper awareness and devotion.
              "Faith is more than belief, faith is an experience.”- Swami Kriyananda
              Questions answered:
                How can we develop more faith in God?
                How would you differentiate between belief and faith?
                Many people reject the concept of God, how would you define God in such a way that skeptics can relate?
                14 min
              • How We Draw God's Response in Our Prayers
                "God is not huge, He is not distant, He is centered nowhere, He is everywhere. God brings it into manifestation from the center of everything.” Swami Kriyananda explains praying with focus, how to develop focus, and how to draw God’s response in our prayers.
                Questions answered by Swami Kriyananda:
                  Do you think that God answers our prayers? How does he hear them?
                  What about when God doesn’t seem to answer or the answer isn’t forth coming immediately?
                  Why do we need to pray? Doesn’t God know whats best anyway?
                  Is it important to have a strong ego before you overcome it?
                  14 min
                • Environment Is Stronger than Will Power

                  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 saints.   

                  Questions include:

                    Paramhansa Yogananda gave us the aphorism, "Environment is stronger than will power. How would you explain that?"
                    What techniques could we use to protect ourselves against negative influences?
                    14 min
                  • Architecture — the Most Important of the Arts

                    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 should "immortalize your ideals in architecture" — could you elaborate on that?
                      Places seem to manifest vibrations, and they also attract people of certain vibrations — is there a science for understanding that?
                      Can books have vibrations?
                      14 min
                    • The Experience of Creativity

                      How can one create uplifting art, with God? Swami Kriyananda shares his experience on the subject, and thoughts on what it is like to work on movie scripts compared to books and music. 

                      Swamiji also shares the story of his "first song," which came to him at age six: Three ducks in sailor costumes waddled into his dream and sang to him that it was time to go to school. 

                      Questions include:

                        How can we encourage the arts to be more uplifting and not depressing?
                        When music comes to you, do the harmony and parts come to you at the same time?
                        People would love to co-create art with God — how can they do that?
                        14 min

                      About Ask Me About Truth

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                      Swami Kriyananda answers questions about truth and many spiritual subjects, as he learned about them directly from Paramhansa Yogananda.