Recorded on November 29, 2015 in Antioch, CA.

Topics covered during this session:

• Purchasing or riding in a car with leather seats.

• Explaining true yoga to someone who knows only of hatha yoga (body postures).

• The ideal duration of and conditions for doing a Vajra Panjar Applied anusthan.

• The ideal conditions for doing japa (repetition) of the Guru mantra.

• Spontaneous Guru mantra japa and its significance.

• The popularity of meditation for its side benefits rather than its true purpose.

If you would like more information about Shri Anandi Ma or the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit http://www.dyc.org.

Recorded in Antioch, CA on Sunday, November 22, 2015.

Inspired by the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Shri Anandi Ma talks about the spiritual side of thanksgiving.

Dileepji talks about the first-ever Maha PranaNadi Intensive in Nikora, India in January (1/17/17–1/30/17; http://www.mahaprananadi.com).

Issues addressed during this satsang:

• Why bodily comfort during meditation is important;

• How a sankalpa works to obtain help from the Guru;

• Whether it is important or not to remember past lives;

• The energy during Navratri and the benefits of doing practices during this time;

• The difference between faith and trust;

• What practices to do if one has limited time on a particular day;

• The attitude of surrender and its connection to grace;

• The role of the Guru;

• Different dream states and their relative importance;

• The dharma of Anandi Ma’s body;

• Practices that can be done to improve one’s financial situation;

• Common Kundalini experiences and use of the sankalpa to control them when necessary.

This satsang session was part of a longer program that can be watched in its entirety at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTMzYfJrNvE

For more information about Shri Anandi Ma, shaktipat, and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit http://dyc.org.

Shri Anandi Ma is the head of the ancient lineage of Kundalini Maha Yoga. In this session, Ma and Dileepji discussed the following topics:

• The importance of being in the physical presence of the guru;

• Eclipses and how to best handle the energy of these periods;

• The period of Shraddh and ways to observe it;

• The importance of eliminating desires and the seeds of all karma, both positive and negative.

For more information about Shri Anandi Ma and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit http://dyc.org.

Shri Anandi Ma is the head of the ancient lineage of Kundalini Maha Yoga. In this session, spiritual seekers asked the following questions:

• “There are so many mantras, I don’t know which one is the guru mantra and which one is the Ram mantra.”

• “I understand that we have a ‘light body.’ How does that ‘light body’ relate to the koshas, what kind of lifestyle habits damage the light body, and what can we do to repair any damage to the light body?”

• “I would like some clarification on the Ishta-Devata and when I’m asked to focus on God.”

To learn more about Shri Anandi Ma, shaktipat, and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit www.dyc.org.

Shri Anandi Ma is the head of the ancient lineage of Kundalini Maha Yoga. In this session, spiritual seekers asked the following questions:

• “I’m interested in taking shaktipat. What would be the best way to prepare for that?”

• “Can you explain how yogic breathing deepens the meditative experience?”

• “What is the purpose of performing the bhut shuddhi pranayama (advanced yogic breathing technique) we are taught to do before our practices?”

• “When my mother passed away, I was told about, and then observed, a rapid breathing pattern just before her soul left her body. Is that a normal thing?”

• “During my current anusthan (period of intense spiritual practice) . . . I’m experiencing (a vision of) different hands coming to help remove a blockage at my throat . . . What does this mean?”

To learn more about Shri Anandi Ma, shaktipat, and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit http://www.dyc.org.

Shri Anandi Ma is the head of the ancient lineage of Kundalini Maha Yoga. In this session, spiritual seekers asked questions about the value of meditation in spiritual growth, the cause of suffering in life, and the purpose of existence itself.

To learn more about Shri Anandi Ma, shaktipat, and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit www.dyc.org.

Recorded in Antioch, CA on May 31, 2015.

Recorded on April 12, 2015 in Antioch, CA.

To learn more about Shri Anandi Ma, shaktipat, and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit http://www.dyc.org.