Treasures Along the Path

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.

This talk is from A Way of Awakening Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talks

Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and gives commentary.
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June 19, 1981
Turning Human Love into Divine Love is an important issue on every level of life.

Kriyananda encourages us to turn our human love into divine love, but also to turn all human feeling, good and bad, into divine feeling.

Our feelings of love or joy can remind us of something much greater. We can commune with God in every human experience. Look for divine qualities in every person.
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Remember then ultimately that the guru lies within your own self. He doesn't need a physical body, but he needs your body to work through. He needs my body to work through and in this way that contact can be a channel through which many can be drawn to God. Isn't it more blessed to be a channel for God than a channel for all the darkness that we see? In this world. How wonderful it is to be a laborer for God. How wonderful it is to be an instrument of joy and of light and of love. Let us resolve now, in this new year, to be that always, to try to channel the divine through our lives. Not egotistically not saying, oh, look at me, but always say his is the power. Which is the truth. God is the doer under all circumstances, and I bow to that God and that guru in all of you.
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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.

This talk is from A Way of Awakening Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talks

Kriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and followed by a commentary.
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9/1/09

Transcending sense attachment involves working with habits.

Kriyananda discusses the power God and Guru’s grace to change our lives.

The grace of God can help us transcend sense attachment.

Changing habits can transform our consciousness.

In the Bhagavad Gita the mighty charioteers are symbols for the senses.

Kriyananda gives a detailed commentary about a conversation between Duryodhana (King Material Desire) and Dronacharaya (habit).

Kriyananda recorded 108 talks available on YouTube called The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita.
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This is a spiritual talk that explores how to encourage positive qualities like courage, faith, will, peace, conquering moods, and right action, using uplifting messages and sayings from a spiritual teacher. It emphasizes the importance of focusing on inner transformation rather than guilt or negativity, encouraging individuals to see themselves as inherently good and capable of growth, regardless of past mistakes. Kriyananda suggests that true fulfillment and happiness come from aligning with higher spiritual principles, maintaining hope, and living for a greater purpose beyond personal attachments or moods.
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6/5/83

Time - time is movement, it does not exist in the Infinite. The reality of time is not what it seems to be, everything is happening right now.

We experience time by relating things to other things. When there is complete stillness, there is no longer anything to compare it with, so we can experience timelessness, especially in meditation.

Personality is only superficial. Underneath appearances are attributes of courage or its opposite, weakness.

The process we all go through a process of finding out who and what we really are.
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4/2/1983

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.
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7/18/1982

The State of Superconsciousness – our journey on the spiritual path is to learn how to live superconsciously.

Kriyananda explains the qualities and benefits of living with higher consciousness. He tells us what we can do to reach that heightened state.

The primary difference between the subconscious, conscious, and superconscious mind is the expansion of awareness.

Everyone can have higher consciousness by putting into practice basic principles of positive and simple living and high thinking.
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7/12/1983

The Role of Yoga in the Modern Age – practicing yoga principles can change lives and attitudes.

Yoga is vitally important to the evolution of our planet.

Those who practice yoga teachings help bring superconscious solutions to the challenges of our time.

The pivotal point that ‘matter is energy’ can change the thinking of generations to come.
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