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Treasures Along the Path

Swami Kriyananda

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Rajarshi Janakananda

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2025/10/07

5/6/1974Rajarshi Janakananda was the foremost disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda.Rajarshi was a self-made millionaire who became a saint by daily meditation and deep devotion. He carried out his worldly affairs with the thought of God.There is no excuse for not doing a good job for whatever we set out to do.Rajarsi saw all things as a part of God. He put God first. He was a saint first and a businessman second.He meditated long hours each morning. Once he was asked, ‘How can you afford to

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Leadership: A Spiritual Journey

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2025/10/07

8/7/82Leadership: A Spiritual Journey tells us how outward development and action can be an aid to our spiritual progress. Leadership is a self-offering to others.Kriyananda discusses the qualities of non-attachment, centeredness, service, patience, and magnetism, and helps us to understand their importance from both inner and outer perspectives. For example, regarding service; leaders must offer their work and themselves humbly to others, or they risk falling from ego centeredness

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Karma Yoga and Intuition

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2025/10/07

Circa 1999If you do karma yoga with the thought of being guided by God, you are more likely to develop your intuition.When we act as God’s instruments in our work, we can learn how the superconscious mind works. If we are seeking freedom, we need to be unattached to the fruits of our actions.

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Human Relationships

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2025/10/06

8/11/1984Human relationships are a tool for greater spiritual awareness.Creating harmony in our relationships is an art.Learn to be harmonious with others – transcend the little self. Being harmonious can help us become aware of a much larger reality.Try to see God in everyone, including those we find most challenging.You can appreciate a person for what God is manifesting through them. Try to focus on their good qualities, even if their human qualities may be challenging.

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Battle of Life

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2025/10/06

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Higher Consciousness in the New Age

Treasures Along the Path ·

2025/10/06

Some of the atoms that were in the body of Jesus are in our bodies right now. But does that make us much different? Only on one possible condition. That His consciousness so blessed those atoms that they influence us. But everything comes back to consciousness and that’s the interesting point that we have reached in our evolution of understanding as a civilization.Now toward the beginning of this century science discovered also that matter doesn’t even exist except as a vibration, a

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Building Spiritual Power Against Troubled Times

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2025/10/06

I would like to talk a little bit about this aspect of troubled times. But I would like also to emphasize that whether or not the outward world causes us difficulty, we know very surely that there are times in our lives when we face trouble. And when we can learn how to face that trouble with equanimity and with strength, when we can learn that the cause of that trouble is that we have brought it on ourselves rather than we are facing a period of near bad luck.When we can learn that we

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Radiant Health & Well-Being

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2025/10/06

Circa 1984Radiant Health and Well Being includes physical and mental diet, exercise, color, music, meditation and much more.Kriyananda explains that being well and being radiant don’t necessarily go hand in hand. While encouraging us to take good care of our physical bodies, he emphasizes the greater importance of developing inner radiance. Radiance is a spiritual quality not dependent on physical health. It results from increasing your magnetism.The closer we get to the divine presence

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Qualities of Dwapara Yuga

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2025/10/05

11/01/2004Qualities of Dwapara Yuga- increased awareness and command over the forces of energy.We are already experiencing a rise in higher consciousness. There are more and more people who want to know God.Kriyananda explains the miscalculation by astrologists about our progression from Kali Yuga in Dwapara Yuga.Some say we are not yet in Dwapara Yuga. According to Sri Yukeswar’s calculations we are already in Dwapara Yuga.This talk is one in a series of 365 programs recorded for Aasta TV

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Psychology of East & West

Treasures Along the Path ·

2025/10/04

8/4/82Psychology 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

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Proper Diet and Proper Devotion

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2025/10/03

11.01.2004Proper Diet and Proper Devotion – finding balance with diet and devotion.Yogananda was not fanatical about diet. He suggested making changes gradually.Love for God will wash away everything that keeps you limited.Vegetarianism and other dietary suggestions may help you along the spiritual path, but make devotion to God paramount.This talk is one in a series of 365 programs recorded for Aasta TV in India – A Way of Awakening. The 20 minute talks are based on readings from

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Pathways to Superconsciousness - Money

Treasures Along the Path ·

2025/10/02

To be successful, it isn’t a question of whether or not you’ll make money, it’s a question of how you make it and how you use it.When you put out the energy with willingness, you will find that you get more energy.Do things creatively and with dedication. Your strength, intelligence and concentration will improve with practice.Establish a flow of energy. If the flow of energy becomes blocked, the supply will dry up. Jesus spoke of talents. When you bury your talent instead of investing it,

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Overcoming Stress & Fear

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2025/10/01

5/28/1983Overcoming Stress and Fear involves having total confidence in God, that there isn’t anything to be afraid of.Totally put yourself in God’s hands, then you won’t have the consciousness of stress or fear.When we face the battles of life, we need to concentrate our forces and put out the energy to overcome the obstacle or karma in front of us. The more battles we fight, the stronger we grow spiritually. And the closer we come to winning our ultimate freedom in God.

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Overcoming Obstacles to Spiritual Growth

Treasures Along the Path ·

2025/09/30

7/26/86Overcoming Obstacles to Spiritual Growth – a roadmap to overcome obstacles on the spiritual path.Kriyananda explains that we overcome these obstacles, not by focusing on them, but by deepening our attunement and devotion.Allow God to work through you and solve our problems for you!

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Overcoming Moods

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2025/09/30

11/1/04Overcoming moods is one of the most challenging obstacles on the spiritual path.Moods are the result of overindulgence in the senses in the past. The solution, is to become mentally non-attached and to understand that joy comes from within, not from outward circumstances. A Way of Awakening Aasta TV series from India – 365 twenty minute talksKriyananda reads a passage from his book Conversations with Yogananda, and gives commentary.

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Overcoming Doubt

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2025/09/30

11/1/04Increasing divine love and trusting God is a method for overcoming doubt.Kriyananda shares many personal stories of Yogananda, and they help us trust in God’s love.Try to persevere in the search for God no matter what challenges life throws your way. And that way your love and trust will grow.This talk is one in a series of 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

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Our Soul's Evolution

Treasures Along the Path ·

2025/09/30

08/1992In Our Soul’s Evolution Kriyananda explains that each soul has many desires and patterns of energy in the spine. These need to be worked out in a lifetime. First a soul develops a desire to know God and become liberated. When this desire is deeply implanted in the soul it, will ultimately be fulfilled.We can live in the expanded consciousness that the soul is eternal. When we know that we have God now, it can make the spiritual journey much easier.Kriyananda discusses how to tune

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Original Yoga and Original Christianity

Treasures Along the Path ·

2025/09/30

6/14/84Original Yoga and Original ChristianityOriginal yoga and original christianity are parallel spiritual paths. There are many references to yogic principles in the Bible. Yogananda and Kriyananda lectured and wrote about the similarities between the two philosophies.Swami Kriyananda explains that over time, the teachings of both Christ and Krishna have become diluted and changed.One of the most important aspects of Yogananda’s mission was to bring back the original teachings of Christ

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Nature of True Self

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2025/09/29

11/1/04Live and act in the Nature of your True Self when you relate to others and they will respond in kindness and good-will.People can feel your energy. If you are respectful, willing, open, and complimentary, people will appreciate you.Kriyananda dispels the commonly held belief of a far off and punishing God. He explains that God is within our very own self and describes the underlying unity of all life.Live in the awareness of that inner Self, in the peace that can only be found

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Music, Creativity & the Superconscious Experience

Treasures Along the Path ·

2025/09/29

6/19/1996Kriyananda begins this talk by saying “The subject of creativity is much larger than music. I want this talk to embrace creativity in general, because you can be creative not only in the arts but also in your cooking and in the way you talk with people.”There are many stories about Kriyananda’s creative process with musical composition as well as examples of how to access the superconscious mind.He explains that you can be creative by drawing on God’s power and consciousness

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