If you are living in the world, with family responsibilities, can you attain Samadhi? Yes! “The majority of the Kriya Lineage is what we would call householders,” says Goswami Kriyananda. “That means an ability to live in this world and attain in this world the accomplishment of the inner life.” It takes great discipline. That means to always think of the people around you. Be warmer, kinder, more understanding. Be more outgoing to the world without trying to interfere in the world. If you want to attain Samadhi for the benefit of others, to be a blessing to others. Then Life will bless you and you will reach your goal.
Recording Date: 11/08/1992
Many people condemn themselves to suffering when they lose a loved one. They feel guilty about trying to be happy. But that isn’t good for themselves, their loved ones, or civilization. “Life is about being happy” says Goswami Kriyananda. “It’s for me to move every day from love to greater love. From happiness to greater happiness. For some of us, it’s a movement from darkness to light, from death to life, from pain to joy. And this can be done if you so choose, but you must choose. And only you can choose.”
Gaining greater control of your mind benefits others as well as yourself. Work to become saner, more compassionate, wiser. You’ll come to the realization that it doesn’t matter if you are living in the physical body, the astral body or any other form. This universe is not a place of punishment but an opportunity to learn exactly what you need to know. Seek to learn that you might teach, that you might share, that you might love, and that you might help.
Gaining greater control of your mind benefits others as well as yourself. Work to become saner, more compassionate, wiser. You’ll come to the realization that it doesn’t matter if you are living in the physical body, the astral body or any other form. This universe is not a place of punishment but an opportunity to learn exactly what you need to know. Seek to learn that you might teach, that you might share, that you might love, and that you might help.
The law of causation is the blessing in your life,” says Goswami Kriyananda. We caused our present life by our past actions. We can change our future by helping others change now. Whatever gifts we have been given, or have earned, are not for us alone. Give to others what they do not have, whether it be money, love, or learning. Then your life also will change for the better.
The greatest love is to allow a human being to unfold, says Goswami Kriyananda. Give the person the tools to help themselves rather than being dependent on you. Instead of giving something that will quickly be used up, try giving wisdom, knowledge, encouragement. Those things can be used over and over again. Above all, in marriage, reject selfish concepts of love and instead become a true friend.
What is your dream? Have you tried to attain it? Many of us feel unworthy to do what we really want to do. If poverty is your excuse, then get your financial house in order. Then take steps, no matter how small, to dream your dream. “If I dare to crawl I will dream the dream of walking,” Kriyananda says. “As I begin to walk upright I realize I can fly, I can levitate.” Start now, and in time you will let go of the dream of man, and pick up the dream of God.
This classic text has been the guide for countless seekers striving to remove pain and suffering from their lives, and reach enlightenment. Goswami Kriyananda shares real life changes you can initiate in your daily routine, that will have a tremendous effect on your body and mind. “Emotional decisions are always karmic decisions,” he says. “When we are peaceful, serene, harmonious, then we are able to see what we are striving towards.”
We can attain wisdom by watching other people. But be careful about following leaders, warns Goswami Kriyananda. Learn to depend on yourself and on the teachings. “You link too tightly to a person and you expect that person to be like you,” Kriyananda says. “But this is the realm of imperfection. Turn your mind to the Dharma, to the law of your being.” Be influenced by nothing but truth. Goswami offers ways to find it within yourself.
Kriyananda shares wisdom from his 50 years of counseling spiritual seekers. The most common complaint? “They’re doing it to me!” “Whatever comes into your life and my life, we’ve worked like hell to get it,” says Kriyananda. “I created it and I have to correct it.” You’ll help both yourself and others if you learn to not always insist on your own way. In this talk, Kriyananda offers simple guidelines for creating win-win situations.
