Our relationship with a guru is probably the most important earthly relationship we can have. Achieving our spiritual goals requires a level of will power most of us have not previously experienced.

While human love is wonderful, divine love opens up levels of joy and bliss we can never experience with human love. Humility instead of pride and arrogance is a critical quality to progressing on the spiritual path.

Wisdom about turning the searchlight of our attention from the outer to our inner world is very helpful. The renunciation that is most important is inner renunciation.

We can go only a certain distance along the spiritual path without the help of a group. This episode has some very valuable wisdom on these two important topics.

We are beings of energy. Understanding that can really help with our spiritual journey.

Intuition is the most powerful capability humans can develop. It provides clear and highly accurate help.

A spiritual life is a long journey and the help provided here can make it easier and faster.

Death is something to be feared for most people but when we understand that it is part of the “circle of life” the fear begins to decline.

The mystery of the astral world and miracles starts to be explained…..it is fascinating.

These quotes share some real wisdom that can help you to progress further on your journey.

Expect to struggle and knowing this can reduce the surprises. There is help and this episode shares some of that help.

Struggles along the spiritual path and with mediation are real. Knowing the struggles and how to overcome them can really help.

The birth of Jesus was a major earthly event. By deeper understanding of the three "wise men" we gain insights into the major spiritual influences in the life of Jesus.

Knowing the specific challenges we face on the spiritual path can alert us to their presence in our life. Just knowing their existence is a big step forward and then we use the capabilities necessary to overcome them.

As any of us on a spiritual path know, there are many challenges we face. These episodes continue the focus on those challenges and some of the capabilities we can use to overcome them.

This episode continues our focus on the Bible with a special focus on the topic of the immaculate conception, which for many people is one of the more challenging concepts to understand in the Bible.

This episode starts are extended focus on the Bible as a great source of wisdom. The major insights come from two volumes of highly insightful commentary from Paramahansa Yogananda – an acknowledged enlightened being or Avatar.

This continues the series based upon the two-volume commentary of Paramahansa Yogananda on the Bhagavad-Gita. This episode shares more insights about some of the real challenges faced along the spiritual path.

This begins the series based upon the two-volume commentary of Paramahansa Yogananda on the Bhagavad-Gita. This episode shares insights about some of the real challenges faced along the spiritual path.

In this short episode I communicated a shift, at least for the near future, to focusing on the truly proven and most helpful wisdom texts of the last several thousand years – the Hindu Bhagavad-Gita and the Christian Bible. There will also be episodes focused on the teachings of the Dalai Lama, the preeminent Buddhist teacher of our time.

This episode concludes our series on meditation with an extensive presentation on how to do meditation – very simple to describe and very difficult to do well. There are several options so you want to choose the one that is most effective for you.

The early years in the life of Jesus are largely not addressed in the Bible. Perspective from Paramahansa Yogananda reveals the powerful influences he experienced during these early years.

this episode concludes our series on a book that is helped over 1 million people around the world. This episode presents the centers of consciousness that bring us happiness and love.

This episode continues our series on a book that has helped over 1 million people around the world. In this episode we complete the presentation of the pathways and begin exploring the seven centers of consciousness.

This episode continues our series on meditation and it's great importance to the spiritual journey. This episode addresses some of the major sources of wisdom that can be incorporated into a broader meditation program.