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Communicating with the unseen World

I recently listened to an ambient music selection online which was intended to be rather "spooky" (for Halloween, I suppose). This selection piqued my interest because it featured a sound effect, the susurration of many whispered voices speaking. I...

Its the witching hour do you know where your soul is?

Non-vegetarian food

DON'T ATTRIBUTE SIN TO INCARNATION OF GOD Dr. Nikhil asked: “Swami Sampurnanda says that Sai Baba ate meat and hence, cannot be pious. He also says that Dattatreya is only the second son of sage Atri while the first son was Chandra or Moon and the t...

A permanent thing is always absolutely real in all the times

A permanent thing is always absolutely real in all the times Shri B. Raghavender asked: How to come out from a thing in which my mind is deeply involved? Swami replied: God is greater than any created item of world (Na tat samah - Veda). Hence, the...

is the witching hour just beginning in north america......?

.....and ending in europe?

Haunted Doll (DNI if you don't believe)

I own three dolls, and this doll here is easily the most haunted doll I own. Through ouija sessions I found out she is possessed by a spirit from the 1800s and knew details about my life that I've never shared with anyone else. Scared the shit out of...

Why are people afraid of witches, and not the people who burned them alive?

Can you please comment on Work and Worship?

Can you please comment on Work and Worship? [Shri Surya: A colleague in my office follows the principle “Work is Worship”. Could You please comment on this?] Shri Swami: The meanings of the words work and worship differ from one context to the...

If witchcraft is real is magic real too?

Are spells real and can anyone here cast them when required?

Pravrutti is the field of worldly matters involving bonds with your body and family members

TRANSITION FROM PRAVRUTTI TO NIVRUTTI Pravrutti is the field of worldly matters involving bonds with your body and family members, which is limited to the present birth only. Nivrutti is the field of spiritual matters involving bonds with God and...

Detachment of world necessary to enjoy misery

DETACHMENT OF WORLD NECESSARY TO ENJOY MISERY Shri Durga Prasad asked “Enjoyment of misery is not possible for any human being without the grace of God. Atheists can never dream this since they cannot get the grace of God”. Swami replied:...

Stress Relief Workshops

STRESS RELIEF WORKSHOPS The present spiritual preachers who are conducting workshops on the relief of stress are just doctors and psychiatrists only. They preach Asanas (physical exercises) and pranayama (breathing exercises) which are the measures...

Can You please solve my problems through a miracle?

[Shri Nikhil forwarded the request from a devotee for the need of miracle in his personal problems. The devotee asks for the reason of the problems.] Miracle means the violation of the regular administration of God to be done by God Himself! Miracle...

Why is it said that the Mahimnah Stotram is the best prayer?

It is the best prayer as you can see the title itself. The word ‘Mahimnah’ means that it is the prayer of the miracle. Miracle means the unimaginable event indicating the unimaginable God. It means that you are praising the...

Witching hour is here

Why is my life filled with tensions and wrong decisions?

[Why is my life full of problems related to money, relations, stress etc? Why do all the decisions that I take always go wrong?] Man proposes and God disposes to show that you should not be too involved in worldly affairs and that you should turn to...

Can You give us a song to associate with your picture as Lord Venkateshwara?

[Your picture as Lord Venkateshwara is wonderful and appears as if you are stating that you are Lord Venkateshwara. Can you give us a song to associate with that picture?] I am the Lord of the seven hills and I am the ruler of the fourteen worlds....

Please explain about thoughtless awareness, imaginable awareness and unimaginable awareness.

[A question by Ms. Thrylokya] Swami replied:- Thoughtless awareness means only awareness without any thought, retaining only its awareness of awareness. You can have such thoughtless awareness in meditation. Imaginable awareness means that which is...

Is there a strong connection between Madhvacharya and contemporary human incarnation?

Is there a strong connection between Madhvacharya and contemporary human incarnation? [A question by Ms. Thrylokya] Swami replied:- In fact, this concept arose from the philosophy of Madhva only. Shankara told the relationship between God and soul...

Is it correct that faith associated with devotion gets some value?

Shri C. Balu asked: Mere faith is useless as You said previously. But, if devotion is associated with it, faith gets some value. Is it not? Swami Replied:- Faith by itself is not good, if you analyse it. What do you mean by faith? Faith means that...

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