A Touch of Light Podcast
A weekly podcast dedicated to spirituality in daily life, inspired by the revolutionary teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 427
- Years Active
- 2004 - 2025
A Life Shared
With our anniversary approaching, I’ve been reflecting on what has made our marriage so harmonious, successful, and fulfilling. Here are a few elements that come to mind...
Fri 28 Feb 2025
Let It Shine!
Here are some of Master’s techniques for healing and strengthening the light in our body, our mind, and our soul.
Fri 21 Feb 2025
The Right Questions
When we ask, “How do I need to change myself?” we are really asking, “What deep-seated mental/emotional patterns do I need to break?” Pulverizing these patterns is not always easy, especially those r…
Fri 14 Feb 2025
An Ideal Life
I suggest that you give this a try: Make waking from the dream your first priority. Then act immediately on the whispers from your conscience.
Fri 31 Jan 2025
About My Father’s Business
There are no shortcuts on the spiritual path. God cannot be deceived by outward gestures when the heart remains entangled in worldly attachments. A sincere seeker must strive to rise above external d…
Fri 24 Jan 2025
The Journey of a Disciple
Once we’ve found our guru, the next stage in the journey is to develop deeper self-offering and attunement to him.
Fri 10 Jan 2025
Pay Attention
A single theme runs through spiritual teachings like a string that connects the beads of a mala. That theme is: Pay attention, focus on what you are doing, be here now.
At this time of year many peop…
Fri 03 Jan 2025
Looking Forward, Looking Back
We are all “works in progress,” and while we need to build on our successes, let’s not be discouraged about where we fell short. Take some time now to introspect and see in what ways you have succeed…
Fri 27 Dec 2024
The Inner Christ
The Christmas season is an ideal time of year to expand our hearts and minds. As Paramhansa Yogananda wrote, “This Christmas morning we invoke the spirit of Jesus, the spirit of Christ to descend upo…
Fri 20 Dec 2024
Crossing the Threshold
Recently after meditation I found myself grappling with such discouraging thoughts about my own progress. At that moment an uplifting realization entered my mind and changed my perspective: “Once you…
Fri 13 Dec 2024
The Holy Season
During this holy season, take time to reflect on the attributes of Christ that have touched your life. If you feel inspired, share with the other readers one of his qualities, along with some practic…
Fri 06 Dec 2024
Building Spiritual Muscle
One of the most useful truths taught by Paramhansa Yogananda is: “The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.” By pouring our energy into everything we do, we draw even more energy to accom…
Fri 29 Nov 2024
Discovering and Fulfilling Our God-Given Duties
Most of us have family, job, and social responsibilities. If we perform these in a dharmic and non-attached way, they will lead us toward our soul’s destined freedom from the dream-world of maya. We …
Fri 22 Nov 2024
Beyond Limitations
Now is the time to remember our innate power to rise above whatever challenges lie before us. Perhaps we can’t change the world, but then again, united in faith in God, perhaps we can. Swami Kriyanan…
Fri 15 Nov 2024
My India
Let us not limit our vision to our individual spiritual search, or to the challenges in our daily life. We are a part of a great family of God, come together to help others, too, to find their way to…
Fri 01 Nov 2024
Inner vs. Outer Power
During our travels in India over the past two months, we’ve been launching the latest compilation of our blogs, A Touch of Inner Power. Recently at the Ananda center in Pune, Jyotish and I spoke abou…
Fri 18 Oct 2024
Wit and Wisdom
uring our recent travels, I’ve come across some quotes on the internet credited to Abraham Lincoln. None of them, as it happens, can be reliably, or for the most part even plausibly, attributed to th…
Fri 11 Oct 2024
Peeling the Layers of Forgiveness
I felt to share with you my journey with forgiveness in the hope that it will help you, too, to experience the release of subconscious negative feelings. The goal of life is to find freedom from ever…
Fri 04 Oct 2024
A Victorious Life
How can we know whether or not we’ve led a victorious life? Generally, victory implies a comparison—one team outscores the other; one party or country wins a battle; someone rises to the top of the c…
Fri 27 Sep 2024
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