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
The Charioteer
What does the battle of the Bhagavad Gita represent in our own spiritual life?
Fri 03 May 2024
Moksha Day
What are the qualities Swamiji modelled for all of us and how might we model them in our own lives?
Fri 26 Apr 2024
The Mountain or the Marketplace
What stops us from starting the “ascent” to greater awareness?
Fri 19 Apr 2024
Children of the Light
The theme of the evolution of consciousness is woven repeatedly throughout the great teachings of India. First there is the long, more-or-less automatic, evolution through the reincarnations prior to…
Fri 12 Apr 2024
The Nail in the Board
When confronted with the effects of our past bad actions, how should we respond?
Fri 05 Apr 2024
How Swami Kriyananda Worked with People
How we work with others is an indication of how we work with ourselves. We can apply these principles to our own lives.
Fri 29 Mar 2024
In My Guru’s Ashram
The doors to this sacred realm are always open. The choice is ours whether we want to dwell there. Living in our guru’s ashram is a state of mind, and much more: It is constantly reaching out for uni…
Fri 22 Mar 2024
The Web of Life
How can we learn to cultivate friendships everywhere and see our unity? It’s always a joy to share inspiring events that come into our lives, especially when they come unbidden and filled with “educa…
Fri 15 Mar 2024
“I Remember!”
Why does memory exist at all? Researchers are trying to discover what the mechanism is that holds and releases our memories.
Fri 08 Mar 2024
The Yearning of the Soul
Every soul yearns for the light, and will find a way to grow toward it. No matter what the obstacles, the soul will find its way upward just as a blade of grass will sometimes grow through a slab of …
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Finding Your Dharma
How can we save ourselves endless trouble and heartache? Before any important choice, we ask, “Will this help my spiritual evolution?”
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Embrace Your Dharma
It is helpful to recognize that we have two dharmas: the timeless dharma of the soul aiming to reunite with God, and the dharma of our current life. Happiness and success will follow only if we align…
Fri 16 Feb 2024
Be the Big Picture
There are times when life seems to bear down on us. It’s difficult then to remain positive amidst the challenges in our life, and that we see in the lives of others, and in the world at large. Yet in…
Fri 09 Feb 2024
One at a Time
We can’t get far with problems, either in daily life or in meditation, unless we learn to concentrate on one thing at a time. Here's how...
Fri 02 Feb 2024
What Keeps Us Moving Towards God
Within each of us lies a seed of hope that we truly can achieve our spiritual goals. Though the soil of our consciousness may sometimes seem barren and dry, if we nurture this seed, it can keep us go…
Fri 26 Jan 2024
Secrets to Deeper Meditation
How to make meditation more personally meaningful and enjoyable.
Fri 12 Jan 2024
Choices
We mistakenly think that the chains of karma keep us forever bound in delusion, when, in truth, we have the power at any time to make the kind of choices that will set us free.
Fri 29 Dec 2023
The Shawl of Gold
Many of you reading this blog will have heard Swami Kriyananda’s beautiful song, “The Shawl of Gold.” But few of you will have heard the rest of the story. This is how it was revealed to me in my med…
Fri 22 Dec 2023
The Art of Giving and Receiving
On an even deeper level, try to see beyond the individual’s love to feel God’s love coming to you through your friend in the form of their present. Swamiji has given us a beautiful affirmation: “I gi…
Fri 15 Dec 2023
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