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
Lessons Learned in Eighty Years
I will celebrate my eightieth birthday in less than a month. I thought it appropriate to share a few significant lessons I’ve learned over the years...
Fri 21 Jul 2023
Why We Meditate
As a lifelong meditator, I love to hear people’s experiences of how meditation has helped them. Here are a few such stories which, taken together, show a broad spectrum of benefits that meditation ca…
Fri 14 Jul 2023
Ups and Downs
There are many ways that we can uplift our spirits when we feel down. The most important is attuning to God and Guru. Try to feel that He is your closest friend, waiting to help you.
Fri 07 Jul 2023
Awaiting the Unexpected
The spiritual path can sometimes seem like an endless struggle up a steep cliff, with little to show for our efforts along the way. But the ability to find the strength to keep going is what separate…
Fri 30 Jun 2023
What Makes Us Happy
What makes us happy? There is a deep spiritual truth: It says that happiness increases as our consciousness rises and expands, and dwindles as it falls and contracts. That is why we say “up in heaven…
Fri 23 Jun 2023
All the World Is My Friend
Why is it that people can feel so close and trusting with a stranger? There are several factors at play. First, as I mentioned about our Australian friend, his expansive heart quality touches people …
Fri 16 Jun 2023
Do the Right Thing
Stories like these that restore our faith in the goodness of people. Examples of noble actions can go viral, spreading goodness and joy from person to person. If we are inspired by the examples menti…
Fri 09 Jun 2023
Whose Dream Is This?
Our life’s experiences, with all their joys and sorrows, mesmerize us with a sense of their undeniable reality. Yet, in truth, everything is only a thought in the mind of God. Paramhansa Yogananda (w…
Fri 02 Jun 2023
Bridging Time and Tranquility
A common problem is carving out time for meditation. This challenge isn't exclusive to novices—even seasoned meditators can find it tough to dedicate as much time as they would like.
And even on day…
Fri 26 May 2023
Happy Birthday, Swamiji!
Dear Swamiji,
It’s hard to believe that ten years have passed since you left your body, because your presence in our lives has only increased over time. My appreciation of who you are and the spirit…
Fri 19 May 2023
What Matters in the End
Paramhansa Yogananda wrote, “Teach me to look upon all that happens in my life with a pleased, interested attitude, that at the end of each episode, no matter how sad or difficult, I may exclaim: “Ah…
Fri 12 May 2023
It’s Time to Simplify
“How can we prepare ourselves for a future that looks so uncertain?” This question was asked during a recent satsang we had with Ananda’s online Virtual Community, and it seemed an important one to d…
Fri 05 May 2023
Lessons Learned Along the Way
Today marks my fifty-sixth anniversary of meeting Swami Kriyananda in 1967. I knocked on his apartment door in San Francisco soon after reading Autobiography of a Yogi, and he welcomed me not only in…
Fri 28 Apr 2023
Stranger in a Strange Land
Will you rest comfortably in all that’s familiar? Will you, in Yogananda’s immortal words, “bask in the familial warmth”? Or will you embrace self-expansion and as yet uncharted waters? This choice i…
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Overcoming Anxiety
Anxiety is one of the diseases of our age, affecting almost two-thirds of the population, with nearly a third finding it debilitating. Anxiety, therefore, can be seen as a disease of the nerves, and …
Fri 14 Apr 2023
How Can I Best Help Them?
How can I help family members who are going through a difficult time, or have a sour relationship with one another, without being affected by the situation personally? How does one know when to inter…
Fri 07 Apr 2023
Taming the Mind
What are some of the things we can do to calm the restless mind? A few ways to resolve this ancient problem for meditators.
Fri 31 Mar 2023
Finding God in the Big City
How can we find spirituality in big city life? Opportunities to overcome distractions and more.
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Lessons from the Snow
For restless people, conditions like the recent snowfalls are probably a torment. For yogis, being forced to go within is actually quite nice. The snow brings with it some wonderful lessons. Here are…
Fri 17 Mar 2023
The Power of Memory
Memory, in its highest expression, is much more than remembering what is on a grocery list. It is the soul’s ability to transcend the limitations of time.
Paramhansa Yogananda spoke of the “easy res…
Fri 10 Mar 2023
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