Kriya Yoga Today with Yogacharya O'Brian

Continuing with Chapter 1, we look at how our presence in the world following our Dharma and awareness that life is eternal allows spiritual maturity. Spiritual maturity is obtaining that highest ins…

Continuing with Chapter 1, we look at how the divine life, the soul life, is lost in the first place. How does that happen? And why does that happen? Even though we are the radiant beings that we are…

The first chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, per teachings of Kriya Yoga masters, is that what is happening in this battle is really a battle for the soul life. The forces that are at play are the various…

The teachings, the teacher, and the spiritual community are all a refuge from being lost in a world of dissatisfaction. Paramahansa Yogananda’s teacher, Sri Yukteswar would often say, “The boat that …

A practical look at the mystery of karma and a few strategies for overcoming obstacles on our path that we can begin right away.

Nothing compares to the power of gratitude and love to transform our lives. Clarity about our divine purpose connects us to that power and sets us on the path of ultimate freedom.

Space allows all the other elements to arise. It is the most subtle, invisible field—an opening for possibility on all levels, physical, mental, and spiritual. Our need for space is fundamental, it a…

Air Element of Nature: As we notice what air makes possible, we begin to see how it supports healing and what it can teach us about openness and clarity. This subtle, pervasive, and essential support…

The fire element is associated with our ability to see—both through the physical light that illumines things around us and the spiritual light of consciousness that removes the darkness of ignorance.…

Water purifies, heals, and transforms. Our thirst naturally draws us to its life-supporting power and our soul is soothed by its energy as rain, mist, ocean waves, or river songs. In nature, water fl…

This episode is focused on what Yogananda’s autobiography reveals about the path of Kriya Yoga, the journey of discipleship, and the way of mastery.

We belong only to God and are restless like a river until we find our way to the ocean of divine Reality. When we are ready and hear the truth of our existence proclaimed, we recognize it and wake fr…

Spiritual realization opens the heart, purifies the mind, and empowers our visionary capacity. This intuitive, visioning power is what we need now to heal, both individually and globally.