Podcasts by Living Wisely Living Well | With Asha Nayaswami
Living Wisely Living Well, by Asha Nayaswami offers timeless wisdom to enrich your every day. Each episode presents practical ways to improve your life. It is based on the book by Swami Kriyananda, a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda and the founder of Ananda. Asha Nayaswami is one of the spiritual directors of Ananda Palo Alto and a founding member of Ananda worldwide. To learn more about Ananda visit https://www.ananda.org/. If you’re in the Bay Area and are interested in a meditation or yoga class, visit https://www.anandapaloalto.org/ Support Asha's work on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/ashanayaswami
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Jan 1. Endeavor to raise your level of consiousness from 2022-01-02T01:00
Resolve difficulties by raising your level of consciousness. Keep your eyes focused mid-way at the point between the eyebrows. The seat of super-consciousness.
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Jan 1. Endeavor to raise your level of consiousness from 2022-01-02T01:00
Resolve difficulties by raising your level of consciousness. Keep your eyes focused mid-way at the point between the eyebrows. The seat of super-consciousness.
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Oct 28. Has something or someone upset you? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Has something or someone angered or upset you? If so, work on correcting that emotion in yourself. Just think: Someday—perhaps even later this very day—you’ll find yourself involved in other concer...
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Oct 27. Wish everyone the best... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wish everyone the best, and, whatever specific individuals do, life itself will always support you. Bless everybody, and you will yourself be blessed. We receive back from the world in exact propor...
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Oct 26. Dare to dream greatness. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dare to dream greatness. Seek it above all, however, in the sight of God, not in human eyes. To seek approval from people is like building a house on a bog. Approval is worthwhile only if it comes ...
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Oct 25. If you see anything in others... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you see anything in others that displeases you, ask yourself, “Does it really matter? There are so many wrongs in this world! The best I can do is simply to give up being displeased!” What we do...
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Oct 24. Stand by whatever lessons... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stand by whatever lessons you’ve learned from life. People may urge you to see things their way, but the only truth you can ever really know is one you’ve experienced for yourself. Change your mind...
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Oct 23. If you want to succeed in life... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you want to succeed in life, concentrate your powers. No one, if he wishes to penetrate a field of ice, presses down on the whole field. He drills with a sharp instrument at one point. Similarly...
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Oct 22. Never allow yourself, out of hurt feelings... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Never allow yourself, out of hurt feelings, to close your heart’s door to anyone. Locking it will only cause you pain. You can no more control how others treat you than you can the weather. How you...
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Oct 21. Give others their due. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Give others their due. Indeed, to make sure your gift is not grudging, give them more than their due. In that spirit of generosity, allow others to give you what is your due also. Remind them alway...
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Oct 20. Be humble, but never abject. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Be humble, but never abject. True humility is not self-abasement: it is the contemplation of, and complete absorption in, a broader reality than one’s own. In bright sunlight, a burning candle is s...
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Oct 19. Reach out toward others with sympathy... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reach out toward others with sympathy: Don’t wait for others to reach out first to you. How many wounded there are, stretched out on life’s battlefield! Some of them seek to protect themselves from...
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Oct 18. To be dignified in the true sense... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To be dignified in the true sense does not mean to be proud, pompous, or conceited. Dignity is his who lives calmly at his own inner center. A person of true dignity recognizes, and bows to, the di...
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Oct 17. Face trials, obstacles, and challenges... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Face trials, obstacles, and challenges courageously. You are a child of God; as such, you are the equal of everyone on earth! Your potential for greatness—indeed, for perfection—is infinite. A pain...
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Oct 16. Never be afraid to give love from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Never be afraid to give love, even if others respond to you with disdain. True love wants nothing in return for its gift. It holds out to life no begging bowl, but enriches the giver, and ennobles ...
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Oct 15. If you feel impelled... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you feel impelled to defend a principle, never do so under the influence of anger. Defend your beliefs joyously! Dharmic—which is to say, righteous—causes should be defended righteously. And joy...
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Oct 14. People are more important than things. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“People are more important than things.” This is a basic principle at our Ananda communities, which my Guru founded through me. It is a good principle for your own life, also. By “things” I don’t m...
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Oct 13. Never defend your mistakes. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Never defend your mistakes. People do that only to protect their pride. The more readily you admit an error, the easier it will be to change yourself. Thus will you win release altogether, eventual...
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Oct 12. Rid yourself of all self-definitions. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rid yourself of all self-definitions. They block your awareness of yourself as the ever-perfect soul. You, as a manifestation of God, are unique. The Lord never makes even two snowflakes exactly al...
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Oct 11. Even if you are not attached to anything... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Even if you are not attached to anything, meet life with cheerful expectation. Whatever comes, greet it with a smile. A cheerful attitude will magnetically attract to you, in every circumstance, th...
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Oct 10. Not a thought that you think... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Not a thought that you think originates with you. Paramhansa Yogananda wrote, in Autobiography of a Yogi, “Thoughts are universally and not individually rooted.” Your most precious inspirations are...
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Oct 9. Don't worry about others' opinions... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Don’t worry about others’ opinions; don’t be concerned with what anyone says or thinks about you—unless you think you might learn something by listening. Think in terms of what you give out to othe...
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Oct 8. Learn when to stop. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Learn when to stop whatever you are doing. If speaking, learn to stop when you’ve said enough. And if writing, don’t drag on beyond your point, once you’ve made it. People often think, “If I can sa...
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Oct 7. Love for the joy of loving from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Love all men—if not for themselves (many human traits, after all, are in themselves not lovable!), then for the pure joy of giving love. Everyone is seeking, whether blindly or with clear sight, fi...
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Oct 6. Non-attachment is the true wealth. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Non-attachment is the true wealth. One who identifies himself with things is always afraid of losing them. And if he fears the loss, he has, in a sense, lost it—at least in his own mind—already. At...
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Oct 5. If you eminate peaceful thoughts... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you emanate peaceful thoughts, they’ll surround you with a protective aura, and create a barrier against all negativity. Any agitation around you, then, will no longer be able to touch you.
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Oct 4. If you are poor... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you are poor, remember, your karma can be improved. Poverty means that the normal flow of divine abundance has been blocked, in your case, by certain past actions—perhaps of avarice, or selfishn...
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Oct 3. Wrap yourself in a cloak of calmness. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wrap yourself in a cloak of calmness. A calm, wisely guided will is the best protection against adversity.
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Oct 2. Wealth if it comes... from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Wealth, if it comes to you, should be treated as a sacred trust. It is not really yours, even if you have worked hard to acquire it. Karma (again, it will be good karma only if you use it rightly) ...
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