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Original Articles and Excerpts from Talks:

By Paramhansa Yogananda:

The Art of Living from East West Magazine, May 1933

Creating Happiness from Inner Culture Magazine, December 1934

Destroying Depression by Substituting Prosperity from 1930's lessons.

Faith, Hope and Charity from Inner Culture Magazine, May 1934

Finding the Joy in Life from Inner Culture Magazine, October 1936.

Fixing Habits in the Brain at Will from East West Magazine, January 1926.

Intuition from Inner Culture Magazine, December 1939.

Questions and Answers: Father-Mother-God from Inner Culture Magazine, October 1939

Questions and Answers: Peace and Quiet from Inner Culture Magazine, February 1940.

Questions and Answers: Real Prosperity from Inner Culture Magazine, January 1939

Questions and Answers: Spiritual Growth from Inner Culture Magazine, April 1942.

Questions and Answers: True Friendship from Inner Culture Magazine, March 1940.

Questions and Answers: Why Do Not the Great Masters Stop this War? from Inner Culture Magazine, May 1940.

Quickening Human Evolution from East West Magazine, Jan-Feb 1929.

Quickening Evolution from Praecepta Lessons, c1934.

Realizing World Unity through the Art of Living from East West Magazine, October 1933.

Spiritualizing the Newspapers from East West Magazine, March-April 1928

Success and Happiness from Inner Culture Magazine, January 1936.

The Surest Way to Prosperity from East West Magazine, October 1932

Tribute to George Washington from East West Magazine, May-June, 1927

Why Celebrate Christmas? from Inner Culture Magazine, December 1934.

Your Most Important Engagement from East-West Magazine, January-April 1927.

By J. Donald Walters (Swami Kriyananda)

The Art of Superconscious Living

By Thinking Can We Arrive at Understanding? from a Sunday Service talk given on March 4, 2001 at Ananda Village in California. The entire talk is also available via streaming video.

Divine Will Healing–How to Channel the Divine Light discussing Paramhansa Yogananda's healing techniques.

God as the Divine Mother, a talk given in Portland, Oregon, January 1996

The Hidden Reality Within from a talk about how the emerging discoveries of the new age can help us find the hidden realities of our own being.

How to Achieve Peace of Mind

How to Use Affirmations

The Importance of Yoga in the World Today from the keynote address to several hundred yoga teachers and students at the 1995 Unity in Yoga Conference held in Snowmass, Colorado.

The True Purpose of Human Existence from a talk about Ananda's founding.

By Daiva (Eric) Glazzard (Co-Director of Ananda Portland) as published in The Oregonian, Washington County Weekly "Religion Today" section:

Meditation Gives People Taste of Joy and a Link to God (link)

By Uddhava (David B. Ramsden), E-RYT 500 (Director of Ananda Yoga in Portland):

Yoga in the Workplace

The Art of Spiritual Adventure

So What's So Great About Yoga Anyway? Interview with the Beaverton Valley Times by Rebecca Ragain

Book Excerpts

By Paramhansa Yogananda

The Attributes of Success (a short book in its entirety)

God as Mother

The Law of Miracles

Meditation on Silence

The Nature of Bliss

Religion: A Universal Need

The Science of Kriya Yoga

Self-Realization: The One Truth in All Religions

By J. Donald Walters (Swami Kriyananda)

General
How Autobiography of a Yogi Changed My Life

Kriya Yoga

Yoga Postures, Health, Healing

The Anatomy of Tension

Dealing with Fatigue

Secrets of Emotional Healing

Solving Insomnia

Yoga is for Everyone

Meditation, Yogic Philosophy, Intuition

Astrology and Spiritual Growth

Breathlessness

Concentration

How to Be a Channel

Inner Freedom

The Inner Way of Pilgrimage

Intuitive Guidance

Living with Yogananda

Meditation Keys

Meditation is Finding Your Center

Plumb the Depths of Intuitive Perception

Resurrection and the Meaning of Divine Tests

Secrets of Bringing Peace on Earth

Secrets of Creativity

Superconscious Living

Symbolism in India

Success and Leadership

The Art of Supportive Leadership

How Earning Money Can Promote Spiritual Growth

Leadership is No Ego Game

Leadership Means Loyalty

Leadership Means Responsibility

What is True Wealth?

Relationships

Expansive Marriage

Respectful Relationships