How can we overcome life’s challenges? Strengthening our spiritual lives through meditation, study of the Guru’s teachings, and developing and expressing divine qualities like faith, courage, and surrender — all of these provide us with the means to develop the right attitude towards life’s circumstances, explains Yogoda Satsanga Society of India sannyasi Swami Adyananda Giri.
In a spiritual discourse in Hindi, titled “Overcoming Tests and Trials in Life,” Swami Adyananda quotes these inspiring words of Paramahansa Yogananda: “If you use all available outward means, as well as your natural abilities, to overcome every obstacle in your path, you will thus develop the powers that God gave you — unlimited powers that flow from the innermost forces of your being. You possess the power of thought and the power of will. Utilize to the uttermost these divine gifts!”
We invite you to watch this inspiring talk that presents essential guidance from Yoganandaji’s “how-to-live” wisdom on how to succeed in life’s trials: turning to God and Guru in prayer, exercising reason and will power, developing the spiritual quality of evenmindedness in the face of difficult situations, and more. All this, says Swami Adyananda, can be achieved through our efforts to tune in with the Guru through meditations and by spiritual study.
This talk was live-streamed from the Sadhana Sangam at the Yogoda Satsanga Sakha Ashram in Noida in December 2023, and is now available for viewing.
