The responses to the questions below are taken from the texts of Swami Chidananda's books Yoga and A Call to Liberation.

1.What advice can you give me as I find my ebnthusiasm slowing after an initial burst of enthusiasm in the spiritual path?

2. How can one find a deeper level of concentration?

3. I find the mind to be very strong, and it resists my efforts to control it. What can I do?

4. I seem to fail so often, and as a result I get discouraged.

5. Could you give us some hints on being able to concentrate the mind?

6. I find that despite repeated practice, my mind refuses to stay settled in meditation.

7. Should our aim be to strive for Self-realisation or to take birth again and serve humanity?

8. Sometimes the spiritual life is compared to a battle. What would then be the greatest victory?

9. How important is morality in leading my spiritual life?

10.How can I become clearer about my goals and life's ultimate goal?

11. What is the way to develop a longing for God?

12. Could you speak to the importance of enthusiasm in the spiritual life?

13. How do I keep from loosing ground in progress made in our spiritual practices (sadhana)?

14. How do we prevent lethargy, loss of focus and energy and increase our sense of urgency in our sadhana?

15. Why are faith and belief important in our lives?

16. How should we view obstacles that come to us as we follow the path of spiritual life?

17. How do I keep prior conditioning and value in a life of pleasure from haunting me?

18. If all action is predetermined by karma, to what extent does a person actually have a choice in his actions?