Finished this book last night. It was very interesting on many levels. I read the edition by Self Realization Fellowship - the orange, not the blue cover.
The book is made up mostly of stories of extraordinary people that the Yogi, Yogananda, met in his life. Many of the stories described various "supernatural" abilities that these people had. Even if one didn't accept these as fact, the book also goes into a lot of religious philosophy and ways of getting closer to God that are really worth looking at.
Yogananda seems to have merged Christianity and Hinduism in his system. His interpretations of the New Testament made a lot of sense to me; some passages had always seemed odd to me, until I read what Yogananda had to say about them. I have noticed that a two volume New Testament interpretation by him has recently come out; I have looked throught it, and it has some interesting things in it.
I'm not sure where I stand on some of the stories, but the philosophy made a lot of sense to me. Who knows, maybe the people he met really could do the things he said. I think we would all be better off if things were as he described.
The book has inspired me to investigate Yogananda's philosophy some more. I am signing up for the Self Realization Fellowship home study program - it is very reasonably priced I think.
Give the book a try.
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I enjoy your book reviews. But I have a question.. what is your religion? I know you're part of the AUC and that you are a former Catholic. I'm just wondering where you are now in your faith journey.
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