He touched a place within me that opened my heart to all in a way that I never expected or imagined. I finally see the Truth in all forms of honoring The Divine, including the teachings of Jesus.įorever I am grateful to my Great Teacher.Paramahansa Yogananda. With the reading of this book, which led to reading Yogananda's 'Second Coming of Christ' I am now able to not only open my heart again to the teachings of Jesus, but am finally able to understand the true meanings of the Bible and not run away from it.

Anything that had to do with the Bible or Jesus was sour in my mind and my memories. In that process, I tossed out my openness to learning from another guru.Jesus. I vowed to never return to organized religion and went off to learn about many other forms of honoring The Divine, including Buddhism, Paganism, Wi ccanism, Shamanism and Native American ways.

What a Master for our time in bringing the principles of the United Religions Initiative to life and to the common people in language we can all understand.īeing raised a Christian, I left the church in my early twenties out of disgust for the hipocrasies I witnessed. My life will never be the same and I now study his lessons and his other books. Needless to say, the eloquent and gentle touch of Paramahansa opened my eyes and my heart. I was not open to the thought of a 'guru' when I first opened this book. I recommend this book to anyone passionate about self-emancipation.Īfter having the book recommended by three different people at different times in my life, I figured maybe I should read it.

So I have bought another copy for myself on E-Bay. I gave a copy to my parents, and my own copy to a good friend. I feel uplifted and energized by merely holding this book in my hands. This book is not the analytical, bulleted-list scientific report it is written rather in the orathorical Indian trad ition, with sentiment, humor and candor.Īs a meditator, Reiki Master and yoga practitioner, I have developed an expanded perception and can sense energy. The yoga mentioned in the book is the Kryia Yoga, which is designed to advance one on their spiritual development path. I personally feel touched reading this book and am inspired to invest energy in my own growth. This book contains a series of stories about the special powers, gifts and achievements of extraordinary people the stories follow Yogananda's autobiography storyline. The book is written in anecdotical manner. The author is the first yogi to introduce yoga to the West. This is the book that first brought to the West testimony of what India's self-realized masters have achieved.

Yogananda autobiography of a yogi