Autobiography of a Yogi discussion

I'm so very grateful I found this book, or this book found me. I've read it twice and own it on CD's too.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

An excellent book that everybody should read in this world.It helps you to understand what you are to the world and what is the role of God in your life.


Don't miss to read this!!!

If you enjoyed this book, you may want to check out Living with the Himalayan Masters by Swami Rama. I thought it was a beautiful book about the relationship between a true master and disciple. It is so sad that true masters are so hard to find and that there are so many fake ones out there.

it's a nice book

i would have given it 5 stars when i first read it and joined his organization, but after learning what i did about him and his organization, i don't think much of it, and i believe that the books is filled with some falsehood.

Jessaka wrote: "i would have given it 5 stars when i first read it and joined his organization, but after learning what i did about him and his organization, i don't think much of it, and i believe that the books ..."

What did you learn about him and the organization?

I would prefer that we did this by personal messages, if that can be done.

Good book after a journey of Yogi.

Jessaka wrote: "I would prefer that we did this by personal messages, if that can be done."

Of course, have sent you already a private message.

i just saw this dely and sent you a private message.

This book is really enjoyable for many reasons- it is connected with soul,life,life after life, Guru's blessings,....;I bought 8 books to distribute to my friends.

it's usually a good idea to keep the message separate from the messenger. i found this book enlightened, wise, and efficacious. i respect the inspiration and how it is worked out and presented to the reader; the man and his organization -- whatever fault lines lie therein -- are secondary to the message, imo.

i am a christian of deep faith and found this book to be inspiring. it is not the yogi i worship, so i am not personally disappointed to find that he or his organization might come up short of perfection. but the ideas i gleaned from this book dove-tail handsomely (in certain ways) with what i understand from my own faith tradition -- the minister is secondary; the event is primary -- so i have taken from this book what i can use and have left the rest. usually a workable plan for us mere-mortals who seek enlightenment.

wisdom lies buried in many places and is usually worth digging for.

It opens our eye of knowledge.

Immediately after finishing this book, I contacted the ashram in india and wanted to move there and study Kriya Yoga permanently, lol!

I found this book to be excellent in that it seems a credible source of eyewitness accounts of "siddhi's in action."

this book give me a good inspiration, im just 17 when my dad boroow this book and i really want to read this again, hope i will find it

gutenberg dot org has a free html copy as well as epub, kindle, plucker, and plain text versions ... goto: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7452

life-changing! :)

Don't know much about the discussion above (Josey / Dely), but purely speaking of it in terms of a book, I enjoyed reading it (I was an adolescent at the time), and it certainly made me think about some things. So that can't be all bad! Having said that, I carried on being the same ordinary person I was before, so neither did it have an enormous effect on my life or beliefs. But it is a good read!

I am so grateful to have read this book almost 25 years ago. Guru Yogananda's words continue to inspire me to this day. If you feel the same I highly recommend his two volume book, "The Second Coming of Christ: The Resurrection of the Christ Within You" It is simply amazing.

This book was difficult to read for me. I mean it's no breezy romance. I took my own time to understand what he meant in all his anecdotes. I was nonetheless fascinated. It was worth it.

Lululemon wrote: "If you enjoyed this book, you may want to check out Living with the Himalayan Masters by Swami Rama. I thought it was a beautiful book about the relationship between a true master and disciple. I..."
Thanks Lululemon. I'll read that one. I find it's not so much that there are fake masters, just many souls who want to share their spiritual wisdom who haven't quite become enlightened yet, or still have rather large egos in their way! Ha ha! But It's part of our journey to want to share our wisdom, i think. This book is def up there anongst the best!

Rosun wrote: "This book was difficult to read for me. I mean it's no breezy romance. I took my own time to understand what he meant in all his anecdotes. I was nonetheless fascinated. It was worth it."
Hi Rosun. These days we think we have to do everything in a hurry. I think it doesn't matter if it takes us months, or even years to finish a truly inspirational, spitirually enlightening book like this one!

Annette wrote: "I am so grateful to have read this book almost 25 years ago. Guru Yogananda's words continue to inspire me to this day. If you feel the same I highly recommend his two volume book, "The Second Comi..."
Thanks, i'll read that one. I've jsu seigned up to do SRF Lessons! It may take me a while!

Andy wrote: "Don't know much about the discussion above (Josey / Dely), but purely speaking of it in terms of a book, I enjoyed reading it (I was an adolescent at the time), and it certainly made me think about..."

Maybe it's time to re-read it Andy!

Fai wrote: "Immediately after finishing this book, I contacted the ashram in india and wanted to move there and study Kriya Yoga permanently, lol!

I found this book to be excellent in that it seems a credib..."

SRF also have two retreat centres in California. Lake Shrine in Santa Monica, LA, which was a beautiful oasis just on the coast. The other's down near San Diego . .. Haven't been there.

Jacquie the SRF lessons are life changing. They deepened my understanding of spirituality more than any church or bible group. It takes 3 years to complete the course and even though it's been more than 10 years I still re-read many of the lessons. It was one of the most enlightening times of my life. Enjoy the blessings on your journey!

Bonnie wrote: "I'm so very grateful I found this book, or this book found me. I've read it twice and own it on CD's too.
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."

very true!

Has anyone directly experienced the supernatural events or something similar to those described in the book? I'm just curious.

It's my favorite book. And I'm glad it found me. What an inspiring book!

Hi everyone

I have read the book and found it to be a fascinating read. But a question I would like to ask you all?
Do you not thing that some of the events described in the book were just too fantastical to be true? Do you really think they all happened?

Sagheer wrote: "Hi everyone

I have read the book and found it to be a fascinating read. But a question I would like to ask you all?
Do you not thing that some of the events described in the book were just too fa..."

I asked myself that often, Sagheer. Especially since, like many before him, he often said that such powers and siddhis are not necessarily indicative of a spiritually enlightened mind, and yet he was constantly talking about such things. But who knows... ? I like to think such things are possible.

Some scenes are still vivid in my mind even though it's been 20 years since I read the book. I remember buying six copies and giving them to friends and family! The book had a profound impression on me.

As fantastic as the events were, I never doubted the validity of them (the scene when his guru re-appears I've read many times). The words resonated with me and I felt deep down they were true. Not a scientific answer to your question, but to me spiritual literature reaches us on higher level, one that we can't rationalize through our limited minds.

Lululemon wrote: "If you enjoyed this book, you may want to check out Living with the Himalayan Masters by Swami Rama. I thought it was a beautiful book about the relationship between a true master and disciple. I..."

I totally agree, both are very good books!

Hi Modi and Everyone

One thing that concerned me about the book is when Paramahansa states that he does not believe me that people of different castes should marry. As he was of the opinion that interbreeding between castes would eliminate the caste. Hardly the opinion of a spiritually enlightened person would you not agree?

I don't recall his opinion on marriage. What page is it on in the book?

Hi Annette and everyone

There was also a chapter in the book devoted to the resurrection of his guru Sri Yukteswar who miraculously appears and goes on to tell Paramahansa that he is inhabiting an astral plane where there are fairies and fish who can take the shape of people?
Are you really telling me hand on heart that you believed that when you read it?

Hi Annette

Its on Page 432 at the bottom

Regards

Sagheer

Sagheer wrote: "Hi Annette

Its on Page 432 at the bottom

Regards

Sagheer"

Hi Sagheer, I found the footnote and see how it could be open to interpretation. I feel Guru was pointing to the four natural castes -- not in the traditional caste sense, but castes that are marked by the gunas. This might be a good question for the Self Realization Fellowship. You can speak directly to one of their monks who will answer any questions about Yogananda’s life and the fellowship. I have called in the past and found them to be very approachable and knowledgeable. Here’s the link: http://www.yoganandasrf.org/About_SRF...

Hi Annette

In the book there is also a chapter devoted to the resurrection of his Guru Sri Yukteswar do you agree with what asserted in that chapter? Astral planes with fairies and people with three eyes and fish who can turn themselves into people? Did it not all seem a bit too contrived? Bottom line. Although truth can be stranger than fiction. Do you think that is the truth?

Regarding his personal behavior, etc. I have always thought of ideas as candy bars. The colorful wrapper is the person who brings us the idea, the candy bar is the idea itself. I almost always eat the candy bar and throw the wrapper away.

Sagheer wrote: "Hi Annette

In the book there is also a chapter devoted to the resurrection of his Guru Sri Yukteswar do you agree with what asserted in that chapter? Astral planes with fairies and people with thr..."

I think some peeps confuse lucid dreams with astral planes/alternate dimensions, etc. which exist independently of them. Your description (I read the book about 35 years ago) sounds very dreamlike to me.

based on the paramhamsa yogananda preachings to find out your questions answers at this web site : askbrahma.com ask god section .. Its very informative and useful.