Book Review: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
The best of all I have read so far, and probably the most trancedental I have discovered. It diminishes the area between reality and illusion. Perhaps, what we perceive is all an illusion, and what we fail to see is reality. Taking away from the material world to spiritual world and that too through a scientific path, is what makes it special. The mystery of Himalayan saints unfolds worldly, through material living saintly figures(sometimes figure less, yes they do so). Starting from the quest of Mukunda(later Yogananda), to run away to Himalayas, searching for his guru and true knowledge. It narrates the real life experience of India’s most valued Yogi who took the Yogic technique of Kriya Yoga to distant lands. Kriya yoga : is a simple , psychophysiological method by which human blood is decarbonated and recharged with oxygen. The atoms of this extra oxygen are transmuted into life current to rejuvenate the brain and spinal centers. By stopping the accumulation of venous blood