How You Can Talk With God

Author: Paramahansa Yogananda
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ISBN: 0876121687
Publisher: Self Realization Fellowship Pub (March, 1998)
Sales Rank: 200,141
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5

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Rating: 5 out of 5
Little Book, Big Message
This is a very small book with a very big message. While reading it, I am constantly aware of the juxtaposition of its profundity in meaning and simplicity in style and content. These 46 little pages were written by Yogananda for a lecture or two that he gave on the communication between the Soul and God. Of course, you shouldn't expect to walk away from this book and 30 minutes of reading with a newly cultivated mystical ability to commune with the divine! Yogananda here serves as a motivator rather than an instructor of specific techniques. As a result, the book would probably be more aptly titled "You CAN Talk with God!" without the "How." Nevertheless, all forms of meditation and prayer are useless without will and motivation. And Here we are reminded by one of the centuries greatest saints that our relationship with God is not, nor should be, one-sided. God will actually respond in an intelligible (albeit indescribable) and definite manner if only we refuse to give up. We must plead with Him for an answer, eliminating all doubt that He will respond. For in His aspect as the Universal Mother, He will not--indeed He cannot--remain silent when one of His children cries for help.

Rating: 5 out of 5
A small book with a big message
This is a great book to own if you are already familar with Yoganada's works. I keep this in my bookbag so I have it wherever I go. A great read when you have some spare time at work or waiting in line. It's very small, but the message is HUGE. Yogananda has a great way of explaining how God, the metaphysical, and all life are interconnected and how YOU can achieve God-Realization.

I recommend first reading Autobiography of a Yogi. After reading that book, don't be suprized if you start picking up this jewel and others that he left us.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Beyond simple talking... to COMMUNING !
If you are new to Yogananda's writing, you may think that How You Can Talk with God is a presumptuous title. But if you have read his Autobiography of a Yogi, you know full well that this is no ordinary theoretical or inspirational author. He prayed almost unceasingly from infancy - meditated almost as early - and received RESPONSES from The Divine. Throughout his writings and in his SRF Meditation Lessons for his students Yogananda demonstrates the greatest faith in the truths he presents: he discourages students from accepting his words blindly and urges them instead TO TEST their validity in the laboratories of their own lives, meditations, prayers. This brief, to-the-point, power-packed book is no exception and is an excellent place to begin your exploration of Yogananda's brilliant writing and genuine love.

The fundamental thesis of How You Can Talk with God (HYCTWG) is displayed in its title: "...WITH God" not just "...to God." Like Saint Francis, Yogananda discerns prayer as TALKING to God and meditation as LISTENING to God; this book Yogananda explains how we need to develop BOTH these parts of our soul-Spirit relationship. The unique contribution of Yogananda's essay is to explain the power of classic yoga methods of meditation for clearing the mental static from our minds - and to introduce the power of the advanced Kriya Yoga methods that he continues to disseminate through Self-Realization Fellowship. Not everyone is ready for the discipline required by the advanced Kriya methods (described more fully in Yogananda's Autobiography), but everyone can benefit from the simple beginning-level instruction offered in HYCTWG.

If you will carry this small gem in your pocket or pocket-book with you and dip into it during moments of stress, confusion, or just apathy, I think you will find yourself increasingly drawn to practice its principles of scientific meditation and personal prayer. Hopefully, the reality of the promised benefits of even deeper communion will gradually tug at your soul's deepest needs and spur you to the next level of study. Then it's time to turn to the Autobiography or the instructions in HYCTWG for advanced Lessons.

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