yogananda amy nada about Yogananda. he seems to be an Ascended Master who tries to get you on his side. why, i don't know. makes me think there's some kind of political agenda. which might be fine, what do i know? he can be okay, still. i think this is him, about refuge. (although it may be the Bible): "Why wilt thou go into the jungles? What do you hope to find there? Even as the scent dwells within the flower, so God within thine own heart ever abides. Seek him with earnestness and find Him there." so he puts it back to the student, which is pretty cool. 100317 ... Ouroboros do you know anything about him, now that you've started a blathe and made statements about him? 100318 ... amy nada yes, of course i do. but i didn't finish the autobiography because i didn't care to read the whole story about Sri Yukteswar's death. i stopped where he visited the saint in Europe with the stigmata. i have 3 other books by him, and I've read them. there was a bookstore that i frequented in Seattle that was run by his devotees, and i even considered giving money for some prayer place they wanted to build, but didn't know if that was the right thing to do, energetically. i've seen his face in the ether, when i was having a hard time, and like i said, he's a good guy (that "okay" should be read positively, not negatively). but i'm more of a jnana yoga person than a bhaki yoga person and the couple of classes i attended in Seattle at that bookstore didn't really jive with who i am, so i've learned that i'm not that aligned with him. also, the reservations i described above. sorry if i offended you... obviously i do know some things about him but i guess it's on my own terms. what else is new, right? 100318 what's it to you? who go blather from