This small pocket sized book is full of gentle messages from dear Yogananda. Through the years this is one book I have turned to for gentle reminders of listening and speaking with God. There is always some phrase which soothes my soul and I'm positive you would have the same results. Yogananda shares with such profound simplicity, directiion and love. This pocket book is a great one to keep on your nightstand or some place where you can turn to it in times of need. Let the Masters' words comfort you REGARDLESS of your faith. His messages are universal and loving.

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. Yogananda has a great way of explaining how God, the metaphysical, and all life are interconnected and how YOU can achieve God-Realization. Yogananda explains how we need to develop 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. All those souls who doubt that it is possible to talk with God should read this book and apply the basic principles contained here.