Solving the Mystery of Life: Collected Talks & Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life

Solving the Mystery of Life is the fourth volume in the bestselling Collected Talks and Essays on Realizing God in Daily Life series featuring Paramahansa Yogananda’s talks, lectures, and informal classes.

This anthology of nearly 40 talks, given over a period of three decades, offers answers to those seemingly unanswerable questions such as “Why are we here? What is our destiny, and how can we control it? What is God and why did He make this earth? And if God is good, why is there evil in this world? How can we experience greater joy and security?”

Readers looking for answers to the myriad outer and inner challenges of life will find these talks alive with the unique blend of all-embracing wisdom, encouragement, and love for humanity that have made Paramahansa Yogananda one of our era’s most trusted guides to the spiritual life.

As one who solved the mystery of life himself, Yogananda lays out the divine laws at work in the universe, reminding the reader that we are immortal beings with infinite potential to realize and express beauty, nobility, and divinity of the human spirit.

Chapters include: • The Art of Right Action • Harmonizing Your Life With Spiritual Vibrations • Training the Conscious & Subconscious Mind for Success • Awakening Will Power for Success & Divine Accomplishment • How to Get Out of Mental Ruts • The Divine Art of Erasing Age and Creating Vitality • The Mystic Tree of Life • How to Smile Away Your Troubles • Destroying the Consciousness of Fear • Cultivate Friendship with God

Hailed as the “father of Yoga in the West,” Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 – 1952) is regarded as one of the great spiritual figures of our time. Born in northern India, he came to the United States in 1920, where for more than 30 years he taught the ancient science of meditation and the art of balanced spiritual living. That same year he founded Self-Realization Fellowship, to disseminate his writings and teachings worldwide. Through his best-selling classic, Autobiography of a Yogi, and his numerous other books, he has introduced millions throughout the world to the spiritual principles of yoga meditation and the universal truths underlying all world religions.