Only Love: Living the Spiritual Life in a Changing World

Sri Daya Mata is the president of Self-Realization Fellowship.Many people feel that she is a saint. And after you read this book, I don't think that you will have any doubts that this is true. I believe that she has glued herself so close to the teachings of her guru, Paramahansa Yogananda, that there is nodifference between her and the teachings. As one devotee has said, "She is love." This book is like a diamond. You willsee different facets of love for God as you turn each page. This is also a guide for loving God in modern life. How you can keep that love alive away from your meditation seat. I personally don't believe in God. I am ruled by the intellectand I envy Sri Daya Mata very much. She is in touch with an existental being that cannot be defined by the intellect in words. Tibetan Buddhists say that Hindu-yoga is dangerous because it simply allows high concentration states which producebliss. But not wisdom-realizing emptiness. Please turn to page558 of "God Talks to Arjuna" by Paramahansa Yogananda. Chapter 5Verse 18. "A sleeping man, beholding a dream drama, may cry out:'There's a low pariah! And there's my friend the priest! Hownoisy it is here--dogs barking, cows lowing, and elephants trumpeting!' Yet, on awakening, he realizes (if he remembers the dream) that the various 'living' creatures possessed no inherent differences, all being unreal mind-spinnings." In this explanation of a verse, Yogananda makes in clear that a hindu-yogi does reach wisdom-realizing emptiness. That is, all things are merely what we impute on them. A "dog." A "cat." All unreal but at the same time real. In this book, Daya Mata exemplifys this position. She is not a "love-junkie." She isnot a "samadhi-junkie." She is in contact with an existentialforce which proves itself by it's own existence. There is only one problem with this book. You may read it and get gooey-eyedover "GOD." Go further. Sri Daya Mata asks you to put yourself to the test. Can you love God in modern day life? All the time?Personally, I cannot. Can you?

This is a book that will open heart,mind and spirit and change forever the life of the reader.A true disciple of P.Yogananda, in these pages, Sry Daya Mata,shows clearly what are the results of being trained by such an exalted being.Undoubtely a Mother of compassion,as Her name implies,Daya Mata gives the reader a glimpse of the divine nature of man and the entire cosmos,with humility and unparalled realization.One has the certainty that the Author is living what is preaching,which makes this book a rare gem of deep spiritual insights.A "must" for everyone that is truly searching.