I recently started reading this book, and I have found it to be profound. Each thought from Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj is a gem. Sometimes it may be challenging to understand what he means, but when you finally understand, it is enlightening. The way he talks kind of reminds of how @Captain_Nemo talks lol. This is definitely one of those books that you can read over and over and learn something new each time. Here’s the link to the pdf https://holybooks.com/i-am-that-nisargadatta-maharaj/
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I’ll make this short, since I don’t like to comment about books (I tend to sacralize them lol).
Note: I haven’t forgotten that I’m planning to re-read a certain Wolf-y book and comment it with some of my fellows here ;) Will do it, as soon as it stops reminding me too much of my temporarily ex-job :))
Anyway:
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_OM = 
(not only because of this book)
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I’ve just started this after quite some resistance and already loving it
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Same here :) Even a huge biased resistance in my case, for some reason. Now it’s one of my favorites. I like how it makes feel easy not-so-easy things.
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I read/ gather all kinds of knowledge. What’s inspiring me at any given moment is what I delve into. As I believe inspiration comes from the soul I think it’s important to follow that guidance. There’s a reason why something has a pull at that time.
Also, everything is ultimately spiritual so the manual to a toaster is spiritual if one has the mindset.
This book, that I read a couple years ago was inspiring and beautiful…
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isn’t the author the man who remembers his past life ?
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Happily awaiting for your comments on this Awesome book 
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Aww… There’s indeed always many things to say about it but I guess I have a particular obsession with the chapter “Joyous Body: The Wild Flesh” since ever :))) I always recognize my and some of my significant people’s old (or sometimes current) sufferings in there. But more importantly, ways to get rid of those.
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Not that I’m aware of. The autor is a know journalist here in Portugal. A very nice and wise person 
The book talks about the meaning of life and it’s based on the “Gods formula” a work developed by Einstein.
It’s amazing!
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Yes, I like that there is so much food for thought and my perspective on a lot of issues have changed thanks to this wonderful book.
I can relate to seeing your sufferings in the book, the book got real, real fast.
Book: Women Who Run With The Wolves. Contacting the power of the Wild Woman. - Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Highly recommended for both women and men.
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aah okay. nice . i will check it out.
I confused him with Matias De Stefano . countless YT searches to remember the name 
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Recommended for those who understand the recommendation…
Good overall spiritual movie about the nature of “astral planes” one goes to “after death”
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has anyone completed and overall enjoyed The Autobiography of a Yogi?
it was recommended by a lot of youtube influencers in the beginning of my spiritual journey.
i honestly don’t like the book.
i loved Siddartha by Herman Hesse, so i thought i would appreciate Autobiography of a Yogi, but i just… don’t like the author?
am i missing something?
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I liked it. I thought the book was interesting and it presented various ideas and concepts that were new to me and it made me curious about a lot of what he was writing about.
I was actually quite curious about the life of his teacher Sri Yukteswar, he seemed like a very charismatic and interesting person to me. I loved the passage where Yogananda was recounting an interaction between Sri Yukteswar and his mother, i thought it was cute mother - son dynamic-relationship.
And I am still totally fascinated with and curious about babaji, unfortunately I could not find much info about him on the internet .
Was there anything specific about the author that you did not like?
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honestly i was expecting to feel inspired.
i usually get nice bubbly feelings when reading books that i connect with. one book that made me cry and feel so much relief was The Power of Love and i sort of expected similar feelings with this book.
i think i came in with a ton of expectations especially because the book is highly recommended.
i did like his relationship with his mother, but nothing really clicked and i went almost halfway through the book to the part where he started his own school.
maybe i am just more focused on having a “modern” life than his version of living.
it’s also in my nature that i feel competitive like my life isn’t good enough because he experienced and accomplished things i can only imagine.
still a great book, just not for me and i have tried reading it multiple times in different stages of my life.
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I completely understand.
Two examples that come to mind for me are the kundalini book by Gopi Krishna, I didn’t like the author either, I thought the man was insufferable. and A Course in Miracles, I could not even get through that one, for whatever reason it is just not happening.
Then there is Women who run with the Wolves: I got it 2 years ago, struggled through the first 50 pages, didn’t quite understand where the author was coming from, before putting it aside, and this year I am reading it and I think the book is just amazing!
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i’m glad to hear it!
partly why i’m not selling my copy of Autobiography of a Yogi.
a part of me feels like i’ll eventually read it.
for me it’s like the the saying, “when the student is ready, the teacher appears”.
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Thanks so much for recommending this movie @_OM.
Wow! If that’s what the “astral planes” are like on the other side, I’m very grateful to have been forewarned! It’s very different to my perception of what I’d been taught in my (long abandoned) religious upbringing.
As they say, forewarned is forearmed!
Thank you! 
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