Mind your books

This book by Paramhansa Yogananda Ji highlights his life stories which is full of adventures in his spiritual wakening. The stories narrated here are so enticing and educative which have been weaved through his childhood, interactions with his Gurus, his travels and miracles he witnessed. I see in here a blend of our upanishdic philosophy and the modern science trying to expound the idea that revered Indian scritures might be highlighting the same mystical aspects of nature and life as is being discovered in the current quantum physical phenomena. If the modern society took 500 years to come to the present scientific achievements I believe, based on the curiosity of human intelligence, that people lived on this land for millenia would have thought, experimented and concluded based on their experiences. Therefore, this book is for those who are open to different thoughts and ready to accept the thoughts based on riogorous logical reasoning.  

This book explores human behavior and goes deep into the complex interplay of genetics, environment, and culture and how these together govern our behaviour from seconds to years. It also highlights the evolution of human behaviour from viewpoint of neuroscience, psychology and antropology making the book attractive for broader audience. The brain function, memory, interaction of logical and emotional parts of our brain, interpretation of various sensory inputs as well as the whole aim of our brain, i.e. safety, certainity and survival, have been well blended to make us understand the human nature i.e. why we are, as we are. The book also makes me feel that every interpretation and response we make to an external or internal stimuli is predetermined based on our experieces felt and registered in memory. As whole of the humanity has a similar trait in interpreting and responding, one can say that the outcome of future interactions among people and external environment is predetermined.