Awakener: Authorized biography of a Yogi

Many great books have been written about the ancient art of Yoga and thousands of people practice it. Still, to find and meet a contemporary realized yogi in a permanent state of Samadhi is almost an impossible task. In 1861 Mahavatar Babaji Initiated Lahiri Mahasaya in the secret art of Kriyayoga, and Paramahansa Yogananda popularized this teaching around the globe. The Reader familiar with Yogananda's bestseller «The Autobiography of a Yogi», first published 77 years ago, will be interested to learn how Kriya yoga continues to transform the seeker's minds and hearts in the 21st century. Today this tradition is continued by the Fifth Guru of the lineage, Shailendra Sharma. A truly extraordinary life story reveals Indian yogi's views on Creation, Time, Void, Eternal Sound, Alchemy of yoga and the path to self-realization and immortality. Perhaps, for the first time in history the detailed description Of Samadhi is given without idealization so widespread in modern esoteric literature. The portrait of a modern Guru would be incomplete without his unique outlook on the future of humanity - and it too will shift the reader's perception of common postulates and mundane reality.