God Alone: The Life and Letters of a Saint.

Los Angeles:: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1984.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: navy blue binding with gilt text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. small 8vo (7.75 inches tall) . Description: Includes a few black and white photo plates. ''Sri Gyanamata, one of the most advanced disciples of Paramahansa Yogananda, was a modern-day saint in whom the light of wisdom shone with special clarity. Her life was marked by a quiet heroism, and inner strength that never wavered in the face of suffering. In her letters she has left a lasting memorial of that life, a testimony that illumines with deeply penetrating insight both the transitory pains and the eternal beauty of the way to perfection she followed. Born Edith Anne Ruth D'Evelyn on July 4, 1869, in Canada, she grew up in a small town in Minnesota. Difficult childhood circumstances nourished an already strong desire to discover the deep truth of life. She began to read widely in the world's great religious and philosophical writings. But the more she read, the more she became convinced that for the highest realization it would be necessary to have a guide -- one who had already reached the spiritual height she herself wished to attain. When she met Paramahansa Yogananda in Seattle in 1925, this understanding and her innate spiritual receptivity enabled her to instantly recognize him as the God-illumined teacher she had been seeking. In 1932, after the passing of her husband, Gyanamata entered the Self-Realization Fellowship ashram in Los Angles and took the vows of renunciation. Because of her deep understanding and spirituality, Paramahansaji assigned her much responsibility in training the other disciples and counseling the many members who requested guidance. She did this in part through instructive letters, many of which appear in this book. The advice Gyanamata gave came not from theoretical musings or intellectual observations, but from the victories of her own lifelong battle to overcome every weakness of body, mind, and sprit. Through her adult life she had to contend with great physical suffering, yet unfailingly she manifested courage, serenity, and unswerving dedication to God and her Guru.''