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Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself. '-paramahansa yogananda, autobiography of a yogiin his biography of steve jobs, walter isaacson revealed that autobiography of a yogi was one book in particular that the ceo of apple read and re-read his entire life - and the only one he ever downloaded on his ipad. First published in 1947, this amazing memoir has since sold over 4 million copies, and has been read by many times that number. The story of a young bengali indian's intense search for god, it describes the lives of a number of living saints whom the author met on his life's journey, especially that of his own great guru, swami sri yukteswar - who in turn predicted that yogananda's life's mission would be to spread india's ancient meditation technique of kriya yoga throughout the world. It also describes, more clearly than any other mystical work, the author's experiences with god, including the highest one possible - samad