Philip Goldberg’s contribution the film was both unique and insightful, we hope you will enjoy this intriguing interview as much as we did. As a scholar and biographer of the great spiritual personalities in the West, Phil has produced beautiful chronicles that highlight the route-map taken by the unlikely but inevitable eastern spiritual renaissance in the Americas.
00:00 Phil Goldberg Bio, don't accept things on faith;
05:24 Why write: The Life of Yogananda;
08:07 Treating miracles in the famous Autobiography with objectivity;
20:24 Why did you not follow Yogananda's path;
25:48 Telling Yogananda's story in a human way;
32:28 This body is a vehicle for awakening;
34:37 The influence of Eastern Philosophy on the West;
41:02 Jesus in India and Yogananda's love for him;
48:11 Uniting world religions;
54:42 Involvement with the Awake film;
1:02:51 What else would you have liked to have seen in the film?;
1:11:15 What was the most influential aspect about Yogananda?;
1:15:18 Favourite chapter of the AoY;
1:17:00 How did your love for spirituality meet your love for writing?.
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