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"[Wisdom of a Yogi] is a feast for seekers, a book to explore and revisit..."
—Publishers Weekly

"Riz brings his scientific mind to the heart-centric subject of the spiritual search, revisiting classic tales from Autobiography of a Yogi for the modern world. Wisdom of a Yogi is a book with…


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1 author picked Wisdom of a Yogi as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

You likely already know that Paramahansa Yogananda’s classic Autobiography of a Yogi was the only book Steve Jobs had on his iPad, and that he had copies of the book given to all those who came to his Stanford memorial service. But Jobs was not the only genius tech entrepreneur to love that book.

Rizwan Virk is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and video game designer, among other distinctions. I both loved and felt challenged by Virk’s earlier book, The Simulation Hypothesis, in which he posits that AI, quantum physics, and Eastern mystics all agree we are living…

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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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