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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