JUS - Book Club
Jacksonville Underground Social is dedicated to nurturing a sense of community among like-minded individuals. One of the ways we support our community is by hosting a book club. Each book we select will have a designated timeframe for reading and discussion.
How does it work?
In our inaugural meeting, everyone will come together to delve into the book's introduction. By exploring the foreword, acknowledgments, preface, and introduction, all participants will have the opportunity to contemplate the author's intentions.
During this initial gathering, we'll establish guidelines for everyone to meet the specified reading goals and prepare for our next meeting.
Our book club meetings are scheduled for the first Wednesday of each month at 8:00 pm EST.
Up next: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Autobiography of a Yogi recounts his life and his encounters with spiritual figures of the Eastern and the Western world. The book begins with his childhood and family life, then finding his guru, becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation.
'Autobiography of A Yogi' has maintained that the goal of human life should be to 'cross over the stormy sea of samsara (the karmic wheel, the recurrence of lives and deaths). ' It inspires man to recognize this truth that 'man has a body, but is a Soul'-ever free, indestructible, deathless because birth-less.
Why did Steve Jobs have this book as his only book on his iPad? Why did Steve Jobs gift the Autobiography of a Yogi at his funeral? Why did Steve Jobs read the Autobiography of a Yogi 40 times?
Because It was a spiritual book that inspired Jobs throughout his life. The book, first published in 1946, espouses 'self-realization' and the practice of Kriya Yoga meditation. “According to [Walter] Isaacson's biography, 'Jobs first read it as a teenager, then reread it in India and had read it once a year ever since.
Grab your copy on Audible or a hard copy. Be sure to read the forward, preface and introduction before the first meeting. We are excited to move forward with you.