The Spiritual Instructions of Swami Muktananda [first edition]

"This book is prompted by gratitude to Muktananda and Nityananda, to all of the eternal Spiritual Masters, and to the Great Lord who is Present as God, Guru, and Self. It is an attempt to increase knowledge, particularly in the West, of the great and ancient spiritual process which is activated through intimate contact and surrender to a true Guru of Spiritual Master. The main text is a letter I received from Baba after my initial visit to his Ashram in 1968. I had written to him some two weeks previous, after my return to New York from my visit with him. The letter which follows is Baba's reply to my letter, and his response to the remarkable experiences which formed the content of my first visit with him. It is essentially addressed to my question: 'How should I do this meditation?' But it is a capsule and poetic description of the whole process, path and experience of yoga, particularly the 'secret' and miraculous yoga of the perfect Master-Yogis of all traditions." (from the Introduction by Franklin Jones)