Whispers from eternity (1949 Edition) by Paramhansa Yogananda."Thou art my Father, I am Thy child. Thou art the Spirit; I am made in Thine image. Thou art the Father who owns the universe. Good or naughty, I am Thy child, and, as such, have the right of possession over all things; but I have been truant and wandered away from Thy home of cosmic plenty. Help me to learn, first, to identify my consciousness with Thine universal consciousness. Rescue my consciousness, shipwrecked on the tiny island of the body. Expand me, and make me feel that I am again Thine image. And when, by Thy grace, I shall find that, like Thee, I am everywhere, then I shall have dominion over all things, as Thou hast."
"Prayer Demand" is Yoganandaji's original vocabulary, as a child speaking to his Father, versions edited after his death change it to "request", losing the original intent. The original version of "Whispers from eternity" is available online. It was the only book actually edited by Yogananda in his lifetime. He considered it a scripture on par with both the Gita and the Bible.
The shipwreck pictured is a Liberty Ship sunk by U-boat off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, England, the mast of which was visible above the waves for many decades after WWII. If you are reading this then you have good karma and are also not completely submerged in the cosmic delusions of Maya/Satan. Sri Yukteswar explained to Yogananda:
"Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now."
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