Recorded on Paramahansa Yogananda's birthday January 5th 1949 at the Self Realization Fellowship International headquarters in Los Angeles this is the first in the special Collectors Series of rare recorded talks. The outstanding quality of the recordings in this series brings Yogananda intimately close to the listener. His wise and off-times witty counsel make these recordings a must for admirers of Yogananda's works. In this talk Yogananda expounds on the scriptures and his own life and about insights born of his direct perception of Truth. He shows that there is but one great purpose in this cosmic drama: to coax us to look beyond its illusions and discover the glory and the love of God. (cdxs)