The Hermitage by the Sea: Chapter 48

The final chapter. A building rises like a great white ocean liner toward the blue brine, the Encinitas hermitage jutting out toward the Pacific. Sixteen rooms. Meditation caves carved directly into the bluff overlooking the ocean, facing the vastness of the sea and sky. While Yogananda has been across America giving everything to spread this teaching, establishing centers and initiating disciples in Kriya Yoga, the dream Sri Yukteswar planted has become real in physical form. Not temporary. Not borrowed. An actual structure built and standing and waiting. The meditation caves face the infinite, a hermitage for the soul. The series closes with Yogananda's own answer to the question that matters most: was it worth it?