This Sunday we address the universally understood purpose of life and goal of all spiritual striving: union with God through ego transcendence. But universal it may be but well understood it most certainly is NOT! Even in Hinduism where the concept of union with God is overtly expressed, there is either resistance or confusion, and a distinct human (ego) preference for focusing on obtaining good karma. Paramhansa Yogananda offered a both-and solution for the long running debate among religionists as to the destiny of the soul.