An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

dedicated to Shiva-Shakti, and she was a skilled tantric
practitioner.
Jake thought Madhuvisa would be a better
manager than me, so he let me go. I was on Maui a
year and a half. I felt like my time in heaven was up,
the fruits of my good karma ran out, and it was time
to go back to the mainland. It was in Mother Maui’s
womb that I transitioned from a sannyasi to the person
I am today.
Sebastian let me stay at his cabin in Boulder
Creek, California. This gave me a start. There was a
strong connection between Maui and Boulder Creek
among my closest friends Jiva, Vyas, and Sebastian.
On the Mainland
Sebastian’s cabin was on a dirt road at the edge of
town in a group of cabins with a communal garden in
the middle and Boulder Creek behind. There was a
small open bedroom under the cabin with a view of
the creek and redwoods. That’s where I stayed.
Fleetwood Mac’s Rumors album, that I listened to repeatedly,
symbolizes that time for me.
I got a job working for a devotee in Felton
making Lightening Bolt Surfboard jewelry. It was a
decent job until shop politics drove me out. Sebastian
and his partner Jackie returned from Maui. Sebastian
gave me a shark tooth earring and a deer antler chelum
he made.
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