An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

Chapter 6
FOLLOWING A DREAM
I left ISKCON after eight years as one of its international
spiritual leaders because it became corrupt and
materialistic. Swamiji said I’d return someday. He
died in 1977. In the summer of 1980, he appeared to
me in dream and told me to join my god brothers and
not be alone.
Gaursundar lived with two women in a farm
house. He let me stay in a yurt a little distance away.
It was comfortable and adequate for my needs. I like
Gaursundar, and he was gracious and hospitable to
me. He wanted to live a quiet, reclusive life. I was
ready to preach, and I didn’t want to impose on him.
I heard how much more corrupt the movement
became since I left six years earlier. I felt it was time to
come out of exile and throw the charlatans and
money changers out of the temple.
I went to Kona to see if I could hitch a ride on a
boat to Honolulu but was unable to. Atmarama, a
devotee from the Buffalo temple, invited me to stay at
his coffee shack in Captain Cook with him and his
partner. I stayed in their second story loft.
My old friend, David Brooks, visited me from
the mainland. He gave me airfare to Honolulu. Dave
and I went to a local restaurant where he bought me a
teriyaki steak dinner. I felt like a soldier preparing for
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