An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

I considered myself an eclectic universalist. I
felt Bhaktivinode’s mandate to write an indigenous
Western interpretation of natural devotion to Radha-
Krishna. I wrote blogs and essays that I posted on my
website.
A neighbor recommended I speak to Roger
Christie, cannabis sacrament minister and counselor
with The Hawai’i Cannabis (THC) Ministry. I looked
him up on the web and read his site thoroughly. He
impressed me as a sincere, dedicated crusader for
freedom of religion. Joining the THC Ministry and using
the tools Roger provided was said to be an effective
way to avoid arrest by asserting our religious
right to use cannabis sacrament.
I met Roger at his second floor, bay front office
in downtown Hilo. I introduced myself and gave him
my brochure. We spent over an hour and a half as he
explained the basis of his ministry. Roger and I agreed
that it’s really too bad Swamiji cut people off from the
sacrament. Cannabis, mushrooms, and other psychedelics
known as entheogens are often conducive to
development of love of God-dess. We met a couple
more times. I joined his ministry, and he offered me
use of an office to teach The Path of Love classes
based on Bhaktivinode Thakur’s Sri Chaitanya-
Shikshamrita.
Few attended my classes, and after several
weeks, Roger asked me to pay rent to use his room. It
wasn’t financially feasible for me to drive to Hilo and
pay rent. I held Universalist Church of Radha-Krishna
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