An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

When I got back to Santa Fe, Krishna Devi and
Dan were gone. Meanwhile, in L.A., Swamiji received
a letter from her. She wanted to stay in the Krishna
movement with Dan.
"This is all nonsense," Swamiji exclaimed. "I
will simply go back to Vrindaban and sit and chant
Hare Krishna. Why should I do this? Why should I
deal with this quarrel between husband and wife?
This is not the business of a sannyasi."
Swamiji wrote a strong letter to Krishna Devi
in care of the Santa Fe temple urging her to come back
to me. He wrote to me that if I felt too heavy-hearted,
I could live with him for a while.
Before his letter arrived, I left Santa Fe for L.A.,
thinking, "I can't take this anymore. I'm going back to
Swamiji."
Swamiji sat on the porch in a loin cloth getting
an oil massage in the noonday sun. When he looked
down the driveway, he called out, "Subal!" I approached
him and offered obeisance.
Swamiji asked, "You got my letter?"
"No," I replied.
"Yes," Swamiji nodded, "you got my letter. I
have written you and said that if you are feeling too
heavy-hearted, you may come here and live with me
for some time."
I moved into the crowded front room of Swamiji's
apartment. I slept right outside his room with
only a curtain separating us. In the middle of the
night, I heard him dictate his translation and commentary
of Bhagavat Puran.
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