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Chapter 1 IN THE BEGINNING When I was seven years old, I hung out in a rubble strewn vacant lot in Ridgewood, New York wondering, “How did I get here? How did I wind up with this family? What’s it all about?” I felt like an alien from another planet somehow stranded on this strange planet that lacks love--like Superman only I didn’t have superpowers. I was a scrawny kid who lived in a tenement and felt existential alienation and angst at an early age. 7
Page 1 and 2: An Authentic Life A Spiritual Autob
Page 3 and 4: Copyright © 2012 by Steve Bohlert
Page 5: TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE BEGINNING!
Page 9 and 10: I laid in my crib at night listenin
Page 11 and 12: When I was eight, we moved to a new
Page 13 and 14: oad jump far enough. The Coast Guar
Page 15 and 16: other engineering students. I made
Page 17 and 18: ens, goats, vomiting babies, and po
Page 19 and 20: cali, on the California border. I t
Page 21 and 22: As the new year began, we went to W
Page 23 and 24: saying, “No, don’t stick me wit
Page 25 and 26: We heard a couple of fishermen appr
Page 27 and 28: When we reached Colima, Mexico, we
Page 29 and 30: started out, so we should march to
Page 31 and 32: Swami Bhaktivedanta would arrive at
Page 33 and 34: The small storefront temple was ful
Page 35 and 36: anarchist, and Swami advocated the
Page 37 and 38: Rubbing his head, Swamiji replied,
Page 39 and 40: Swamiji said, "What is your name?"
Page 41 and 42: were on the bill. The biggest names
Page 43 and 44: Subal seated left front, Krishna De
Page 45 and 46: The next day, we told Swamiji what
Page 47 and 48: was a big responsibility running a
Page 49 and 50: of Vrindaban. He gave a powerful ta
Page 51 and 52: plained that there were Indian buri
Page 53 and 54: the spiritual master. The bonafide
Page 55 and 56: sion and please try to follow my in
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The next morning, I took a train to
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When I got back to Santa Fe, Krishn
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for help. But we have to pray at ev
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and start ISKCON Press. Other times
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jana. Anthony later became Rebatina
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me Prabhupad was going to initiate
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ics, was senior editor. Cover artic
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tenement and had bed bugs in it. Mu
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Devotees went downtown afternoons a
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scene. When Prabhupad was in Boston
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A van full of devotees picked me up
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Prabhupad who handed us our staffs.
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wanted to run ISKCON, the Internati
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world. It was an opportunity to ren
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like the good fairy or aliens from
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was raining, but we managed to get
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I stayed with the devotees in their
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visible on many Berlin buildings al
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Bhaktivinode wrote many poems that
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queen did not accept unsolicited gi
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I was in charge of publicity. I han
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For a devotee like me, Vrindaban re
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enjoy sweet drinks, spicy pastries,
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Next, Sharma and I went to the Radh
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it was. I was enchanted by the exot
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woman. I didn't know what to do. I
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The next day, they visited me. It w
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Native residents of Vrindaban were
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ground together into a medicine. I
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courtyard. There was no toilet. We
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Dr. Kapoor referred me to Gauranga
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used to develop that mood. Swamiji
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Another time, we three monks went t
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who resisted Moslem conquest. Some
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Gaur-kishor Goswami, the head pries
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Rohini-nandan was Mr. Sharma's olde
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manufacturing family. When Swamiji
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We decided to risk spending the mon
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We raised 35,000 rupees in three we
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walking cane and told Biharilal to
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yard. However, the whole thing was
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chastised Yadav-acharya and I in fr
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The priests daily apply layer upon
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Thakur and brother of Bhakti-siddha
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seed and tulsi-wood bead necklace h
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and decorated in an Asian motif. We
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a univ
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Chapter 4 NATURAL DEVOTION I took a
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you've come all by yourself prepare
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This is my and Bhaktivinode Thakur'
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as a "Russian heart attack." They t
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thirteen even though I wanted to be
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It was spring, and devotees from th
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and a great way to end my stay in I
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make a counter-emblem. The communis
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A woman devotee got backstage and t
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quitoes. There was no body surfing,
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ers wanted it. We decided to resign
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Chapter 5 NEW LIFE I moved to Wailu
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“Yeah, but I couldn’t get the n
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As I regained outward consciousness
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along on the low branches from tree
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They accepted my offer. Jake let me
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dedicated to Shiva-Shakti, and she
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ing me astrology. There was a fring
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through Study of Religion and the W
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I met and knew many wonderful peopl
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lack-sand beach. I climbed down the
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He said I could camp on the beach,
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headed for Gaursundar’s farm on t
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attle or a prisoner on death row be
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in Bangkok, I found out why it's ca
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was asked to give a lecture in the
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loyalties would be divided between
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When I discussed this with Kuladri,
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an first, but since the other guy w
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Then she got more money from her fa
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times. Doing manual labor and worki
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firewood business off of the ranch.
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Chapter 7 UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST A
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He and I hosted an ecumenical study
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smoke sacrament together. We went t
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She asked me to do her horoscope. I
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The interview went smoothly. We dis
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where we’d be more independent an
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paying nursing jobs and enrolled in
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Marv questioned whether Moses ever
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On vacation in the Oregon Cascades
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from birth to death. This along wit
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The next step was for me to fly the
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When we arrived in Clinton, church
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gued that he should be allowed to h
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fire me. They said if I left volunt
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I told Van, “This is no youth gro
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Our first winter there was unusuall
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I felt baptism was for people who j
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I met with Don Stalhutt, a UCC mini
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Sunday morning, I preached at St. J
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celebrate my call and her birthday.
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attended the ceremony, and Mom cook
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I worked with Concerned Clergy of W
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source materials. The hymns and pra
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pastor of Wallin United Church of C
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I must admit, I found it refreshing
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We walked to a meeting of this co-h
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I lay my life at your feet. My only
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live upstairs from Above and Beyond
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construction was out of our reach w
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meetings at our yurt. Jahnava and I
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from the past that entail a degree
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outstanding job of designing the bo
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