An Authentic Life v 1.2 - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

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Author’s Preface I started this book in the mid 1980s when friends said my story would make an exciting movie and encouraged me to write it. At the time, I thought I had nothing new philosophically to contribute, but people might benefit from my experiences and avoid some pitfalls on the spiritual path. Since then, I had many more experiences that led me to write Universalist Radha-Krishnaism, which is my unique philosophical interpretation of the Chaitanya devotional tradition. An Authentic Life shows how my perspective developed over the years as my philosophy evolved, and I created a new synthesis of East and West. These two books are really a set that shows how my life and teachings mesh. I thank my wife and friends who read the manuscript over the years correcting my mistakes and encouraging me. I hope you find it a good read. Aloha. Steve Bohlert June 12, 2012 Pahoa, Hawaii 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 Author’s Prefac
Page 9 and 10: I was born December 29, 1946, in Br
Page 11 and 12: Mom’s parents, Eleanor and Spence
Page 13 and 14: was on the wrestling and cross coun
Page 15 and 16: I was seventeen and the drinking ag
Page 17 and 18: Harlem. One of my coworkers was a f
Page 19 and 20: “How far is it to the coast?”
Page 21 and 22: North Beach and were told, “North
Page 23 and 24: afford to rent the room we had shar
Page 25 and 26: while I ripped up the pot plants we
Page 27 and 28: on top of her. The next day, I had
Page 29 and 30: Chapter 2 THE KRISHNA MOVEMENT It w
Page 31 and 32: wanted to experience life on a high
Page 33 and 34: Here was this group of hippies sitt
Page 35 and 36: another name of God meaning the Sup
Page 37 and 38: wanted to be like Swami and know wh
Page 39 and 40: "You should cut the back also," he
Page 41 and 42: changing rings our cloths were tied
Page 43 and 44: A group of devotees continued to op
Page 45 and 46: ture in its meditation room. It was
Page 47 and 48: danta Forest Ashram record. I wante
Page 49 and 50: as if they came from another time a
Page 51 and 52: ent was a reasonable one hundred fi
Page 53 and 54: could carry on without me. Krishna
Page 55 and 56: ar. Swamiji was well pleased with m
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They were toxic and made devotees w
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Swamiji and I went to evening worsh
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Swamiji took much interest in the p
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me. His lunch was late and the chap
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A car floated down the street and b
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needed money by whatever available
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friended me gave me the plane fare.
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men used large pizza pans as their
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a locker and headed to a downtown p
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Devotees gathered in New York. Suba
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A van full of devotees picked me up
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handed us our staffs. We had the ti
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wanted to run ISKCON, the Internati
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was an opportunity to renew old acq
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come. We were the strangest people
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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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attachment to Bhaktivinode and his
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temple. An Indian travel agent book
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free food, showed slide shows, and
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an opportunity to live the myth mor
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is one of the most beautiful tradit
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near the back of the courtyard. Dev
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The next day, I went to an old temp
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and good deity worship. They kept a
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We went to his temple on the edge o
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of Radha-Krishna. Others come as pa
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turn the lights off. "If they want
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cially if one asked in the name of
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sion. He asked how many rounds of b
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Swamiji had his own way of doing th
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monkeys at bay. Our monk staffs wou
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Swamiji and his disciples were invi
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place and following in our guru's f
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Rohini-nandan Maharaj came to Vrind
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sandy bank. They dug holes about te
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Tamal Krishna, three celibate male
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charmer sat on the floor and took a
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Workers dug the foundation of the K
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equested police protection, which h
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Swamiji asked another American renu
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This temple sits on top of an 800 f
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Lalita Prasad Thakur Lalita Prasad
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Jagadish arranged my airfare to Tor
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However, I was unhappy with the way
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dung and spices in the air as I got
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Chapter 4 NATURAL DEVOTION I took a
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come all by yourself prepared to st
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This is my and Bhaktivinode Thakur'
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Calcutta to Mayapur for cremation t
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pick an age I wanted to be from ten
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new three story building was ready
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On a morning walk in Raman Reti wit
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Devotee: “A sickle, and then a ti
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had no idea who he was so I listene
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Swamiji often used the phrase yasya
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That night, I went to Waikiki. I ha
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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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thing I did because a friend told m
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Jake thought Madhuvisa would be a b
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including Jiva and a few others I m
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work with him, but the time and mon
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ment, decentralization, feminism, h
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The hunters had a hut on the bank o
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morning, I went snorkeling naked wh
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Chapter 6 FOLLOWING A DREAM I left
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"I'll think about it." They perceiv
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I arrived in Baltimore early in the
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They also stayed at the temple on t
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She was working on a video movie of
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It became evident that New Vrindaba
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I regularly took the subway to Manh
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I did sidereal astrology readings a
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It was great going into the forest
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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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sacrament together. We went to the
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her horoscope. I was amazed at how
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They accepted me in care, and I beg
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Geraldine said, “Oh Ma, it’s no
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vious life. Drinking was commonplac
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One sobbing young female student sa
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On vacation in the Oregon Cascades
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I attended a Religion, Law, and Leg
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sent. Still, they voted to call me
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Geraldine & Steve in front of parso
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prominent church family who died of
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serving there. Two churches interes
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way and don’t have to worry about
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assist the elderly and others to re
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since. It’s the way I preached be
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By the end of the year (1998), Jack
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therefore, many congregations like
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time greats. One of the perks of li
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The Interfaith Dialogue Association
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gay bar with some friends afterward
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handle the meeting and what terms t
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of Wallin United Church of Christ.
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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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as the market started to collapse.
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flooring for it. A carpenter and he
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an indigenous Radha-Krishna worship
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I deconstruct and reconstruct the t
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with the community and environment.
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