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Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
An Awakening
I was sitting in a restaurant in Bombay enjoying a dosa masala for lunch when David popped in and asked if I would be interested in going to Ahmednagar with him.
July 1974Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
The Important Difference
Self-righteous attempts at conventional religion; experiments with grass, acid, speed; chanting Hare Krishna down Fifth Avenue; endless wanderings around the earth — so began the search for enlightenment among my friends more than 10 years ago. It’s hard to see if anyone has become enlightened, and if they have, they haven’t become better human beings for it.
July 1974Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
Space Seed, Space Egg
High up just inside the dome of the great public domain, there is being prepared now a World’s Fair, a great unveiling.
July 1974
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
Good Heavens
To come to an understanding of the intrinsic workings of everyday life, primitive man sought order amidst the chaos of his existence. Tides came in and washed over ground that was dry and untouchable only days before. Cold made barren the lushness of a summer forest.
July 1974
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
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Astrological notation
Astrological notation, rows of numbers, and the arcane symbolism of the Tarot filled the page.
July 1974
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
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Before I went traveling I lived in a house
Before I went traveling I lived in a house where we banned the word “Enlightenment.” At the time it was the impossible, unreachable, unfathomable dream, and I suppose we couldn’t take the pressure of being held up to our Goal, being only human as we were.
July 1974Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
The Enlightenment Game
BODY enters world. Spirit enters body. Go.
July 1974
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