The Journey Home: Autobiography of an American Swami by Radhanath Swami

Author:Radhanath Swami [Swami, Radhanath]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs
ISBN: 9781601090447
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Publisher: The Journey Home
Published: 2009-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

When I had first set out on my spiritual journey, my idea had been to learn as much as possible from various paths and teachers and then take from each path the practice that was most effective for me. This was a popular idea in the 1960s, but in India, I began to realize the superficiality of it. I had seen many spiritualists with this idea, but the depth of their realizations seemed vague. Those who impressed me as advanced had committed themselves to a particular path. I had come to understand that my traveling from place to place and teacher to teacher had its limitations. Part of my hesitation to accept initiation into one religion, I realized, had to do with a fear of division from others. Still, I knew I would need to choose in order to progress. Not doing so was becoming painful. But which path and which teacher were mine? How would I ever know for sure?

Already many great teachers have enlightened me with knowledge of different paths and experiences I didn’t deserve. I see spiritual beauty in all of them. Which direction should I go at this crossroads in my life?

That night, I prayed for guidance and drifted into sleep. In the middle of the night, I awoke to a crescent moon that shone in the dark sky. Within the embrace of this crescent, a single star sparkled. It was the symbol of Islam, a sign of submission to God. I stared in wonder. My heart reassured, I accepted this as a sign that the mystery I had been contemplating would be revealed to me in due time.

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