AnasaktaThe word “anasakta” is Sanskrit for “having no attachment”. I use it in the sense of “having no identification with objects”. It is my spiritual name and, as of this year, also my legal surname.
I have spent most of my adult life struggling to reach the mystical goal of God-realization. After more than thirty-five years of study and meditation, and a career as a peacemaker bridging disputes between unions and management, the goal still seemed distant.
Then I settled on a unique approach to meditation, and at last the secret finally revealed itself. But not wishing to draw attention to myself, I held the knowledge close and told no one. However, given my brush with death, in 2003 and then my timely heart transplant, I have come to understand and accept that my duty in the latter part of this particular lifetime is to speak about my spiritual approach in an effort to help others also realize their TRUE-SELF.
I have led Satsang in Toronto, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Key West. I hope to soon be leading meditation sessions throughout Japan.
The preceptorial succession from teacher to student is known as the Guru parampara (literally, “proceeding from one to another”). It is a line of spiritual teachers in authentic succession of direct knowledge experienced through application of the preceptor’s teachings. The commonly held notion that physical touch or physical initiation is required is erroneous and is a sign that one is still rooted in the world of physical duality.
The teacher’s knowledge and help may be spoken by the teacher to the student, or it maybe passed to the student during silent meditation with the teacher, or the student may find it in written text.
My Guru parampara includes: Adi Shankara; Sri Ramakrishna; Ramana Maharshi; Sri H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji); and Dr. Paul Hourihan of Boston.
