The spiritual media blog located at www.spiritualmediablog.com has just published a lengthy question and answer interview with me. They asked about my memoir, From Brooklyn to Benares and Back, and were especially interested to hear about my experiences during the last days of the Soviet Union and events in Syria before the current civil war. I was also able to give a long answer to their question about how to improve meditation. You can read the interview at this link.
Category: Writing
I recently published my memoir From Brooklyn to Benares and Back. When I was writing the book I was pondering about the title but after a while the title just wrote itself: I was born in Brooklyn, I went to Benares to become a monk, and after a lot of traveling I am back in the USA.
Getting the right cover was a bit harder. For the first printing I was under some time pressure because the designer at Inner World Publications was very busy and was only available for a short time. So I went to a place that offered stock photos and searched for an “iconic Brooklyn” photo. Continue reading
Here is a short extract from the memoir that I am writing. I hope you like it.
1968 was a year of youth unrest around the world. Students brought Paris to a stand-still, there were demonstrations in Mexico, and demonstrations in the U.S against the war in Vietnam reached a new peak with a violent confrontation of police and demonstrators outside the Democratic Party’s national convention in Chicago in August.
All of this turmoil was certainly one of the main reasons that I was now on a quest to find something new. Instead of going to classes at Columbia University where I was enrolled in the School of International Affairs, I wandered around in New York City hoping to uncover the next steps on my path. Continue reading
A few months ago I began writing a memoir. In the memoir I explain how I embarked on the spiritual path and describe my experiences in several different countries. The story of how I started creating music is also covered in the memoir. I have completed a first draft and am now working on a revision. I will post some excerpts from the memoir online, here, soon.
