This practice allows me to be present to love and serve others and to express unconditional love in the world. Being in the moment, at ease with whatever comes one’s way, becomes contentment.
Being here now is even more relevant for me. He took one look at me and said, “Quick, get in the car before someone sees you.” I thought, “This is going to be an interesting trip.”įorty years and one near-fatal stroke later, it is still quite a journey. One of the soldiers approached me and said, “What are you, some kind of yogurt?” When I got off the plane in Boston, my father, George, picked me up at the airport. I had long hair, a full beard, and was wearing a long white Indian robe that looked like a dress. Be Here Now is Maharaji’s book.Īs I sat in the Delhi airport, waiting to leave India, a group of American soldiers kept staring at me. I replied, “What’s an ashirvad? And what book?” I didn’t start out planning to write the book that became Be Here Now. Looking into my eyes, he said, “I don’t see any impurities.”īefore I left India, I was told that Maharaji had given his ashirvad, his blessing, for my book. He had me turn around and around, and he looked me up and down intently. I didn’t feel ready, and I told him I didn’t feel pure enough. From that moment, all I wanted was to share that love.Īlthough he knew I would have liked to stay with him forever, in early spring of 1967, Maharaji told me it was time for me to return to America. He said not to tell anyone about him. In my own case, he opened my heart because I saw that he knew everything there was to know about me, even my darkest and most shameful faults, and he still loved me unconditionally. Maharaji read people’s thoughts, but beyond that, he knew their hearts. That blew my mind.
God is in everything.” These simple teachings, to love, serve, and remember, became the guideposts for my life. When I asked, “How can I know God?” Maharaji said, “The best form to worship God is in all forms. I kept hoping to get esoteric teachings from Maharaji, but when I asked, “How can I become enlightened?” he said things like, “Love everybody, serve everybody, and remember God,” or “Feed people.”
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