FOREWORD..........................................................xiii PREFACE...........................................................xvii PART ONE Just an Ordinary Human Being: The History Behind the Legend GLIMPSES OF A GOLDEN CHILDHOOD...................................3 1931-1939: Kuchwada, Madhya Pradesh, India...................4 THE REBELLIOUS SPIRIT...........................................24 1939-1951: Gadarwara, Madhya Pradesh, India.................24 IN SEARCH OF THE DEATHLESS......................................52 ENLIGHTENMENT: A DISCONTINUITY WITH THE PAST....................58 SHARPENING THE SWORD............................................83 1953-1956: The University Student...........................84 1957-1966: The Professor....................................93 ON THE ROAD....................................................102 EXPRESSING THE INEXPRESSIBLE: THE SILENCES BETWEEN WORDS.......117 PART TWO R ... read full excerpt from Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic ebook