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Contents
0m Suryaya Namah
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Swami Puma
Introduction: The Challenge
Part I The Awakening
Getting Started
Ahalya, linking Modern with Ancient
First Revelation of the Sun
Meeting the Mother of Pondicherry
M. P. Pandit and the Ideal of Perfection
Auroville, City of the Future
Dr. Karan Singh and the Politics of Global Consciousness
The Jet Age Guru
Impressions of Benares and Seeing J. Krishnamurti
Benares, Earthly Abode of Shiva
Kashi and the Sun God
Face to Face in Vrindavan
Purpose Fulfilled
Buckminster Fuller, Planetary Citizen
Dadaji, Servant of God
Flying to the West
Part II The Transformation
Back But Not Back
Confusions and Confirmations
Spiritual Friendship
The Dalai Lama
Green in the Field
Swami Puma, the Spiritual Prince Charming
More Than a Guru
Enjoying What is Higher
The Mysterious Departure
Fitting into The Plan
Aftereffects
Consulting the Sufi Mystic Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
Part III The Task
The Process Continues
Healthy, Happy, Holy Yogi Bhajan
A Critical Reunion
Gyalwa Karmapa and the Black Crown
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Scientific Effect
Observing the Teacher's Actions
Swami Satchidananda and Faith in the Teacher
Behind the Scenes
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and the New Consciousness
Maharaj Charan Singh and Listening Within
Vasant and the Agnihotra Sun Ritual
Martinus, in the Light of the Christ
World Teachers: Maitreya and the Immortal Babaji
of the Himalayas
Swami Ranganathananda and the Tradition
of Sri Ramakrishna
Professor Henri van Praag and the Reminder of Roots
On Silent Retreat in the French Alps
Part IV The Continuity
Swami Purna and the Law of the Sun
Knowing the Sun Master: Maitreya
Sufi Mystic Irina Tweedie and the Voice of the Silence
Attuned with the Immortal Himalayan Masters
The New Millennium
Notes
Glossary of Terms
Short List of Essential Concepts
List of Illustrations
Photo Copyrights and Credits
Index
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