Parvati Markus Bücher

"A celebration of one of the most influential spiritual leaders of our time, Neem Karoli Baba, the enlightened guru who inspired a generation of seekers--including Ram Dass, Daniel Goleman, and Larry Brilliant--on life-altering journeys that helped change the world. In 1967, Ram Dass returned to the West from India and spread the teachings of his mysterious guru, Neem Karoli Baba, better known as Maharajji. Ram Dass's words about Maharajji's life-affirming wisdom resonated with a youth culture that had grown disillusioned with the violence, civil discord, and crude materialism of modern civilization. Hundreds of Westerners travelled to India and experienced Maharajji's extraordinary presence directly until his death in 1973. His simple directives--love everyone, feed everyone, and remember God--opened their hearts and awakened their souls. What these followers brought back to the West has since changed the landscape of everyday life. Meditation is now mainstream; yoga studios are in every town; and mindfulness is practiced in elementary schools and boardrooms everywhere from Silicon Valley to Capitol Hill. A stirring piece of history, Love Everyone brings these stories to life, sharing for the first time the inspiring tales of the men and woman who followed the siren call of the East to the foothills of the Himalayas, then returned to forever reshape the world. A compelling and inspiring tribute to Maharajji from the Western men and women who knew him best, Love Everyone is a profound teaching on the power of love, as lasting and transformative as the truth, wisdom, and bliss of Maharajji. Parvati Markus is a developmental editor and writer of spiritually oriented non-fiction books and memoirs. She has worked on books by various members of the satsang, from Ram Dass's classic Be Here Now (before she went to India) to those since her time in India with Maharajji (1971-72)--Dada Mukerjee's By His Grace and The Near and the Dear to Krishna Das's recent Chants of a Lifetime. She is a former President of the Board of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and Temple and a former development consultant for the Global Peace Initiative of Women Religious and Spiritual Leaders, held at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland. She lives in West Palm Beach, Florida"-- Provided by publisher

"Neem Karoli Baba, a great Indian saint, left his body in 1973, but his presence has continued unabated. Even without his physical form, he has appeared to thousands of individuals across the globe, in dreams and visions, in meditation, and out of the blue in broad daylight. He comes to open hearts with a blast of unconditional love, to bring comfort and aid in response to calls for help, and as a reminder that we are, indeed, all One. But doubt often strikes after an experience in which one feels such profound divine love. It was only a dream. Maybe I imagined it. I never met him in person: how do I know it was him? The mind steps in to discount what the heart knows to be true. Whisper in the Heart validates these experiences by recounting the stories of over 150 people and the ways in which they 'met' Maharajji, as he is fondly known. For some, it was while chanting at a kirtan, while at a spiritual retreat, while looking at a photograph, or as in some of the more extraordinary stories, when he shows up on a desperate women's doorstep in France, brings years of abuse to an end for a nine-year-old child in Australia, dances on a beach in Miami, or appears to a policeman in Taos, New Mexico. Maharajji himself used to say: When you think of me, I'll be there. In this book you will see how he is fulfilling that promise"--Back cover

Kniha je oslavou Neem Karoli Baby, jednoho z nejvlivnějších duchovních vůdců naší doby, božského guru, který inspiroval a vedl celé generace lidí, četně Ram Dasse, Daniela Golemana, nebo Larryho Brillianta. V roce 1967 se Baba Ram Dass – bývalý profesor Harvardské univerzity Richard Alpert – odjel do Indie, aby se seznámil s tajemným guru Neem Karoli Babou, který je po celém světě znám jako Maharaj Ji. Ram Dass tím inspiroval celou generaci západní idealistické mládeže, aby se seznámila s východní kulturou i náboženstvím. Maharaj Ji zemřel dne 11. září 1973 a v té době se již v Indii nacházelo několik set lidí ze Západu. Všichni ti, kteří slyšeli sirény volání Východu, a následovali je do podhůří Himálaje, rádi vypráví příběhy z té doby. Jádro této knihy tvoří vzpomínky lidí na Maharaj Jiho a příběhy, jak jeho moudrost ovlivnila jejich životy.