PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Sect Involvement

1967 aged 12 years of age my mother gets me involved in the notorious Melbourne Australia Sect called “The Family”

Fortunately, I was not one of the children adopted by the cult leader.

This introduced me to meditation and Eastern spiritual philosophies. I read “Autobiography of a Yogi” by Paramahansa Yogananda and ” Science of Breath” by Yogi Ramacharaka

The Family

www.cultofthefamily.com/about

Swami Muktanada

1974 aged 19 years old I met Swami Muktanada from India in Melbourne Australia. I acquired an alternative way of living based on Indian chanting, philosophy and vegetarian food.

www.siddhayoga.org/baba-muktananda

Five visits to India

1975 – 2 months

Staying in the Ashrams/ spiritual communities of

1/ Ramana Maharshi Tiruvannamalai Tamil Nadu State South East India

www.sriramanamaharshi.org

2/ Swami Muktanada Ganeshpuri Maharashtra State India

www.siddhayoga.org/baba-muktananda

3/ Nisargadatta Maharaj Mumbai Maharashtra State www.realization.org/p/nisargadatta/nisargadatta.html

1976 – 2 months

1/ Swami Muktanada Ganeshpuri Maharashtra State India

www.siddhayoga.org/baba-muktananda

1977 – 8 months

1/ Swami Muktanada Ganeshpuri Maharashtra India

www.siddhayoga.org/baba-muktananda

2/ Ananda Moyi Ma 6 months Haridwar Uttarakhand state North India www.anandamayi.org/

3/ Ramakrishna and Ma Serada Devi Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) West Bengal www.ramakrishna.org/ramakrishna.html

www.ramakrishna.org/saradadevi.html

4/ visited the family home of Paramahansa Yogananda and met the last living relative of Yogananda. Sanada Lal Gosh, Yogananda’s youngest brother Kolkata West Bengal State www.yogananda.org/a-beloved-world-teacher

5/ visited the ashram of Yogananda’s Guru, Sri Yukteshwar Puri Odisha State East India

www.sriyukteswar.com/#bio