The true story of an Indian man destined from birth by a birthmark on his arm to be a realized sage. Rebelling against this label, he descends through near madness to the realization of the non-dual state.

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED... If Lewis Carroll had proclaimed the reality of Alice's Wonderland? What if he had gathered a following & launched an expedition? THE TRUE STORY OF A JOURNEY TO A FANTASTIC LAND IT WAS THE EARLY 1960s. The place, a far-off corner of the Himalayas long fabled in Tibetan tradition to be hiding a valley of immortality among its peaks and glaciers--a real-life Shangri-La. They waited generations for the prophesied lama to come, the one with the secret knowledge of how to 'open' the Hidden Land. Then, one day, he came. His name was Tulshuk Lingpa. THIS BOOK TELLS THE TRUE STORY of this charismatic visionary lama and his remarkable expedition. Against the wishes of the kings of both Sikkim and Nepal, he and over three hundred followers ventured up the snowy slopes of the third highest mountain of the planet. Their aim: to open a crack in the very fabric of reality and go to a land we would all wish to inhabit if it were only there--a land of peace and concord. FORTY YEARS LATER, the author spends over five years tracking down the surviving members of this extraordinary expedition. He deftly weaves their stories together with humor, wisdom, and scholarly research into Tibetan traditions of Hidden Lands, all the while reflecting on what this means for the rest of us. "LIKE NO OTHER BOOK I have ever read...a riveting tale of adventure...honest to the real spirit of Tibet...both unique and intriguing...an engrossing read. Highly recommended." JETSUNMA TENZIN PALMO, from the Foreword From Tulshuk Lingpa's Guidebook to the Hidden Land: "DON'T LISTEN TO ANYBODY. Decide by yourself and practise madness. Develop courage for the benefit of all sentient beings. Then you will automatically be free from the knot of attachment. Then you will continually have the confidence of fearlessness and you can then try to open the Great Door of the Hidden Place." FIRST PUBLISHED BY PENGUIN 2011 CITY LION PRESS EDITION 2017 THIS EDITION IS NOT FOR SALE IN SOUTH ASIA, MALAYSIA, OR SINGAPORE

Summary A young 42-year-old scientist named Mr. Mathew Nayfer, born in Boston to an American father and an Italian mother was able to win the Nobel Prize for Quantum and Atomic Physics in 2020. He received the title of professor that year as the youngest scientist. He was named one of the ten geniuses of the century. He and his assistant Elena Mahboud are working on an important project related to quantum physics when suddenly a man enters his life and presents a strange story about one of his children, who is eleven years old and breaks all the laws of physics with his claims. But the main issue of that person’s request is another strange problem that can completely reject all scientific knowledge and human beliefs, bring up a new nature of life, death, and the world after death, and challenge the current knowledge.

Mehera-Meher is the story of an intimate, Divine Romance between the Beloved and his closest disciple. The three-volume hardbound set draws deeply from Mehera's firsthand narrative gathered from over 200 hours of tape recordings made by the author, David Fenster, from the years 1974 to 1982. To this he painstakingly researched and added other historical material from Mehera and those close to her to create an epic, 1700–page biography of Avatar Meher Baba's foremost woman disciple. This is the latest, revised edition, and contains numerous corrections and additions to previous editions.

Sheela's father Bhau Kalchuri joined Meher Baba as one of the mandali in 1953. Four years later, Baba called Sheela and her family to live in his near proximity. The Kalchuris had many opportunities to be in the Beloved's presence, and Sheela's first-person account paints a vivid, intimate portrait of life near Meher Baba, from the perspective of a child and teenager.

To Mitra Milutinovic, family is everything. After taking a fall in her family home, ninety-year-old Mitra decides to uproot herself for the last stage of her life and move into Maple Retirement Place. Though her family is devasted, they respect the matriarch of their family and help her with this new transition. Mitra slowly begins to settle into her environment as her great-granddaughter, Sofija, visits Mitra every week, not satisfied that her partner-in-crime has left her home. Sofija begins to reflect on their conversations and decides to write her baba’s biography. Each visit brings more questions about Mitra’s childhood in the former Yugoslavia and the love story of her great-grandparents, leading to night-long conversations about the difference in generational traditions. While Mitra delves into her past, images of her husband, Petar, and the life they made for themselves in this new country flood her memory. Though longing to be with him, she is determined to focus on her new family at Maple Retirement Place while keeping a watchful eye on her children. Yet, when a sudden illness rocks the foundation of her family, Mitra’s faith is shaken. She prays that the strength and love she and Petar created as a family will reach beyond her children's generations to comfort the next. Baba's Story celebrates Mitra's immigration to Canada and how the next generations of her family flourish in the country she now calls home.

Baba's Love is a story about a family's journey of adoption. Baba is referred to as father in some parts of Africa. By surrendering to the will of God, they learned of a father's love. Walking by faith through the emotional process, they laughed and cried together. It is a true story of suffering, perseverance, and love. Relationships with the beautiful people in Central Nigeria are of valued gifts given to the authors. While living in a different culture, they learned about their own culture and to embrace them both. It is a story about trusting God and having courage to take one step at a time, while not knowing the outcome. It is written for the purpose of encouraging you the reader in your own journey. Giving is a thread that you will see woven throughout the pages of this story. It speaks of what was given, how it was given, and why it was given. Time is a precious gift to give. It is the authors' desire that you take time to read this story of love and be encouraged in your life as well as encourage others through sharing your story.

Maya Malik wants a big glamorous Bollywood wedding. And now Maya has found Jhanghir Khan, her perfect man, it's time to start the mammoth task of planning it. But fifteen designer wedding boutiques, seven venues, two jet-set dashes to Dubai and Dhaka, and one trip to Tiffany's later, with interfering aunties on her tail, her enthusiasm is flagging. And with the Maliks and Khans fighting over dowries and every decision related to the 600 strong guest list, Maya questions if it's all worth it. Most importantly, she starts to doubt if Jhanghir really is Mr Right...

The girls are at it again. With Easter and their birthday the next day Violet Jane discovers something that shocks her and promises to disrupt the entire Dragic household. Lilly June is in the dark, as usual, equally befuddled by the turn of events. Still fourteen years old and as mixed up as ever, Lilly follows her twin sister through the two days surrounding their shared birthday. Mom and Dad and big sister Hyacinth join in the household chaos of double duty Sunday with Serbian Easter and their birthday falling on the same day – needless to say the place is in an uproar. Chores and arguments do not prohibit the girls from watching home movies and getting into trouble. The holiday also finds their beloved grandmother, Baba, in the hospital. A prequel to Jane Mudrovich’s first book, Exorcising the Googie, The Bodeyems gives us a bird’s eye view of what can happen in just forty-eight hours when Violet Jane is on the warpath. Reminiscent of early television programs, The Bodeyems gives the reader a simpler and more innocent view of life. “…you don’t have to have grown up in that particular era to be able to appreciate its light-heartedness and innocent nature of a time gone by.” Exorcising the Googie, -iconic_books