Category: Autobio
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When Providence Moves …
In the summer of 1968, a hitchhiking pilgrim experiences Providence in motion, receives unexpected hospitality in Amherst, and witnesses a startling moment at a Connecticut turkey farm.
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The Medicine
A young man leaves the ordered stillness of an abbey and steps onto a dusty road, choosing solitude and faith over security in this memoir excerpt from Path Perilous: My Search for God and the Miraculous.
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Terror in the Night
A night of shelter at a remote monastery descends into terror when a fellow traveler appears at the foot of the bed with a knife. What follows is a silent vigil of fear, prayer, and survival beneath the Abbey’s ancient walls.
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Living Deliberately—In Quiet Desperation
My soul longed to stand tall, even as it remained shackled to the cowardice of my flesh.
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Embracing Poverty—I Found Christ
An excerpt from Path Perilous recounting chosen poverty, quiet companionship with pensioners, and the discovery of Christ in a wounded World War II veteran.
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Timeless Little Children
A reflective memoir excerpt exploring Krishnamurti’s Choiceless Awareness, childhood innocence, and the illusion of time through contemplative silence.
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Breakthrough
A memoir excerpt recounting a quiet turning point during psychiatric hospitalization, where truth was received without recoil and healing could begin.
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THEN THE BELLS TOLLED
A firsthand account of November 22, 1963—when JFK was assassinated, church bells tolled, snow kept falling, and a young man stepped unknowingly into a lifelong spiritual threshold.
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The Wrong Career
Even back in 1963, sitting in that lecture hall, I had felt a similar confusion—and quietly recognized that I had entered the wrong room. I just didn’t yet know why.
THE TRIQUETRA OF LIFE: Wisdom, Wealth, and Wellness 