Written in 1973 and first published by Harper & Row, this book delivers insight on spiritual subjects from A to Z, from "Avatar" to "Zzzz." This edition of HOW TO CHOOSE A GURU was printed in London by Pete Townshend's fledgling publishing company, Eel Pie, in 1981. With the publication of INTRODUCTION TO REALITY, it is now simply a collector's item, the precursor to that book.
Every religious and spiritual tradition has its notion of the Expected One - that Same Eternal Ancient One Who incarnates again and again and Whose return is anticipated today as the Christ, as the Maitreya Buddha, as the Imam Mahdi, as the Kalki "White Horse" Avatar. This book tells of my meeting in India with the most recent appearance of God as God-Man - Avatar Meher Baba - Whose Advent is so fresh that His Presence can yet be intensely experienced as if He were still physically present. But, as you will see, this story is not mine alone--it is for all who seek the Divine Beloved and who long to know how to love Him and realize Him as the Infinite Ocean of Love that, in Reality, He is.
--Rick M. Chapman
Thirty-four years after writing and publishing HOW TO CHOOSE A GURU, Rick Chapman has revised and expanded that original book to become an INTRODUCTION TO REALITY. This book is designed to give both the spiritual neophyte and the seasoned seeker an acquaintance with the most important ideas in spirituality.
INTRODUCTION TO REALITY covers over a hundred topics central to understanding the different levels of spiritual masters and the nature of the spiritual path. It condenses millennia of spiritual teachings into a single volume of anecdotes and guidelines that will serve every seeker from any background well throughout the quest to discover his own Infinite Reality.
This brief biography of Avatar Meher Baba was originally written as an article for Life magazine, which stopped publication two weeks after it was submitted for publication! Twenty years later that article was expanded to become an introduction to Meher Baba in book form.
MEHER BABA--THE COMPASSIONATE ONE provides a short, readable overview of Meher Baba's life and work, along with a dozen of Meher Baba's most important messages and discourses. It is intended to be an appetizer in advance of the feast, an introduction to the vast world of literature by and about Avatar Meher Baba.
Written in 1973 and first published by Harper & Row, this book delivers insight on spiritual subjects from A to Z, from "Avatar" to "Zzzz." This edition of HOW TO CHOOSE A GURU was printed in London by Pete Townshend's fledgling publishing company, Eel Pie, in 1981. With the publication of INTRODUCTION TO REALITY, it is now simply a collector's item, the precursor to that book.