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    One Being
    One Being
    One Being
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    One Being

    By A. Sterling Brown

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    One Being is the story of the awakening of a cynical TV news journalist named Glen Darrow. He is self-centered, vain, and materialistic, and has no time or use for the spiritual or mystical side of life.

    He embarks on a merry-go-round of binge drinking and one-night stands, when a chance encounter with Buddhist monks leads him to question his life. This leads him on a quest to India. There amidst the stark contrasts of poverty and spirituality he faces the ultimate realization- that we are all one being.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press AU
    Release dateNov 1, 2013
    ISBN9781452511818
    One Being
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    A. Sterling Brown

    A. Sterling Brown is a registered nurse, numerologist, and author. She is also a student of the healing arts of yoga mudra and reiki. Her love of Indian culture, spirituality, and philosophy come from years of study and travel to India to sit at the feet of her divine teacher, Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

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      One Being - A. Sterling Brown

      Copyright © 2013 A. Sterling Brown.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Balboa Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      Balboa Press

      A Division of Hay House

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      Bloomington, IN 47403

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      ISBN: 978-1-4525-1178-8 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-1181-8 (e)

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Balboa Press rev. date: 10/09/2013

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      CONTENTS

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      Preface

      Acknowledgements

      Glossary

      Chapter 1   The Fall

      Chapter 2   Beginning of an upward climb

      Chapter 3   A Different India

      Chapter 4   The First Meeting

      Chapter 5   The little rays of light

      Chapter 6   A Visit to the orphanage

      Chapter 7   The Second Meeting

      Chapter 8   The Body is a temporary habitation

      Chapter 9   The Light

      Chapter 10   Why do the children suffer?

      Chapter 11   Realisation, Ritual and Religion

      Chapter 12   Returning to the modern World

      Chapter 13   Where am I?

      Chapter 14   A place to call home

      Chapter 15   A New Beginning

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      PREFACE

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      W elcome dear friend. This book has found you for a reason. Do you ever wonder what life is all about? Of course you do! Perhaps like me, you sometimes get the impression that your life is like a badly written piece of fiction or a ‘B’ grade movie.

      Maybe you are like that little mouse trapped on the wheel going around and around. Well, it’s time to jump off the wheel! Don’t worry though you are not alone.

      This book tells the amazing story of one man’s search for the ultimate truth in an insane world. Some of the greatest teachings from the world’s greatest masters have been condensed for you here in story format. The characters in this writing are a fictitious composite of real people. This book is written as fiction for a reason. As you will sooner or later discover, you and I and everybody else are actually also fictitious characters in our own story.

      Contrary to popular belief, there really is another life outside of your television, your iphone and your computer screen. Go! It is yours to explore now! I wish you the highest blessings with all my heart, and above all success on your journey through life.

      See you in the light.

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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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      T o all the masters and teachers who have gone before, I make this small offering to you and place it in the hands of your children. You have laid the foundation stones upon which we all may walk upon our journey.

      No word of thanks to you would ever be sufficient. Such a debt of gratitude can never be repaid. Let your teachings live again and again in fresh, new forms. Those teachings are eternal as you yourselves are.

      There are some teachings in this book, which originated with the great masters themselves. The following masters by name or their teachings have been mentioned and referred to in this book:-

      Lao Tsu

      Ramana Maharshi

      Gautama Buddha

      Ramesh Balsekar

      Jesus Christ

      Sri Krishna

      Sri Rama

      Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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      GLOSSARY

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      35762.jpg    Bhagavan—Lord, God

      35778.jpg    Anandam—Bliss, joy

      35780.jpg    Mangalam—Auspicious, lucky

      35782.jpg    Namaskar—Offering of reverence, respect

      35784.jpg    Padnamaskar—offer reverence at the feet

      35786.jpg    Sadhu—saint or holy man

      35788.jpg    Yogi, yogin, yogini—one who practises yoga

      35790.jpg    Mantra—chanted sacred words

      35792.jpg    Veda—sacred knowledge—scriptures

      35794.jpg    Dogma—creed or code of belief

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      CHAPTER ONE

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      From the unreal, lead me to the real;

      From darkness lead me to the light;

      From death lead me to immortality;

      Om Peace, peace, peace.

      (Mantra from the Hindu Upanishads)

      The Fall

      I haven’t always been searching for the light. As a matter of fact I was a total skeptic and a professional serial doubter. I found religion, spirituality and new age philosophy about as exciting and as useful as a wet sock. My job as a television journalist molded me into a suspicious, sarcastic, opinionated, arrogant and self centered individual. Hey! That was me on a good day! I doubted every thing and trusted no one. I thought that I knew who I was, and where I was going. In fact I was proud of it. I felt secure in this knowledge—this false knowledge.

      I was determined to do whatever it took to get me where I wanted to be, to money, fame and prestige. Back then I didn’t know that I was on a treadmill.

      I didn’t know, that I didn’t know, and that is the nature of ignorance. Some people are born ignorant, others choose to remain ignorant, and others die never knowing that they lived in ignorance. I suffered from profound ignorance at its worst. I was like one of those people who say that the earth is flat. I made quite a hobby of arguing with the ‘round earthers’ and shooting their opinions down in flames.

      How much of our lives are wasted in stupidity? As the clock ticks by with each passing second, each moment is gone and will never return. Missed opportunities may never appear again. Like many people, I used to be like the little caged mouse on the wheel, running and running and running.

      One Morning, about eight years ago, I abruptly fell off that wheel. Ah, but did I fall or was I pushed? I awoke to find myself alone in a hotel in Bangkok.

      The previous evening, I had met an attractive lady named Mai Sue at the Oriental Bar. We had dinner together, entertaining conversation and lots of laughs. The wine was flowing like water. After stopping for a nightcap and some fun at a karaoke bar, I invited her back to my hotel. We had a pleasant physical interlude together and that’s all, or so I thought.

      Awakening in the dawn’s early light, I had the hangover from hell. As I sat up on the side of the bed, I felt like a 20kg lead weight was crushing the top of my skull. My mouth was dry and my tongue felt like coarse sandpaper. I shakily reached for a bottle of water from the mini bar. As I drank the cool, life giving liquid, I caught sight of myself in the mirror. My brown eyes were bloodshot with big dark bags under them. I was then in my middle forties. I noticed that my dark brown hair was becoming increasingly grey. I was overweight and saggy

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