I Never Wanted a Guru

Parking my karma and curbing my dogma

Okay, I stole the subtitle from Swami Beyondananda.

I’ve always been a seeker. In itself, that’s not unusual. As the Firesign Theatre wisely observed, “There’s a seeker born every minute.” I grew up in a secular Jewish home and felt astonishment and wonder as a child in the synagogue. I had a few experiences I considered spiritual in my youth (some aided…