Giving Up Hope: A Guide to a New Age (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781478744481)

Steven was unceremoniously awakened from this dream of life in late January of 1967 while on a weekend pass from his duties in the US Army having been drafted for the Vietnam war. A "spontaneous Kundalini rising" would radically alter his perceptions leaving him a confused and frightened stranger in a world he could no longer recognize or relate to. And so began his spiritual journey and search for meaning outside the confines of his once familiar egoic life. Years would pass before he was able to integrate this new way of being into his everyday activities and so come to an understanding of the sacred role we all play in this most precious gift we know as life. In 1969 Steven was asked to direct the Spiritual Regeneration Movement in NYC. There he also lectured and taught Transcendental Meditation well into the 1970's until he found the movement going in a direction he, in good conscience, could no longer partake in. He would leave the movement and return to his vocation as a carpenter but would never give up his quest for a deeper understanding of that initial Kundalini experience. Steven has sat with and shared his thoughts with a host of masters to include; Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Gopi Krishna, Eckart Tolle, Gangaji, Charlie Lutes, Muktananda and Richard Moss. He has lived his life as a householder and raised three fine sons with his wife of over 30 years. He now resides in Sarasota Florida where he continues to write, teach and lecture on the importance of becoming present to the miracle of now in Consciousness that is indeed this, the Now Moment.