Our Current Schedule
Center for Spiritual Living
2075 Occidental Road
Santa Rosa CA 95401
707-546-4543
“Season for Non Violence Event”
Keynote speaker Kenny Johnson
February 2, 2012
6:30pm until 8:00 pm
Bali, Indonesia
February 3 – April 3
Book Talk and Interview
Where: Bar Luna
Ubud, Bali
Phone: +62 361 973 282 Chara Contact Person
barluna@casalunabali.com
February 23, 2012 7PM
Yoga for Peace Symposium: Changing the World from the Inside
May 7 – 12, 2012
Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat
P.O. Box N7550
Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas.
Tel: 1-866-446-5934, 1-800-441-2906, 1-242-363-2902
Fax: 1-242-363-3783
email: nassau@sivananda.org
Publications
Kenny has finished his memoir titled, The Last Hustle, was released August 7, 2011. This book chronicles his years as a young man trying to find his way in a world that had very few signposts guiding him. A miracle happened that saved him from a life-long stay in prison. It came in the form of his teacher, guide, and spiritual adviser Antoinette Varner, also affectionately known as Gangaji. The book is raw, gritty, soft, and intimate. A must read!
In addition, Kenny’s spiritual insights along with other teachers have been published in the book, The Awakening West, written by Lynn Marie Lumiere and John Lumiere-Wins.
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B R I N G T H E M A N T O M E
A Perfect One was traveling through the desert.
He was stretched out around the fire one night
And said to one of his close ones,
“There is a slave loose not far from us.
He escaped today from a cruel master.
His hands are still bound behind his back,
His feet are also shackled.
I can see him right now praying for God’s help
Go to him.
Ride to that distant hill;
About 100 feet up and to the right
You will find a small cave.
He is there.
Do not say a single word to him.
Bring the man to me.
God requests that I personally untie his body
And press my lips to his wounds.”
The disciple mounts his horse and within two hours
Arrives at the small mountain cave.
The slave sees him coming, the slave looks frightened.
The disciple, on orders not to speak,
Gestures towards the sky, pantomiming:
God saw you in prayer,
Please come with me,
A great teacher has used his heart’s divine eye
To know your whereabouts.
The slave can not believe this story,
And begins to shout at the man and tries to run
But trips from his bindings.
The disciple becomes forced to subdue him.
Think of this picture as they now travel:
The million candles in the sky are lit and singing.
Every particle of existence is a dancing altar
That some mysterious force worships.
The earth is a church floor whereupon
In the middle of a glorious night
Walks a slave, weeping, tied to a rope behind a horse,
With a speechless rider
Taking him toward the unknown.
Several time with all of his might the slave
Tries to break free,
Feeling he is being returned to captivity.
The rider stops, dismounts — brings his eyes
Near the prisoners eyes.
A deep kindness there communicates an unbelievable hope.
The rider motions — soon, soon you will be free.
Tears roll down from the riders cheeks
In happiness for this man.
Anger, all this fighting and tormenting want,
Sweetheart
God has seen you and sent a close one.
Sweetheart
God has seen your heart in prayer and sent Hafiz
- Hafiz
