A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters

This timeless book, "A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters" by Stuart Perrin, is one of the most important, revelatory, and generously written studies of its kind in contemporary spiritual literature — a twenty-first century guidebook for actualizing one’s inner life. It explores the practice of Kundalini Yoga’s therapeutic, spiritual and esoteric applications and is as relevant to modern day seekers as Sri Swami Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi was to those who read it in the twentieth-first century. Author and teacher, Stuart Perrin, was born in New York City. As a child, he exhibited unusual spiritual gifts and sought to learn and understand the deepest teachings of eastern and western religions. After years of domestic and international travel in search of a guru, Mr. Perrin returned to his home in New York where he met Rudi (Swami Rudrananda). Thus began his initiation into what would become a lifetime of personal growth that culminated in mastery of Kundalini Yoga and the ability to pass on teachings, techniques and benefits of the spiritual practice he originally learned from Rudi. "A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters" shares with the reader profound and ageless teachings.The following quotes from the book (just a small sample) show the relevance of Mr. Perrin’s insights into contemporary life: “Within every person there’s a voice that guides him or her to higher levels of consciousness, a voice that speaks from the heart. We have to learn to trust it. It’s our teacher;” or, “The less ego we have cluttering up our inner lives, the more room there is for spiritual energy, but people cling to anxiety and neurosis out of familiarity. They’d rather be crazy than be nothing... it takes guts to surrender to the unknown;” or, “It’s easy to keep one’s heart open when good times are here, but nobility of soul is found in people who keep their hearts open during bad times as well... Can we find love, joy, sweetness, and gratitude in the dark night of the human soul? That’s a true test of our connection with God.” Mr. Perrin gives us a clear and practical understanding of how one can live a happy life in a confused and crazy world. A perennial storyteller, he uses uncomplicated language to share his personal experiences on the spiritual path.

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A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters

This timeless book, "A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters" by Stuart Perrin, is one of the most important, revelatory, and generously written studies of its kind in contemporary spiritual literature — a twenty-first century guidebook for actualizing one’s inner life. It explores the practice of Kundalini Yoga’s therapeutic, spiritual and esoteric applications and is as relevant to modern day seekers as Sri Swami Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi was to those who read it in the twentieth-first century. Author and teacher, Stuart Perrin, was born in New York City. As a child, he exhibited unusual spiritual gifts and sought to learn and understand the deepest teachings of eastern and western religions. After years of domestic and international travel in search of a guru, Mr. Perrin returned to his home in New York where he met Rudi (Swami Rudrananda). Thus began his initiation into what would become a lifetime of personal growth that culminated in mastery of Kundalini Yoga and the ability to pass on teachings, techniques and benefits of the spiritual practice he originally learned from Rudi. "A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters" shares with the reader profound and ageless teachings.The following quotes from the book (just a small sample) show the relevance of Mr. Perrin’s insights into contemporary life: “Within every person there’s a voice that guides him or her to higher levels of consciousness, a voice that speaks from the heart. We have to learn to trust it. It’s our teacher;” or, “The less ego we have cluttering up our inner lives, the more room there is for spiritual energy, but people cling to anxiety and neurosis out of familiarity. They’d rather be crazy than be nothing... it takes guts to surrender to the unknown;” or, “It’s easy to keep one’s heart open when good times are here, but nobility of soul is found in people who keep their hearts open during bad times as well... Can we find love, joy, sweetness, and gratitude in the dark night of the human soul? That’s a true test of our connection with God.” Mr. Perrin gives us a clear and practical understanding of how one can live a happy life in a confused and crazy world. A perennial storyteller, he uses uncomplicated language to share his personal experiences on the spiritual path.

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A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters

A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters

by Stuart Perrin
A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters

A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters

by Stuart Perrin

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This timeless book, "A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters" by Stuart Perrin, is one of the most important, revelatory, and generously written studies of its kind in contemporary spiritual literature — a twenty-first century guidebook for actualizing one’s inner life. It explores the practice of Kundalini Yoga’s therapeutic, spiritual and esoteric applications and is as relevant to modern day seekers as Sri Swami Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi was to those who read it in the twentieth-first century. Author and teacher, Stuart Perrin, was born in New York City. As a child, he exhibited unusual spiritual gifts and sought to learn and understand the deepest teachings of eastern and western religions. After years of domestic and international travel in search of a guru, Mr. Perrin returned to his home in New York where he met Rudi (Swami Rudrananda). Thus began his initiation into what would become a lifetime of personal growth that culminated in mastery of Kundalini Yoga and the ability to pass on teachings, techniques and benefits of the spiritual practice he originally learned from Rudi. "A Lotus Flower in Muddy Waters" shares with the reader profound and ageless teachings.The following quotes from the book (just a small sample) show the relevance of Mr. Perrin’s insights into contemporary life: “Within every person there’s a voice that guides him or her to higher levels of consciousness, a voice that speaks from the heart. We have to learn to trust it. It’s our teacher;” or, “The less ego we have cluttering up our inner lives, the more room there is for spiritual energy, but people cling to anxiety and neurosis out of familiarity. They’d rather be crazy than be nothing... it takes guts to surrender to the unknown;” or, “It’s easy to keep one’s heart open when good times are here, but nobility of soul is found in people who keep their hearts open during bad times as well... Can we find love, joy, sweetness, and gratitude in the dark night of the human soul? That’s a true test of our connection with God.” Mr. Perrin gives us a clear and practical understanding of how one can live a happy life in a confused and crazy world. A perennial storyteller, he uses uncomplicated language to share his personal experiences on the spiritual path.


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BN ID: 2940046104141
Publisher: Stuart Perrin
Publication date: 07/31/2014
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Format: eBook
File size: 364 KB

About the Author

Stuart Perrin was born and raised in New York City and he graduated from The New School For Social Research with a degree in Humanities.
He spent many years studying, mastering and teaching deep meditation practice and Oriental philosophy and religion, and he set up meditation centers throughout the United States, Europe, Israel and Brazil. Meanwhile, he earned his living in the Asian Art business. He has also published six books.

From 1992 to 1996, Kristina Jones and Stuart Perrin co-founded a safe house in Kathmandu called Bahini. They worked with NGO's and doctors to find children (10 to 14 years old) who were prime targets for sex traffickers who smuggled them out of Nepal and sold them to brothels in India. They also had women and children in their safe house that escaped or were thrown out of Bombay brothels.

His novel, Little Sisters, is a multicultural love and suspense story set in New York City, Nepal and Mumbai. The underlying theme is human trafficking. Published a few months ago, it has inspired major panel events on the subject in many parts of the United States. Mr. Perrin and Ms. Jones have re-established the Bahini Foundation. It is presently recognized by the Oregon State Government and will be a fully recognized 501-C3 not for profit by the US Federal Government by September or October 2013. The goals of the Bahini Foundation are the following:

1. Raising awareness of anti-human trafficking. (Stuart Perrin’s book "Little Sisters" is already doing this.)
2. Supporting NGO’s throughout the world that work every day to keep children from being trafficked into sexual slavery.
3. Establishing safe houses and shelters throughout the United States for women and children that have escaped from human trafficking. Education is a key factor and the Bahini Foundation will work diligently with high schools and universities to provide this.
4. For more information, please contact Stuart Perrin (stuart@stuartperrin.com) or Kristina Jones (bkristinajones@comcast.net).

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