Touched by Fire: The Ongoing Journey of a Spiritual Seeker

by Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

Overview

If you're like most 21st century sojourners, you may have a hard time answering that question. Peace is, after all, a word from the realm of spirituality. It's not always easy to hear the small voice over the cacophony of ringing cell phones, the constant blare of the TV, and the discordant honks and curses of rush hour. This book, the autobiography of Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ph.D., provides a glimpse of an entirely different way of living.

Readers of Touched by Fire will follow this extraordinary man on a journey from his birthplace in an ancient village in India to his current home in the rolling hills of northeastern Pennsylvania, where he serves as spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute. Along the way you'll meet a variety of teachers who guided Tigunait in crafting a contemplative life filled with spiritual richness, wisdom, and inner peace.

This book is not a "how to" guide to enlightenment. Nor is it a "call" to any particular religious tradition. But in its description of Tigunait's life-the years of disciplined study and the struggle to master emotions like anger, despair, and pride-some of the keys are revealed. And its ultimate message, that we're all the same beneath our cultural, religious, and political facades, is desperately needed in our world of tumult and tears.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780893896096
Publisher:	Himalayan Institute Press
Publication date:	01/28/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
Chapter 1	A Child of Two Worlds
1	My Motherland	1
2	My Parents	8
3	The Maze of Time	15
4	The "Untouchable" Healer	18
5	My First School	20
6	Ghosts	24
7	A More Powerful God	26
8	The Power of Superstition	28
9	Providence Has Its Way	31
10	Wine Turns to Milk	38
Chapter 2	I Find My Way
1	The Forbidden Scripture	45
2	The Language of Gods	49
3	The Goddess in the Compost Pit	55
4	An Emotional Fit	59
5	No More Priestly Business	65
6	A Low-Grade Beggar	71
Chapter 3	Living with Grace
1	The Art of Adjustment	81
2	A Sinking Heart Begins to Soar	88
3	Live with Grace	93
4	The Past Returns	101
5	How Grace Works	104
6	The Power of Prayer	106
7	Serving Nature	108
Chapter 4	Miracles and Mysticism
1	Changing the Course of Destiny	113
2	The Science of Spirituality	115
3	The Power of Mantra	117
4	Who Are These Gods and Goddesses?	123
5	A Healer Who Smelled like a Goat	127
6	He Collects His Sheep Before It's Dark	132
Chapter 5	The Way of Providence
1	The Dream That Changed My Life	141
2	The Way of Providence	146
3	Don't Be a Slowpoke	152
4	Twelve Nights in a New Delhi Park	153
5	God at the Coal Mine	157
Chapter 6	Tantric Masters
1	The Shrine of the Goddess	171
2	Dancing on a Sword	176
3	The Drummer Saint	181
4	My Tantric Master	187
5	The Art of Joyful Living	190
Chapter 7	Touched by Fire
1	My Personal Bible	199
2	A Test of Patience	206
3	The Power of Creative Intelligence	211
4	The Apple on the Coat Rack	214
5	Reality Lifts Its Veil	217
6	A Liar Exposed	221
7	Keep Your Ears Plugged	225
8	A Debilitating Disease	231
9	Blessings That Don't Bear Fruit	235
Chapter 8	The Flame in the Cave
1	How Not to Be Born as a Dog	241
2	Grounded	247
3	The Last Sixty Hours	249
4	The Flame in the Cave	252
5	The Prince and the Dog	257
6	Sacred Link: The Quest for Freedom	260