Sages 3

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Sages 3

Chatur Nath Baba
is a sadhu renunciate
who lives in Pushkar.

Pushkar is the only city in India where there is a temple dedicated to Brahma, the creator. We met Chatur Nath Baba at his dhuni, or fire pit, where he has lived by the side of the lake for several years. He makes 'Baba Bags', woven purses with numerous pockets. He makes the threads from scratch, then dyes them and assembles them. Each bag takes a month to complete. Chatur Nath Baba is a kind and loving man and we are fortunate to know him.

Sri C. Gopalan

Sri Gopalan lives in the town of Puttaparthy, India and has been a devotee of Sai Baba since 1970. He is a great practitioner of the Sanathana Sai Sanjeevini healing modality. Sri Gopalan and his family have been blessed with Swami's grace. There are over a dozen images of Sai Baba that are producing vibhuti, the sacred ash, in Mr. Gopalan's home, including the painting below which started showing vibhuti on the very day it was completed.

Count Andrew DaPassano was the meditation teacher in whose class we met in 1980 and who married us in 1990. He was a great master of Tibetan Tantra, quantum physics, yoga and secret Masonic and Rosicrucian techniques. He spoke 7 languages. During WWII, he invented the heat seeking Mosquito Missile as a member of the Italian Navy. He was a close friend of Baba Muktananda and H.H. The Dalai Lama. Andrew left his body in August 1993.

Chalo Gonzales was a great shaman and mystic from Mexico. He was a former commercial airline pilot, among other things. He was a great healer who worked one on one with people for whom there was no hope in the secular world. His favorite saying, that he holds here on a card, was "Tighten up your ass and smile". He left his body in August 2007.