BAREFOOT HEART in the Remembering Neem Karoli Baba BAREFOOT HEART in the Remembering Neem Karoli Baba edited by KESHAV DAS Sensitive Skin Books Barefoot in the Heart Copyright © 2012 by Keshav Das Cover by: Kevin Kobasic Interior Design: Bernard Meisler All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval without permission in writing of both the publisher and the copyright owners. Published in the United States by Sensitive Skin Books ISBN-978-0-9839271-2-9 facebook.com/barefoot Give feedback on the book at: [email protected] First Edition 2012 Sensitive Skin Books www.sensitiveskinmagazine.com Dedication To Kyra whose prasad has nourished me; Who picked up the pieces And put me back together Countless times. 5 6 Contents Introduction 11 Editor’s Note 13 Coming to Him 17 The Early Days 19 Darshan 25 Prasad 29 Satsang 31 Recollections 37 Stories From Maharajji 45 Maharajji and Other Gurus 47 How We Saw Him 49 Insights 53 At Play 57 Siddhis 65 Love Makes Everything Possible 67 Sweetness / Ras 69 Food 71 By His Grace 73 Faith 83 Omniscience 85 His Hand In Everything 95 His Way 99 7 How He Taught 103 Simple Teachings 107 Quotes 109 Sub Ek 111 Other Babas 115 Christ 117 Healing 119 Peeling Back The Veil 121 Attachment 123 Money 125 Drugs 127 Seva 129 Hidden In Plain Sight 131 Flow Like A River 133 The Guest 137 Family Man 141 Father Figure 143 The Mas 145 Sadhana 147 The End 149 Dreams 155 The Later Days 157 8