Namaste:

Let us welcome Sri Stephen Kennedy, a new member to
the list. We can look forward to his active
participation in the list discussions with his
thoughtful insights and questions. We strongly
encourage Sri Kennedy and other new members to fully
engage in the discussions by asking a question and the
learned members of this list will be more than happy
to provide their insights.

Warmest regards,

--- Stephen Kennedy <bummer1962@...> wrote:

>
> Haribol!
> Here is a brief personal history as requested to
> join
> your discussion group. I was a physics major before
> entering the Army. There only the Bible was accepted
> literature, so I opened the Bible for the first
> time.
> I was an atheist before this time, really I just
> didn't know. After being born again and using the
> scientific process I had learned in college, the
> Bible
> kept falling apart. But religion and philosophy
> grabbed my "soul" attention. So I started a
> systematic
> study of all "religions". I went through an intense
> Sufi stage, a Buddhist phase, and now 20 years later
> I
> have begun studying Vedanta. I have over the past 5
> years absorbed literature from Paramahansa Yogananda
> and A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The Hari
> Krishnas have nothing but negative things to say
> about
> advaita, so I knew that I had to study this aspect
> of
> Vedanta as well.
>
> Peace, Love, Harmony
> Stephen
> bummer1962@...


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