Baker, Jeffrey

Jeffrey Baker was a student for more than thirty-five years of the late, world-renowned Indian philosopher Sri Chinmoy, who named him Kalatit (Kal, time; atit, beyond). Called "our preeminent humorist" by his teacher, Jeffrey was a frequent contributor to publications in his spiritual community and elsewhere. A card-carrying Baby Boomer, he attended the Woodstock Festival, performed in various rock-and-roll ensembles, and has a degree in ecology from The University of Connecticut, the state in which he grew up. After college, he was a gardener for the Rockefellers in Pocantico Hills, New York,...