About The Author: Narvada Puri In 1969, a twenty-four year old German girl left everyone and everything behind to hitchhike to India to find meaning and purpose of life. She came with only a sleeping bag, a shawl, a flute, and a copy of the "I Ching." A year later she found her Guru, a Naga Baba, living on a small island in the Ganga north of Haridwar. Her heart recognized Him immediately, and there she stayed to be reborn through strenuous spiritual austerities, serving the holy cows, meditating by the Ganga - and through the grace of her Guru. The first year she spoke no words except "Om Nam...