In his book Sacred Sex­u­al­ity, Georg Feuer­stein explains:
“Whereas main­stream Hin­duism tends toward puri­tanism and life-negating asceti­cism, the cul­ture of the Vedic tribes of circa 1500 to 1000 B.C. was clearly life-affirmative and sex-positive. They loved music, dance, and gam­bling, were not at all averse to ine­bri­a­tion, and prayed for a hun­dred years life on Earth, […]

In the Chai­tanya Chari­ta­m­rita (2.8.226–27 & s 52) Prabhu replies to Ramanand, “The mahab­ha­ga­vata looks at ani­mate and inan­i­mate objects, and every­where is the glow­ing of Sri Krishna. They look at ani­mate and inan­i­mate objects, but do not see those images; rather every­where they see the blos­som­ing of their own ista-deva. ‘He who sees his […]

I have posted  ❦ “The Daily Med­i­ta­tion” (PDF) on stevebohlert.com. This is a draft of my adap­ta­tion of Radha-Krishna’s pas­times drawn from Krish­nah­nika Kau­mudi and Bha­vanasar San­graha. It is the final chap­ter of my upcom­ing Uni­ver­sal­ist Radha-Krishnaism: A Spir­i­tu­al­ity of Nat­ural Devo­tion. Read it here.

I love the sweet smell of Kilkare Woods. It sig­nals my re-entry to Sunol. Twenty-three years ago, I pried myself away from here and my posi­tion as edi­tor of the Suno­lian. I now live in a yurt in the Hawai­ian rain for­est. A per­sonal jour­ney by Geral­dine Baldassarre.

 Steve Bohlert will speak on his new book, Uni­ver­sal­ist Radha-Krishnaism: A Spir­i­tu­al­ity of Lib­erty, Truth, and Love at the Uni­tar­ian Uni­ver­sal­ist Fel­low­ship of Puna, in the Kea’au Eagles Hall (across from the Humane Soci­ety  on Hwy 130), at 10:15 am, Sun­day, Jan­u­ary 17th. After the talk, there will be discussion.

 A Review of Uni­ver­sal­ist Radha-Krishnaism
by Daniel Clark–longtime Radha-Krishna devo­tee
It’s evi­dent the book is a prod­uct of a lifetime-to-date of expe­ri­ence and con­tem­pla­tion. Steve, you’ve put not just your thoughts, but your entire self on the pages. As a per­son­al­ist should. Thank you for not hid­ing behind words.
I hope every­one who is or was a “Hare […]

Since the ques­tion of my ini­ti­a­tion has come up again, let me tell you a lit­tle story about myself by way of anal­ogy. In 1976, I received an unac­cred­ited BA in Gen­eral Stud­ies through Study of Reli­gion and the Whole from Paideia,  a university-without-walls in San Fran­cisco. This was based on my expe­ri­ence with ISKCON […]

Steve Bohlert shares his life’s story in this intro­duc­tory pod­cast and tells more about rea­sons and inspi­ra­tions that prompted him into the voy­age through the sea of Uni­ver­sal­ist Radha-Krishnaism.

I’m read­ing a very inter­est­ing book, From Where You Dream: The Process of Writ­ing Fic­tion, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Robert Olen But­ler. It seems the process of writ­ing lit­er­ary fic­tion is quite sim­i­lar to the process of nat­ural devo­tion in which we enter into a lov­ing rela­tion­ship with Radha-Krishna. They both involve a daily entrance […]

The Method (PDF): is a descrip­tion of the process Lalita Prasad Thakur taught me for becom­ing a girl­friend of Radha in my per­fect spir­i­tual body. I explain it in such a way that you can use it to develop your own iden­tity in the ide­al­ized real­ity of Braj. It is another draft chap­ter from my […]