Returning to Goloka

Consciousness is the only real thing, but we are cultured to believe that
the physical is real and consciousness is “imagination.” The universe is
fundamentally a mental construct in the mind of God, i.e., we exist as virtual
beings in the mind of God. The ultimate goal of human life is Moksha and to
experience the consciousness of God, which we call “Brahman
Consciousness.” When we become conscious on the level of the mind of
God, we enjoy Enlightenment, a state of being in which everything that can
be known is known and all of our actions are spontaneously in accord with
the Will of God.
During the TTC course, Maharishi was conducting a course in India
for westerners. At the end of that course he brought up the idea of a “Jyotish-
Kalpa” course that would run for a very extended period of time, perhaps
years. Of course, I wanted that course.
After TTC I returned to my
home and taught at the TM center for
a few months, but Maharishi had asked
everyone to move to Fairfield, Iowa to
create coherence for world peace. So I
moved there and joined the Creating Coherence Course. We would go to the
domes to do our TM-Sidhi program in a group, because Maharishi said that
would create coherence in national consciousness and help to bring on world
peace.
It was during this time at MIU, in the spring of 1982, that Lord Krishna
first appeared to me. It was an ordinary afternoon meditation in the dome
that started like hundreds before. I had become accustomed to beginning
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