Heart To Heart
2024
Stories From A Life Stranger Than Fiction
“The unexpected is bound to happen, while the anticipated may never come.”
Nisargadatta Maharaj
This book is a collection of essays on those aspects of Gautam Sachdeva’s life’s journey that fall largely into three categories: the places having sacred or religious associations that he was led to, incidents from his life as a spiritual book publisher, and his spiritual journey.
Gautam’s spiritual teacher and Advaita master, Ramesh Balsekar, would often say, “Life is stranger than fiction.” In his case, it couldn’t be truer. He found himself miraculously being guided to places with spiritual associations and, what’s more, his visits to these hallowed sites were providentially made easy for him!
Although he had no plans to get into the ‘business’ of publishing spiritual books, fate dealt Gautam a different hand. His experiences as a publisher, both positive as well as negative, are candidly shared by him for the benefit of the reader.
Gautam’s depiction of his spiritual journey includes the time spent with his spiritual mentor as well as other masters from different traditions who would play a significant role in his evolution. It not only gives us an insight into various sacred places and spiritual traditions but also lets us be privy to his inner landscape, founded on the Indian philosophy of Advaita, and the lineage that he has been following and espousing through his talks and books. The reader will find that the precious teaching of Advaita runs through the book like a thread on which pearls of wisdom are strung.
What has been handed down from master to master will travel to your Heart too through Gautam’s latest offering.
