If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir

In the 1990s an eighteen-year-old headed to Australia to realize his worldly dreams. With little money or support he struggled to survive there. Two years later he was earning an annual income of $250000; by the age of twenty-six he was a multimillionaire. Yet worldly success was merely a way station on a journey that began years ago.

As an eight-year-old he saw a vision of God in a dream an experience that left him with a sense of deep joy and peace. The dream triggered off his desire to meet God to see a manifestation of the Divine. He practiced astrology intense meditation and tantra yet God was nowhere in sight. Deeply frustrated he dived into materialistic pursuits to distract himself from the restlessness within.

After years of living the good life he found he could no longer ignore the old restlessness; worldly pleasures just couldn't fill the void within. He moved back to India and finally did what he had always yearned to do: renounce the world and become a monk.

In the Himalayas in terrifying silence and solitude Om Swami practised intense meditation. Death was always close as he confronted starvation the fierce elements and wild animals. Finally his sadhana brought him to the ultimate realization: I am what I have been seeking.

This is an astounding memoir of the making of a spiritual life in today's challenging and often confusing times. If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir will light up your path wherever you are on your life's journey.