Jun 2, 2026 · 54 min · 10 segments
The moment you think your group owns God is the moment He begins to slip away.understood this. When Bill Wilson, founder of AA and a devout Christian, wrote the program that would help millions get…
It's exciting.
I got an incredible message.
And I can't, I can't say the name yet.
I can't say the name, but it was a good friend of mine who's very, you know, fired up into bhakti.
Came from a tough, sort of a t- I think a tough background.
And, um, I basically haven't talked to him, like, in 30 years.
Just a little bit.
And then he just said to me, he goes, "You know..." And, and he grew up with a lot of bad habits.
Smoking, meat eating, like a lot of people.
You know, I say bad habits, but it's every- American habits.
And he got this messa- and then he just couldn't jump through all the hoops to be a, quote, "Hare Krishna," a devotee.
And so it, it went one of those pendulum swings, like, "I can't do this.
Can't do this.
I'm not in the club.
I'm gonna recreate my own life." And then he-
[laughs] So I smoked a few, hugged, hugged him, and we went on our way.
And, um, he reached out to me yesterday out of the blue, and he goes, "You know, there's a little Hindu temple around, around from my house I started going to, but there was nothing there for me.
It's exciting.
I got an incredible message.
And I can't, I can't say the name yet.
I can't say the name, but it was a good friend of mine who's very, you know, fired up into bhakti.
Came from a tough, sort of a t- I think a tough background.
And, um, I basically haven't talked to him, like, in 30 years.
Just a little bit.
And then he just said to me, he goes, "You know..." And, and he grew up with a lot of bad habits.
Smoking, meat eating, like a lot of people.
You know, I say bad habits, but it's every- American habits.
And he got this messa- and then he just couldn't jump through all the hoops to be a, quote, "Hare Krishna," a devotee.
And so it, it went one of those pendulum swings, like, "I can't do this.
Can't do this.
I'm not in the club.
I'm gonna recreate my own life." And then he-
[laughs] So I smoked a few, hugged, hugged him, and we went on our way.
And, um, he reached out to me yesterday out of the blue, and he goes, "You know, there's a little Hindu temple around, around from my house I started going to, but there was nothing there for me.
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No Monopoly on God
Paths differ; divinity remains beyond ownership
Kirtan Reignites Lost Faith
Old friend’s heart rekindled by sacred music
God Beyond Rulebooks
Ex-fundamentalist rethinks faith's boundaries
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