What is, as it is offers a rare opportunity to come in contact with the words of an enlightened master who does not declaim recycled knowledge but describes what he sees. According to Prabhuji, yoga is “a path that begins and ends in you, from what you think you are to what you really are.”
Prabhuji reveals his original message, Retroprogressive Yoga, which is surprising in its originality and richness. Despite its breadth, the master’s message does not lose depth. The transcribed lectures in this book invite readers to recognize their authentic nature.
Prabhuji is a realized master, an avadhūta, a universalist Advaita mystic, an authorized representative of Hinduism, and the founder of the Retroprogressive Path. His profound religious dedication is expressed through his artistic work as a writer and painter.
A mystical experience at the age of eight inspired his quest for Truth, or Ultimate Reality, transforming his life into a genuine inner and outer pilgrimage. He has dedicated more than fifty years to the exploration and practice of different religions, philosophies, and paths of liberation. He has absorbed the teachings of great masters, shamans, priests, machis, shifus, roshis, shaykhs, yogis, pastors, rabbis, kabbalists, monks, gurus, philosophers, sages, and saints whom he personally visited during his years of searching. For him, awakening at the level of consciousness, or the transcendence of the egoic phenomenon, is the next step in humanity’s evolution. Prabhuji chose to retire from society and lead the life of a hermit. His days are spent in solitude, praying, writing, painting, and meditating in silence and contemplation.