Meet the Author

I was born in Kenya of Indian heritage and grew up in the UK. My late father had no attraction to material wealth but rather a singular aim in life: To ensure his children maximized on their educational potential. He was indeed very persuasive; his short temper was legendary. On the other hand, my dedicated mother has been and remains the epitome of devotion, calmness, and unending selfless work. My smarter, wiser, and elder brother has always enthusiastically supported all my endeavors throughout my life. Looking back, I have indeed been blessed with such a foundational support system!

 

My entire education period from primary school through to university and my first decade of working life took place in the UK. After completing my Ph.D., I worked in the technology sector and followed a typical trajectory in life, whereby I met and got married to an amazing life partner and started our own little family. Not long after, we made a difficult decision to leave behind everything we knew and were familiar with to emigrate to the US, where I co-founded a high-tech startup in Silicon Valley, California. I have lived and worked here ever since, happily absorbed in bringing globally impactful technology to market.

 

There wasn’t one specific event that triggered my search for something bigger. Rather, I had a steady buildup of unanswered questions about how to achieve peace of mind and whether there was indeed any purpose to this fleeting life. We all have a few undeniable things in common. This includes the fact that no one knows exactly how long we each have left to live and what truly lies on either side of life. In me, this invoked a sense of urgency and a need to answer life’s bigger questions. Blind faith in some unquestionable teaching wasn’t going to cut it; I had to know for myself.

 

I read tons of books, which all seemed to point to meditation, and this increasingly appeared to be the only process that could unlock an inner search. This led me to look at different meditational practices and their underlying philosophy, much of which made little sense to me at that time. To be honest, the search raised even more questions!

 

After a few years of adventurously trying many distinct types of meditation, I accidentally stumbled on a specific meditational practice and teacher, incredibly, whose teachings have allowed me to discover the answers for myself. That was the best stumble of my life. It set me on a path of self-discovery, which eventually led to my own realizations and the amazingly powerful ability to answer all my own long-standing questions myself, culminating in such a profound experience of Oneness that it indelibly changed my outlook on all aspects of life, what it means to be alive, and death. Just over three decades later, I am sharing my journey through the publication of this book to help other seekers.