The Masters Speak: An American Businessman Encounters Ashish and Gurdjieff

Thus Sri Madhava Ashish, a brilliant Scottish engineer turned Hindu monk, advised Seymour Ginsburg, a Chicago-born businessman. In 1978, their meeting launched Ginsburg on an inner journey that took him to India and began a lively exchange that lasted two decades. This spiritual autobiography weaves excerpts of Ashish's letters with a lucid summary, of the work of the Armenian esoteric master, G. I. Gurdjieff. What emerges is the "unitive vision" in which the world is seen from the view not of the ego but of the greater Self. Refreshingly, Ginsburg appears as a true seeker wrestling with doubts and sidetracked by superficialities. Ashish's gentle chidings echo Don Juan humoring Castaneda adding to the charm of this profound and engaging book.