James Abro
James Abro began writing professionally with the New York Newspaper
Guild during a critical time in the history of American journalism that
saw one of the institutional bedrocks of American civil society -
independently owned newspapers - taken over and destroyed by national
syndicates run by media moguls the likes of Rupert Murdock. When Mr.
Abro realized that the Guild was not only going to lose its battles
(strikes), but also its overall war for independence, he decided that
the best way for him to write about what he was experiencing in America
was to do so by writing novels,
four of which are available on this website: Baby!, Through
the Fire, Devils & Angels and New Millennium Jitters.
Over the years, Mr. Abro also worked with other cutting
edge writers including Terry Williams (founder of the Harlem Writers
Crew), and Rajiv Malhotra (founder of the Infinity Foundation).
Mr. Abro's interest in Eastern spiritualism grew out of him reading the
works of Sri Aurobindo, a twentieth century Indian mystic who founded
Auroville (the only UN sanctioned non-nation affiliated place on
earth.) Mr. Abro was especially drawn to Sri Aurobindo's epic poem
Savitri. A literary work that many, not just Mr.Abro, feel is the
finest piece of literature ever produced by a human being. (Mr. Abro
plans to someday produce an opera based on it.)
While Mr. Abro was working for the NY newspaper Guild he gave himself
the assignment of covering the first visit by the titular head of
Tibet, the Dalai Lama, to the United States. Because Tibet had been
taken over by China this was seen by the media as a major political
event, and as such, worthy of its full three-ring circus treatment.
Mr. Abro, who had a front row seat at the event, watched as the Dalai
Lama entered the makeshift stage at 'Freedom House' (a CIA construct in
Manhattan) and asked the reporters and photographers to please allow
him a moment of silence in order to compose. He received not even a
nanosecond of such, and then proceeded to gently remove the podium in
order to sit in lotus on the bare floor. This, of course, was a major
'photo opportunity' for the media and their cameras clicked and flashed
incessantly.
When the Dalai Lama opened his eyes and then smiled -- with a
preternatural bemusement to discover that he was not only the cause of
all this stirring, but at the same time its observer -- made Mr. Abro
become immediately hooked on discerning 'what' it was that gave the
Dalai Lama the aplomb and alacrity to be able to do that.
Finding out - discovering and experiencing the 'what' for himself -- is
essentially why Mr. Abro wrote, and is now offering An American Yoga: The
Kripalu Story on his website.
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