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Roderick W. Marling

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As a philosophy student in the late 60's Roderick Marling was introduced to the spiritual traditions of India including the practice of Yoga. Soon after he bought a one way ticket to India where he planned to live the rest of his life as an ascetic monk. While at the famous Temple of the Goddess Kali in Dakshineswar, India, Roderick had a vision in which it was revealed that he should, contrary to his well laid plans, return to the United States, refuse military service (which he knew would result in going to prison), and become initiated into the spiritual path of Paramahansa Yogananda through the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles.

After much inner turmoil, Roderick eventually accepted the vision and returned to North America. He refused the military's demand for his participation in the Vietnam war. Consequently, Roderick was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 18 months of alternate service work. Immediately upon completing his sentence, he then moved to Southern California and became initiated into the Kriya Yoga of Paramahansa Yogananda and his line of gurus.

In 1976 Roderick moved to Ananda Cooperative Community in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California. Ananda was founded in 1968 by Swami Kryiananda, who had lived with Yogananda for several years and at one time served as vice president of the Self-Realization Fellowship. Roderick was associated with Ananda for two years, and lived in the monastic section of the Community for about a year.

After leaving the Community in 1978 Roderick continued to follow the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. He was eventually initiated into all four levels of Kriya Yoga, which he faithfully practiced 3 to 4 hours daily. Then in 1985 he began to have a series of dreams and visions that revealed a new direction to his spiritual journey.

"I had moved from peak to peak in the mountain range of my spiritual journey, conquering the heights, touching the sky, basking in the light. I did not realize there was another side to spirituality. The scriptures I read did not mention it. My teachers did not talk about it, because they themselves did not know. It had to do with the wisdom not of the mountain, but of the valley. It was the journey into the depths, not the heights of the human soul. It moved me not into the sky, but reconnected me back to the earth. I no longer just basked in the light, but also dissolved into the darkness. It was beyond the realm of the masculine hero's conquests. It was none other than the feminine dimension of life."

Roderick has now combined thirty six years of daily meditation with a scholarship that spans over three thousand volumes on religion, mythology, history and archeology. This blend of Western scholarship and Eastern mysticism has produced a view of Life that is absolutely unique. You will not find anything like it in the current yogic literature. In fact, much of what Roderick has to say is diametrically opposed to the traditional beliefs of both East and West. Furthermore, he directly addresses the difficult subjects of sex, drugs and religious beliefs and always comes up on the side of expanding personal freedom. In fact, if there is any one theme that runs through all his work, it is this sense of freedom.

KamaKala Publications is now proud to present the work of Roderick W. Marling. Our wish is that you spend some time exploring this material, and maybe you too can catch a glimpse of this expanding freedom.