04. Rebellion, Disaster, Vision
Trouble starts as a teenager. An escape ends in injury and leads to the first exposure to mystical literature.
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Arjava's rebellious streak got him expelled from High School. His parents did not give up on the troubled boy and enrolled him in a private school. There, his sense for uprightness got him kicked out again.
Experiencing police brutality and following his teenage dreams, which are accentuated by smoking pot and the longing for spiritual answers, Arjava decides to run away from home. In the ensuing disaster, he discovers mystical and spiritual literature, culminating in Paul Reps' books about Zen Buddhism.
I would escape … become a Zen monk. And not come back!