Rudi: The Final Moments contains two novellas linked together by a common thread. They are both rite-of-passage stories in which the deaths of a parent and of a teacher force the young protagonists to re-examine their inner lives. Rudi: The Final Moments The story, "Rudi The Final Moments" is an in-depth study of perhaps the most sacred marriage on earth - the union of a spiritual teacher and his disciple. It is a transcendental love story that could only find its inspiration in the human heart. It was an ordinary afternoon in late February 1973. Rudi, two students of his, and I, took off from Teeterboro airport around 5:00 PM. The sky was clear and I could see the sun setting in the West. We were headed to Glens Falls - a small town near Albany. The story moves from the past to the present, from my thoughts to Rudi's dictation, from a clear sky to a fog so dense one can't see ten feet out the window. A simple voyage in a four-seat Cessna airplane becomes an allegorical journey into a world of wisdom so profound it borders on sacred truths. Out of darkness comes light, out of death comes rebirth, and out of tragedy a new sense of purpose; and by the end of this fateful journey, nothing in my world remained the same. The Dancing Man The South Bronx is the setting for this allegorical tale of a college student who returns home to discover that his father is dying. It is a tale woven from an accumulation of dreams about an almost mythic figure called the Dancing Man, who guides the college student, Joshua, into a transformative world that unifies both life and death. The story takes place on the South Bronx streets of my childhood, but its surreal nature could only be conceived in the feverish mind of a writer. It's a love story and a street-smarts story that plumbs the deepest levels of human consciousness to discover how life's mysteries are passed on from generation to generation.
About the Author: Stuart Perrin was born in New York City on August 10, 1942. At the age of sixteen he began a search for a teacher who could direct his creative energies on a spiritual path. He studied literature, philosophy, acting and wrote poems of a visionary nature. He lived a bohemian life in Europe and Africa until his twenty- fth birthday when circumstances forced him to return to the States. It was at that time in New York City that he met his meditation teacher Rudi (Albert Rudolph). Mr. Perrin became a disciple of Rudi's, and their relationship grew closer over the years. They were together at the time of Rudi's death in 1973 in an airplane crash. "I never felt he had gone. If I wish to be with him, to learn from him, I just open my heart. He is there. Sitting. Smiling. Sharing his teachings." His studies with Rudi gave Mr. Perrin a deep insight into how meditation and inner work could help a human being find a method whereby it is possible to live in the world and be free of it at the same time. Stuart is a long-time writer and author of five books and many essays, both fiction and non-fiction, weaving his understanding of inner work and affairs of the heart with equal dexterity. Stuart has a meditation center in New York City where he offers classes, lectures, and meditation retreat intensives around the country. He has many students throughout the United States, Europe, Israel and Brazil. READ MORE>> http: //www.stuartperrin.com"