Faith & Fire
Hailed as the Indian version of The Celestine Prophecy, this is the true story of a young couple’s yearning for a meaningful life. Madhu and Rajeev left the city to join a small community in the Himalayas. For seven years they lived under the tutelage of Aropa, an Englishman who had taken sanyas (renunciation). Madhu and Rajeev grew their own food, built their own mountain hut, and lived a truly simple life, all under Aropa’s spiritual leadership. The couple followed his philosophy, believing that every experience is viewed as an opportunity to grow. Over time, questions arose that made Madhu and Rajeev’s life perplexing; doors appeared to close on them, and their personal dilemmas peaked. But through it all, they never gave up hope. Their story speaks to the spirit as it lays bare a struggle to transcend suffering and discover what lies beyond it. By sharing the simple practices that intensified their search, as well as the powerful role of dreams, Madhu Tandan offers us her conviction that there are no dead ends in life; and gives us a glimpse of the mysterious, magical, uplifting support we can receive at every step of such a journey.
