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The Spectacular Redemption  of the Beautifully Unseen Part 2 August 2020 Young Richard’s Spirit Path Continues After the war, Richard decided to remain in India. He became very fond of the rich spiritual life he discovered there and the deep sense of peace blossoming within him as he continued his practice. Núria took him under her proverbial wing and taught him the ways of fasting, meditating, and communing with nature. She introduced him to the Vedic sciences of mantra, yantra, and tantra as well as some of her own techniques for entering the worlds unseen.  Richard was already twenty-one when his family became settled enough to invite him back to Austria. But by that time, he had renounced worldly life and become a monk in a small sect of Hindu swamis. To others it remained unclear whether this decision was based on a retaliatory rejection of his family, or on a pure desire and commitment to the path. He wrote his family a heartfelt letter to inform them of his decision to ...