Honest Hindu, Honest Christian The Same

About the Book

From the her childhood in Laramie, Wyoming to her current residence in Williamsburg, Virginia, Barbara Rockwell travels to and from many worldly lands, along the way encountering many different people: professors, Bishops, Ambassadors, friends, the love of her life, a supreme Court Justices, Indian taxi drivers. Most of all, she meets Swami Chinmayananda. The mother of three beautiful daughters and a practicing psychologist in Washington, D.C. in the 1970s, Barbara unknowingly has more to gain in life. In 1976, she journeys to Mumbai, India to visit her daughter Lissa and has a life changing experience. Though the visit was brief, it marked the beginning of a new era—the beginning of Barbara’s search for meaning, her search for being. She returns to the U.S. with a new energy and spiritual questions, leading her to new personal discoveries. An uplifting biographical account that reveals the inner thoughts and complexities of one woman’s search for her meaning in life, this journey will keep any reader flipping to the next page.

About the Author

Barbara Rockwell holds degrees from the University of Wyoming, the Virginia Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from George Washington University. After attending seminars at The Esalen Institute in California she founded The Orizon Institute in Washington, D. C. In the l980's she studied Hindu philosophy in India with Swami Chinmayananda. Born in Wyoming, she has lived and practiced in Washington, D. C. and Williamsburg, Virginia. Long interested in her pioneer ancestors, especially the women, she is an ardent feminist. The author's fascination with her great grandmother has been life long. Stories of Sarah from family records, letters, photographs, and gossip have intrigued her since early childhood. The author tells the story of Sarah's tumultuous life as though it were her own..