I was born in London 1947 and became a monk in India in 1966, after leaving London without any money, & spending a year on the "hippie trail". (I was Paramahansa Ganesh Giri in India – see Chap. 11). I returned to England in 1976 and then became a mental health professional. I had a family life after moving to New Zealand and later I spent more than 10 years in clinical teaching or education roles. Hence my predilection for teaching!This book partially encompasses events in my post-India years briefly. I focus though on my spiritual/psychological journey through those years. None of this is meant to be as an autobiography. Rather it's leading to and providing background to teachings or writings.It's all about Divine Grace for me!I try not to present from an ego or lower self-perspective! My deity is the Goddess, in the forms that I became devotionally focused on in India. This Goddess is represented, (in plural), by Durga, Kali, Lakshmi and Sarasvati. (All One but separate just like us!). Also Tara in Tibetan Buddhism.