Excerpts from the book

“When I was one and a half, while watching my father paint murals on the wall with house paint, I was determined to do the same. He taught me how to tap the brush against the can and then gave me my own wall space, paint can, and brush, and I went to work.”

It was at the ashram of Sai, a young American spiritual teacher who had developed quite a following on the islands, that Puskar first fully experienced the gnosis of transcendence: to gain release from the dictates of the senses and resultant exploitative, materialistic consciousness, by going beyond, or transcending, their pushing. Through reawakened spiritual senses one could cultivate his relationship with the Supreme Transcendence.

“From my first days in L.A., seeing those early paintings and doing paintings of my own, I understood that this yoga of devotional service is really practical and is the true means of liberation. Here we are — meditating on the ultimate spiritual reality. What an occupation! That exquisite form of Krishna manifests through us, and we realize the instructions of Bhagavad-gita — engaging our senses, mind, and body and being gradually purified. While other artists go on struggling to come up with newer and newer, more satisfying forms, the devotional artist feels satisfied simply by painting Krishna’s eternally satisfying form and personality.”