Volume 2, Foreword

Spiritual Warrior II: Transforming Lust into Love is a book to savor and treasure, a book that needs to be read and reread because of its spiritual potency and priceless value for everyday living. I receive so many books in the mail to read and, I am sorry to say, the vast majority of them have little or no substance, simply being combinations of words strung together to entertain the mind and, perhaps, the intelligence. You can imagine how happy and excited I was as I began to read Spiritual Warrior II and found myself saying, “Yes, yes! This is what I need. This is what I choose to learn and apply."

It is with great pleasure that I offer my reactions to Bhakti Tirtha Swami's unique, easy-to-understand presentation of the ancient, eternal teachings included in this book. Although I have never met B.T. Swami personally—an occasion I look forward to—in a sense I have already met him through his previous books and an audiotape of one of his lectures. His courage to speak the deepest truths and his wealth of knowledge has impressed me greatly. As a writer, minister, and speaker myself, I am familiar with the tendency to say what pleases people so that they will continue to listen and attend classes. B.T. Swami cuts right to the core of our problems and offers real, eternal solutions that transcend the mundane beliefs and rhetoric of the average religious leader or politician.

The book's combination of primarily, but not exclusively, Christian, Muslim, and Vedic teachings is for serious students who genuinely desire to know who they are, how to live in harmony with God's laws, and how to love God and achieve success as a human being. The lessons the author shares so generously are the difficult ones, not how to catch a man, how to keep a woman, or even how to use God and His universe to get what you want. All these benefits come naturally when you love—not when you use, but when you love.

Those of any religion who care about themselves and truly desire to fulfill their mission as human beings will devour the knowledge that jumps off every page of Spiritual Warrior II. Some books give us an “ah-ha!” or two, or one interesting point to apply, which may be enough to justify the price of the book and the time spent reading it. Here, it happens every paragraph, and sometimes every line! I am currently on my second and even third reading of certain chapters of this divinely inspired offering.