ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<br > My life has been graced by a steady stream of extraordi-<br > nary souls in ordinary clothes. Take my wife Leti and our<br > son Jonah， for instance. The privilege of sauntering<br > through life arm-in*arm with those two buckaroos is a gift<br > like no other， To them and to whoever arranged it， I owe<br > a "thanks" way too big for the word. And there s my<br > friend and assistant Mary ]urin Sonkin. I appreciate the<br > way Mary takes my work seriously and me with a grain<br > of salt. It s a hard line to walk sometimes. And thanks to<br > m.y fleet-footed， eagle-eyed friend Phil Eagleton. He ran<br > roughshod over my rough draft， and while he was hard<br > on my work， he was gracious to my ego.<br > This is a clearer work because of the editorial<br > suggestions of Daniel Bial at Harper & Row， and I am<br > indebted to Dan. Thanks， too， to Irv Levey for his straight<br > Ia|k and encouragement early on in this project. To Novle<br > Rogers， whose illustrations embellish this work， I offer a<br > West Texas， buddy-to-buddy sock on the arm. His art s<br > got heart. And Harry Clemens also has my appreciation.<br > He s not much at racquetball but he s a prince of a te]la.<br > Chapter I makes clear his contribution to the happening<br > you le holding.<br > I ve had some splendid teachers and want to thank<br > ~t legist a lew of them here. First arid foremost is Maharaji.<br > }~i:~ efb;cl on me seems boundless and ] feel a deep love<br > ix<br >