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occasions in orphanage and reform school, Lew Paz became uniquely attentive to the
quality of his experiences, all the while reading extensively through the classics. At
seventeen he joined the Air Force, again always balancing pursuit of knowledge with
worldly experience. At the age of 20 he hitchhiked about the country for a year or so,
and then re-enlisted in the military. After two years as an infantry paratrooper, Paz
became one of the first anti-war protesters during the build up of the Vietnam War.
He spent a year in military prison, which he and a select group of other inmates used
as a kind of monastery for the pursuit of significant knowledge. From there, after
establishing a career, at the age of 29 he walked away from a life of lucrative success
in the social arena to once again seek an existence on the edge, blending Zorba the
Greek adventure with Socratic questioning of all things. His journey entailed years of
hard road travel, working at every kind of labor, a year here, a semester there at varied colleges and universities, shamanistic explorations with drugs, plants and fungi, and countless sunup to sunset days in libraries great and small
over half the earth, deeply delving into the quest for truth and wisdom. Paz first
learned meditation from the direct tutelage of Zen Master Shunryo Suzuki, and over
the past thirty years merged Zen teachings with Hatha and Jana Yoga, the
psychological insights of Carl Jung, and the mental and spiritual disciplines of
Aurobindo and Gurdjieff. This rich background has given him the ability to transfer
scholarly and esoteric spiritual text into comprehensible terms for the layman.
To read PlumBell's interview with Lew Paz, click the following link:
Interview
In addition to the years of work devoted to bringing forth PUSHING ULTIMATES, Lew Paz also
developed his artistic and poetic talents. To view some of his artwork, click the following link:
Artwork
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