Adiatmana, a mystic Sufi, was discovered speaking Sanskrit spontaneously at the age of 2. At the age of 7, he witnessed his younger brother passing away in their mother's arms, from an unexpected reaction to Penicillin. Hearing his mother crying, begging, and praying to God to return her beloved child, he found himself propelled deep into ascetic studies, seeking to understand the true nature of such a God, and our existence.

During his early teenage years, Adiatmana devoted his attention to theosophy, meditation, prayer and seva (devotional service) at The Golden Temple in Amritsar, and the monastery of H. H. the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India. He also spent many days voluntarily assisting the residents of a home for the blind, deaf and mute. Although most could barely talk, they desperately made efforts to communicate with him - young men and women who had no hope for a joyful future of love, marriage and family. Their innocence, suffering, and the purity of their emotions struck his heart, opening page after page in his study of the role of genetic inheritance and environmental effect.