Justin Stone has had successful careers in music (he still records jazz piano and wrote and recorded the background music for the 13-part PBS series on T'ai Chi Chih®); finance (he was an allied member of the New York Stock Exchange); and writing (he has written over a dozen books). He is also an exhibiting painter and accomplished poet.

Justin left the financial world in 1953 to take the first of many trips to the Far East, where he practiced with Yogis in India and Zen monks in Japan. He considers these trips the most important part of his life.