with Sri Ganesh

Of contradictions resolved And harmonies revealed –

A brimming, dynamic Peace From which, at last, True spontaneity can rise, Generous, unguarded, sure of its love And ready to respond In every heart -

Sri Ganesh, with you is The simple, effective tenderness Of Her Grace…

Aum.

… Gita came at noon, on her way back to Amritsar, to have Darshan of Sri Ganesh and pray to him and offer Rs. 5,000/-

- 18-04-09:

… The communication with Manikandan is becoming heavy and unclear; nowadays he does “his” part of the cleaning before I arrive and disappears for the rest of the morning, I have no idea where. But, today, he came straight to “Sincerity” to take from the house he and Tatiana used to occupy the gas cylinder, knowing full well that my friend F. is due any day and will need it; and, besides, it is part of the house, from which they have already taken more than was polite or decent when they left it. And when I reached here I found he had left me a note asking me to provide him with Rs. 5,000/- this coming week as he had committed to pay for Tatiana and Arati’s taxi to the airport (they are going to Bulgaria for a month vacation, invited by Tatiana’s family) and also to help his father purchase a second-hand Moped… I could not help feeling that he was bent on taking advantage of my care for him and trust in him… I offer the whole question to Sri Ganesh during the puja… … Deepti made a surprise visit, while I was just beginning the preparations for the puja and, soon after, Arjun drove in, with his uncle Pammy and Venkatesh his driver, so that Pammy, whom he is taking back to Bangalore, could have a moment with Sri Ganesh. We get him seated on a stool and I give them all Aarti and Tilakam, and

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