with Sri Ganesh

And I can certainly not claim to have been, while going through these motions, in any exceptional state of purity or clarity of consciousness…! I was simply, as usual, trying tediously to offer up whatever thoughts and concerns would come up with, perhaps, a little margin of active meditation besides, but nothing as committed or alert or aware as to warrant the advent of sacredness…!

Yet, before me now, there is sacredness – it is quite tangible…

Aum Namo Bhagavate Sri Ganesh, Alchemist of Delight, Exquisite dancer Of a world of Awareness And Plenitude And ever creative Plenty…

- 04-06-09:

… With the heat and the wind, the garden is pitiful…

… I have laid at Sri Ganesh’s feet the two maps which R. has given me; the second one is only a little better than the first, and it shows how sloppy and negligent and uncaring is their work nowadays; there is no precision, no expression of concern, no accuracy… Still, that is all there is and I sent both copies to Gita by courier – and e-mailed her the text of a letter giving the history of the temple and its present situation.

Sri Ganesh, Draped in gentle light Studded with delight And joyous energy, A lovely king, You give audience As, appeased, They enter your Welcoming presence That deepens and widens Their minds and hearts, And from your staff

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