with Sri Ganesh

I feel distressed that this had to happen to Parthy and that my perceptions of his actual condition were so incomplete – I am in fact wholly upset at my arrogant ignorance…

Sri Ganesh, Ancient and ever young,

So knowing and yet so trusting, You remain always brimming, The King of Her Forest, The Joyous Sorcerer, Intimate with all Her powers Yet forever Serving…

Aum Namo Bhagavate…

… As I am sitting before Sri Ganesh, an interesting man steps into the shrine; wearing traditional dress, a little gaunt, with bright white hair, he speaks no English at all, and tells me in Tamil that he hails from some distant village; he does his pranams with a calm intensity and then he requests that I bless and touch him with the bundle of peacock feathers I keep by the inner door; and then he wants me to bless him with my hand and he touches my feet and shows me at once how his arms are now covered with goose bumps from the strength of the blessings…! He is so genuine and centered that I just let it happen…!

- 30-09-09:

Draped in white and lit in red, Flowing white and darting red, The Shakti’s Son, the white and the red, The Spirit’s Force is white, Love’s Flame is red, The white essence speaks to the heart In Red –

Sri Ganesh, Yours is a tender crimson joy And today you seem to wear Her white sari Bordered in red…

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