with Sri Ganesh

As it constantly yields New energy –

Strongly resting in the security Of that absolute certainty Your breath and figure Always advance on the way, Always ready and willing To discover The unknown, And your blessings are on those Who walk...

Aum Namo Bhagavate.

… Today is the day of a special annular eclipse of the sun – the diamond ring! It is to be observed in the Southern part of India with the naked eye, around 1 pm or so.

- 16-01-10:

… Today I leave right after I have cleaned the shrine and Parthy remains to do the puja: it is the day of my appointment with Vikram Kathe for my check-up and Arjun comes to pick me up in his car… We soon realize I have forgotten to take any sort of foot-wear with me and we stop at the local market opposite Jipmer for me to buy a pair of cheap rubber sandals… Perhaps this provides Arjun with some subconscious explanation for my limping along as we pace the long corridors of the hospital in search of Vikram, for he seems to take no notice of it other than slowing down a bit… Vikram examines me without any fuss and pronounces himself satisfied with my progress but warns me not to do any abdominal exercises for another 3 months, nor any extended cycling (he is too late for both, I have already started…!) and not to expect more than 80% recovery of my muscular capacity… I feel like a child trapped in an ageing body: there is such a sorrow when one can no longer express naturally any harmony, any beauty or give others who are dear any joy or pleasure! I do not like this condition; it only makes me sad…!

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