with Sri Ganesh

They are most ancient, Ever present And unreached, They brim with the power Of plenitude And fulfillment Whenever sufficient receptivity Is offered

With love in one’s heart For the Lord’s Delight...

… In the afternoon I spend Rs. 500/- in the market for incense and oils and camphor…

- 27-03-10:

… Bitti phones to inform me that Aurovilians of the “Land Service” are to come and see the area where the Highway is to enter; she seems quite certain that a good part of the compound will be taken away; she says that if these people are at last coming to the site, it is only because Gerard has complained loudly about our having no information whatsoever and he has asked them to come and explain the situation to us. I don’t understand any of this, but I get tense and very uneasy… … Later, Juergen comes in; he had marched in while I was doing the Aarti and at once gone away and, when he returns with Orchard Kumar, I am watering the garden. We have a long talk. He assures me there was always a strong will on Auroville’s part to keep and protect the temple; but then he blurts out that the Highways Authorities have already paid Auroville a compensation amount for the damage that will be incurred here. He doesn’t appear to be fully informed, he didn’t know about the new high-tension line…

Sri Ganesh, I ask you, Be yourself, be here,

Make use of this place as you want, I do not know anything, anything, But you seem to be very sure, Sri Ganesh, And you appear so neat, collected,

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