with Sri Ganesh

You hold the noose of light And the bolt of energy, Imperious and impassive And knowing, Girded with The richness of your love.

Aum.

- 23-11-10:

… A couple came in (the wife has come before) clearly intending to watch the entire puja; they sit in the shrine and attend it all and stand in prayer for the Aarti, and offer Rs. 10/-; the man says he does some sort of service at the Samadhi; they seem to be fairly affluent, I have no idea why or how they came, nor what they felt, but it was not at all disturbing…

Delightful Ganesha, Champion of the Mother, Your movements are Loops and patterns of opening And celebrating Her ceaseless Energy – Everyone of your Quiet steps and mudras Is attuned and offered To one of Her Moods In creation – And today In an arc of power Your bow reaches the heart With an arrow Most tender.

- 24-11-10: Darshan Day (the day the Mother outwardly assumed Her place in the world of men, in 1926).

… A typical occasion: a man who has come several times before comes in today with another man all dressed in black for the annual

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