with Sri Ganesh

Is Nurturing…

Aum Shakti Aum.

- 04-01-11:

… These days it is dark and cool and damp and there is often no power supply…

… I can’t help wondering at times how much longer I shall be able to do this daily service, as my legs are apparently not recovering; and while for two years or so there has been no sharp pain and the nights at least were comfortable, since a couple of weeks some other nerves in the hips and down the legs are pinched and the ache worsens in the night. Much of the time some confidence remains rooted within and in the body itself that this is but a learning experience and it will sort itself out into a harmony more aware; but there are also these many moments of blunt appraisal of the condition… … The rain intensified and it poured and the headman trotted in under a large raincoat to do his pranams and soon Parthy arrived to bring me some rain gear, as I had left home without any…

Sri Ganesh, Great, ageless and deep Is your mystery, When out of the twilight Your self-condensing form appears, As if wearing All the attributes and qualities Gathered in your circling Of the Shakti –

And now, filled and armed With force, knowledge, harmony and beauty, You stand visible Sharing with all who may see The sense, awareness and power Of the Manifest –

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