with Sri Ganesh

Cheerful and genial and friendly Or severe and austere and aloof Or Inscrutable, Your mass is held and vibrant With knowledge and its power – Not as a weapon Or a means to force Submission, But as an instrument Of compassion and wisdom In the gradual clearance Of The Way Home...

Aum.

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... Since he came from France, J.P. has come quite every morning and worked very well, cleaning and repainting doors and frames, repairing the soak-pit, clearing wild growth, all in silence and with a calm and happy diligence... It is a sweet sight, this huge bear of a man, who is champion of karate in his country, who has traveled the world, who is an esteemed administrator in education, now quietly serving Lord Ganesha’s abode...

Aum Beautiful Ganesha, Quietly you roam Among the beings, Your golden cape flowing From your shoulder As you advance On a path of living light – A little jauntily You whirl and prance, Assessing all the while, Discerning, Knowing, And holding out,

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