Watching My Mind

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This week, astrology inspired an elaborate fire ceremony in the “Homa” building. It’s a beautiful small stone building created for the purpose of performing fire ceremonies on special occasions. This occasion had […]

Solitaire

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My mom used to like to occasionally play solitaire on her computer during the years after my dad had passed away. There are lots of solitaire card games out there, […]

Birthdays and Deathdays

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Is that a new word? Who ever heard of a deathday? It was my brother’s birthday this week. It’s been two years now since he went to Heaven. We were very […]

Festival of Lights

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Deepavali is the annual Festival of Lights. People light many little wick lamps and celebrate the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. The highlight this […]

Where Is God?

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The sanctuary attached to the main lecture hall has a large (5 feet tall) black granite deity statue inside. Outside, there is a spire that indicates to everyone where the […]

As the Leaves Fall, I Let Go

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There’s a beautiful song by Kathy Zavada about letting go . . . “As the leaves fall, I let go.  Let go, let God. As the wind blows, I let […]

The Butterfly Effect

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Have you heard of the “Butterfly Effect“?  The poor butterfly is blamed for contributing to the formation of hurricanes, etc. The purpose of the theory was actually to explain why […]

Loving Nature

I’ve been taking more nature photos lately. The responses that these photos inspire when I show them to people are so beautiful. It’s like all their troubles are forgotten in […]

Meeting Mother Teresa 1994

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Honestly, I wasn’t so interested in going to India. I was quite happy to stay in the US to practice yoga, study, chant and meditate. Nonetheless, Sant Keshavadas, the guru who […]

Grace Happens . . .

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Remember the road trip I was on which led me to the door of Arsha Vidya Gurukulam? I had flown to Chicago to meet friends and family after my brother […]

Grace Is As Grace Does

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I got a text message from Evelyn, who I’ve met a few times in Mount Shasta, but who is presently in New Jersey. She asked me if I’d be going […]

Still Marveling At How I Got Here

They say, “When one door closes, another one opens.” All my life, I have been close to my parents and brother. We never missed a Christmas together all through the […]

Life Is Full of Small Miracles

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I had decided not to bring my harmonium to Pennsylvania this year since I noticed last year that there was a nice looking harmonium right there in the Temple that […]