But now that I am “self realized” (In fact I am worn out and I can barely look at a hammer without wincing.) it is time to turn my efforts to other matters and, of course, this can only mean … Continue reading
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Thursday, June 22, 2006 8:32:14 PM Dear Ramai, I am so tired; I am so happy. Three years ago I devised a plan to create $100,000 of “sweat equity” in my properties. Today I am seeing the successful end of … Continue reading
Of all my daughters the most discerning, critical and even cynical is Radhika. Earlier she had asked if I believed in God. In the same vain she recently asked how a person dies. She knows that I have the unenviable … Continue reading
“The new American finds his challenge and his love in the traffic-choked streets, skies nested in smog, choking with the acids of industry, the screech of rubber and houses leashed in against one another while the townlets wither a time … Continue reading
There has been a tradition within ISKCON called the Christmas marathon that I have known since the beginning of the movement. I have no idea how or even if it still goes on today, but it certainly did during my … Continue reading
You may recall that once I married Kama Nagari I soon discovered that she was an epileptic, but in our medieval state of Krishna conscious, both Kama Nagari and I interpreted her condition as demon possession. Looking back on this … Continue reading
If you recall I once wrote about my life in the box. I am, of course, speaking about the box of medieval Vaishnavism, Krishna Consciousness. While it was true that for many years I did indeed do my best to … Continue reading
“Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have, comes from virtue”** People think that I am a theologian and this is true, but what I also am is an anthropologist, an … Continue reading
“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him, and then choose that way with all his strength.”* Saturday, January 28, 2006 10:08:31 PM I consider myself most fortunate because throughout my life I have always felt that I … Continue reading
“Scientists were rated as great heretics by the church, but they were truly religious men because of their faith in the orderliness of the universe.”** Wednesday, January 4, 2006 11:13:05 PM Tyco Brahe was an astrologer, Copernicus was an astrologer, … Continue reading