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The Privilege to Serve
Last night the temperatures took a dive, so we moved Tulsi Devi into her winter home - a clean and warm greenhouse. Tulsi devi is a...


Contentment
'Contentment' is one of the niyamas, the set of five personal observances that Patanjali lists in the second chapter of his Yoga-sutras....


Just One Spoon
Making his way towards the car with boxed lunch in hand I began to say goodbye but he stopped and said “Just going to get my metal...


Missed Chances
I spied it on the side of a box I opened that said “Don’t throw away a chance to recycle.” What a great tagline! And of course it got me...


Spiritual Resilience
Life is often defined in the Bhakti teachings as ‘a struggle for existence’. The daily grind, the showing up, the making it to the end of...


Mercy
On the altar of humility If our desires are serious Never blind to our efforts His mercy is mysterious Charmed with compassion Our...


Uncertainty and Surrender
What I remember most was how quickly I was able to accept what was happening. An eastward swing down Porter Street, a long residential...


Don't Hike Alone
There is a lot of talk about resilience these days - the capacity to recover from difficulties. Since Covid-19 landed among us, we have...


Sunshine
Darkness creeps in when the sun goes away And fades away when the sun returns Our internal darkness also cannot stay In the presence of...


Life out of Balance
There is a great verse in the Bhagavad-gita that speaks to balance. “He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation...
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