OFF HAPPILY TO OUR HERMIT'S HUT; LEARNING CENTERING

Have been in the city for the launch of my book -- busy, busy, media, interviews -- all good and necessary. What makes me happiest is my reclusiveness -- without a doubt. It is important to know this. I fall ill without being connected to my writing -- without being entirely free to spend my day as I please.

So, there won't be enough connectivity there; so, our electricity and water will be a problem when we are there; so, it will rain altogether entirely too much when we are there. There has been a cloudburst in Jibhi, a few miles away from us and the roads may be washed out. We hope they will be repaired by tomorrow. I long to return. So, till we have connectivity again, this is another brief goodbye.  Coming, going, leaving, returning, my life is full of them. What contrasts I navigate! All necessary for balance: being social, being reclusive, being in the city and the boonies, comfort/convenience and learning to make do -- all necessary to learn the important art of centering till you can learn to make the entire field of your existence you center. Perhaps this is a trick this old dog won't learn in this lifetime.

ELEVEN

 Oh, keep your heart open, open, open!

TEN

Knowing we do not know, heals the head and heart.

WHAT IS SEHAJA?

That which happens spontaneously, of itself, naturally, in the course of things the way plants and fruit ripens, is SEHAJA

NINE

Don’t sweat too much. Trust. Everything is not up to you. Don’t carry the weight of the Earth. Guru Nanak calls this SEHAJA

EIGHT

Don’t push yourself harder than you need to go. Take it easy, as they say.

SEVEN

Listen to the body – pay attention, cater to its legitimate needs. It will love and reward you for it.

SIX

Allowing ourselves to have fun heals heart brain. Imitate children.