Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke
One night Guru invited Ashrita and me to his house. Usually at around 11:00 or 11:30 p.m. Guru closes up shop and everyone has to go home. But on this particular night Guru didn't ask...
26 August 2006
Cool Hand Luke
Lessons On The Path
One of the first jobs I tackled in New York after Guru put me in charge of organising the 1991 Peace Run was to publish a brochure about the Run. Since I was new to this kind of work, I was feeling...
26 August 2006
Lessons On The Path
You Did The Right Thing
"You Did The Right Thing"
I used to have two little parakeets. One night I was carrying their cage to a small room where I used to let them fly around for a while. As both my hands were occupied, I...
26 August 2006
You Did The Right Thing
Working On It
Working On It
During the early days of Guru's Jharna-Kala painting, sometimes Guru used to paint all night. Different people were asked to number the paintings throughout the night as Guru painted,...
26 August 2006
Working On It
Thrilled
Thrilled
Once Guru took a trip to Virginia on the Centre bus to see Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. Amita and I were riding in the back of Databir's station wagon. For some reason, I was so...
26 August 2006
Thrilled
The Thread
The Thread
After one and a half years on the path, I began to consider going back to university. I left my work at one of the divine enterprises and began to clean houses to increase my savings, but...
26 August 2006
The Thread
So Inspired
So Inspired
In 1973, Guru suggested that I open a divine enterprise. Of course, I had no money, so I decided to go with Pranika to visit our relatives in Arizona. At that time our uncle was still...
26 August 2006
So Inspired
Silently Wished
Silently Wished
When I had been a disciple only a year or two, I went on a bus trip from New York to Canada with Guru and a group of disciples. Guru came down the aisle offering little candies as...
26 August 2006
Silently Wished
Same Yellow Hat
Same Yellow Hat
Toward the end of one seven-day race, I had a very powerful inner experience while I was out walking at around 3 a.m. Just for a few minutes, I felt that I "became" Guru, that he was...
26 August 2006
Same Yellow Hat
Real Birthday
Real Birthday
I was born on March 24th, but because of extenuating circumstances, I celebrate my birthday on February 27th. Once Guru asked me to explain why, and I told Guru I have told the story...
26 August 2006
Real Birthday