Phantom Runner
Phantom Runner
Before I became a disciple, I attended the weekly public meditation on Wednesday and I ran the "Runners Are Smilers" two-mile race every Saturday— religiously. That went on for a few...
26 August 2006
Phantom Runner
If He Is Not My Teacher
If He Is Not My Teacher
When Dodula first came to Kailash's lecture, she was dressed in her black nun's costume. To everybody's surprise, she was one of the ten people who signed up for the follow-up...
26 August 2006
If He Is Not My Teacher
Forever
Forever
The first time I went to what used to be known as the Aum Centre in Miramar, Puerto Rico, was in June of 1968. I went continuously for about 3 months, but at that time I considered myself to...
26 August 2006
Forever
Beyond Imagination (poem)
Beyond Imagination
When first we met
He smiled at me –
A breath-catching,
Mind-muting,
Heart-flooding
Radiance
Far beyond imagination.
Who could anticipate
Such a priceless, unhorizoned, cosmic...
26 August 2006
Beyond Imagination (poem)
First Steps
It was February 1968 and I was going to see Guru for the first time. Guru still lived in Manhattan then, in a brownstone apartment on the upper east side, where the Centre meetings were also held....
26 August 2006
First Steps
When I Suddenly Remember (poem)
When I Suddenly Remember
When I suddenly remember
That You are there
Always
In the corner of my everyday,
Here is what happens:
My heart jumps (both feet in the air)
My breath stumbles on its way in...
26 August 2006
When I Suddenly Remember (poem)
We Can Pray For Anything
We Can Pray For Anything
I drove four disciples to the Napa Valley Marathon in California and planned to help them and meet them at the finish. At one point during the marathon, as I rushed out of...
26 August 2006
We Can Pray For Anything
Sweetness Of Compassion (poem)
Sweetness Of Compassion
That I have come to experience the
Blue air in a billion stars in Your
Eyes of Compassion;
That the open ocean walkways of
Your heart I traverse are shared
With but a handful...
26 August 2006
Sweetness Of Compassion (poem)
Special Blessings
Special Blessings
For prasad on my birthday once many years ago, I wanted to make a special banana pudding. I stayed up all night stirring away before the pudding would ‘set'.
When I saw Guru that...
26 August 2006
Special Blessings
Oneness
Oneness
During the August Celebrations in New York, I was worried about something and needed to ask Guru for some advice. I left a note in Guru's car and hoped he would give me some outer...
26 August 2006
Oneness