The week after Thanksgiving I had my annual week of seclusion. Seclusion is a personal retreat: a retreat where one is alone with God in prayer and meditation. This time I didn’t even go out for a walk or a run, though I did more chores around the Hermitage house than I have in past years: cleaning, mostly.
A couple of years ago a friend of mine, Saiganesh, came with some other devotees to visit Los Angeles for a weekend of programs with Nayaswami Asha. I did not have his cell phone number so we exchanged numbers so we could communicate about weekend details.
A fellow tither wrote recently to tell me a remarkable story. She was preparing for an extended trip with her husband, and she decided she’d better stock up on birdseed to replenish the feeder while they were gone. She wrote: I went to the grocery store and bought extra food for the birds and squirrels. When I got home with … Read More
