Don't Expect

"Don't Expect" One day I was having a really difficult time. It had something to do with some other disciples. When I was driving Guru somewhere, I told him about the problem. Guru just pointed to my...
26 August 2006
Don't Expect

Beyond Amazing

Beyond Amazing In late 1996, Guru was offering a concert series dedicated to the 50th anniversary of India's independence. At that time I was still living in Brooklyn and was very involved in...
26 August 2006
Beyond Amazing

In Dark Moments

Years ago, during the winter Guru used to practise tennis shots indoors in our old Progress-Promise meeting hall. Guru used a ball machine, which would eject balls at some considerable speed, and...
26 August 2006
In Dark Moments

We Heard You (poem)

We Heard You We heard You talking About a favorite television program. Everyone else pronounces it "I Love Lucy," Emphasis on the "I." But You say "I "Love" Lucy." In everything, You emphasize the...
26 August 2006
We Heard You (poem)

The Capacity

The Capacity Once Guru asked me to publish a running magazine for the general public. It was difficult to get correspondents, disciples or otherwise, to contribute articles. One disciple sent along...
26 August 2006
The Capacity

Never Worry Anymore

Never Worry Anymore This is a promise I will keep: not to worry any more about money. About one month before the Christmas vacation, I had not been able to gather even half of the cost of the trip,...
26 August 2006
Never Worry Anymore

Good

"Good" My first three years as a disciple were spent in San Francisco. During August Celebrations in 1976, Guru invited all the visitors to his house for a meal. As we were walking into Guru's...
26 August 2006
Good

Father

Father The first time I saw Guru was at NYU Law School, where he was lecturing. I was sitting at the back of the room, and couldn't hear (or at least understand) a word he was saying. But something...
26 August 2006
Father

Eternity (poem)

Eternity You might have seen the photograph In the newspaper, You know, the one where the geologist Is standing on a boulder Which he casually estimates is More than one billion years old. It...
26 August 2006
Eternity (poem)

Entirely Possible

Entirely Possible Quite a few years ago, when I was a new disciple, I went to Madal Circus with my ten-year-old daughter Chloe. During intermission, Chloe suddenly said to me, "Mum, you know I was...
26 August 2006
Entirely Possible

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