Free Bus Pass

Free Bus Pass When I was still new on the path, I needed one day to take the crosstown bus east to get to the subway. I walked up to what I thought was the correct bus and, just to make sure, asked...
26 August 2006
Free Bus Pass

Free

Free When Garden of the Soul was first published, I wanted very much to read it—especially because it is a story book—but the end-of-semester pressure at school was so great that I didn't dare. Then...
26 August 2006
Free

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

Arranged

Arranged Guru arranges many "coincidences." Years ago I went to Thailand and met a saintly Cambodian monk who asked me to look up an American friend of his back in the United States. Upon my return...
26 August 2006
Arranged

Inner Connection

Message Remember Hansel and Gretel tiptoeing through the dark forest, dropping breadcrumbs behind them to find their way back home as they stumbled towards the witch's house (and her hot...
26 August 2006
Inner Connection

Those Who Want To

"Those Who Want To" To honour Guru’s fiftieth birthday, the disciples staged a 25-mile run (50 laps) up and down the steep hill on 150th Street. I completed the run in about 5 hours 30 minutes. The...
26 August 2006
Those Who Want To

Pulling Me Along

Pulling Me Along Although I never ran before joining Guru's path, in the first marathon I ran, I was the fifth woman overall. I thought, with a little more practice I could be first, and then maybe...
26 August 2006
Pulling Me Along

My Silent Coach (poem)

My Silent Coach My silent coach, You pull me from the chains of comfort Out into the sanctuary of morning To tread where you have trod, Impelled by the verdant hope Of a glimpse Of your loving...
26 August 2006
My Silent Coach (poem)

Journey To The Unknown (poem)

Journey To The Unknown A 3,100 mile orbit of concrete, Automobiles and local humanity, Lightly spiced with a hint of nature And fed by the Grace of God, Supported with the efforts of friends Who...
26 August 2006
Journey To The Unknown (poem)

Inner And Outer Helper

Inner And Outer Helper In 1979 I ran the New York Marathon—my first. Guru also ran the marathon that year. At the function the night before, Guru gave bee pollen for prasad, which I ate immediately...
26 August 2006
Inner And Outer Helper

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