Hello Giulia and Jim,
Before I knew it, January was over. Is it me or did everyone feel the speed with which we’ve moved from December into February. Since my last letter many things have happened. There’s a new administration in the US. My son Prem bought a house in Vegas. Mayanmar had a military coup. More coronavirus mutations are out and about. Vaccines are out and people are getting them in the US, and here in India. The vaccines in the US are the mRNA ones that require a cold chain. The Indian vaccines are inactivated virus that don’t need the -70 degree cold chain.
By last full moon, the weather here was starting to transition from Winter to Spring, signaling new growth and movement forward. Abundance of life is springing all around… butterflies, bees, insects, birds, animals are all out and about. I saw a baby snake, two civets, and some porcupine quills the other day on my walk in the hills. The layered sounds of insects and birds over the lush green valleys and hills are amazing. Migrant birds seem to have new babies who will perhaps be ready to fly northward in a few weeks. Whenever I open the patio door, my room seems to bring several in the honeybees. Then I must use a glass with a few drops of water to lure them in and move them outside. This is becoming our daily dance.
Jim, your casale in Italy and a cabin in Colorado sounds wonderful. Giulia will also have a home in Italy. Don’t forget you will have a place in India also. We can have a travelling community of three or anyone else who wishes to join the harmony. I’m collecting and saving some Civet coffee for when you two come to visit.
Speaking of the Heart,
The fragmented ego mind has no solutions
The heart intelligence has no problems
The ego seeks to know
The heart already knows
The ego says why
The heart, why not
The ego reacts
The heart responds
The ego says past n future
The heart, here n now
The ego tells me me
The heart, we we
The ego seeks
The heart, shares
The ego pulls and pushes
The heart elevates
The ego, action
The heart, presence
The ego holds on
The heart lets go
The ego spins
The heart flows
The ego black n white
The heart a spectrum
Ego, a shape-shifting chameleon
Heart, source of grounded presence
Ego thrives on divisions
Heart, unity
Ego, injures
Heart, heals
Ego tries to win
Heart surrenders
Ego judges
Heart embraces
It even embraces, the ego with all the love like a mother loves her child.
Love,
Dinesh
