In the early 1970s, I lived in India for three years as a renounced devotee of Radha Krishna living in the holy places such as Vrindaban. I got to experience this spiritual path in its homeland from a variety of reputable sources, most importantly Dr. O.B.L. Kapoor and Lalita Prasad Thakur. I became very Indianized […]
It’s mid-November in South Puna. We’ve been having a heat wave and dry weather. Yet, the past couple of weeks, we put much energy into installing a tile-hearth, woodstove and chimney for our yurt. Last night and this morning, the temperature seemed cooler than it has been. When I got up early this morning, the […]
I got my computer back about a week ago. I had to spend quite a bit of time getting it set up again after a total restore. It’s still not totally back to where it needs to be, but it is functioning fine. Actually, I kind of enjoyed not having it for a week. I […]
My brother in New York saw some stuff on the news about volcanic activity here and was concerned about our well-being. I just sent him this report. It’s been over two weeks since there have been any volcano activity updates on the newspaper website link here. Instead they have a big article about a volcano […]
It’s the day after the County Council meeting, and I’m sitting here in my yurt in the jungle of South Puna listening to John Lennon on the stereo as I write this. All these years after his death he still shines on as he said we all would. Just imagine if we really had a […]
I just copied this from peacefulsky.com the main website for this initiative. The simple, direct ballot initiative question is this: “Shall public policy be amended to end all marijuana eradication operations and transfer any and all manpower and funds for such programs to anti-methamphetamine education and treatment programs?” Yes No Related News and Events Thursday […]
Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, my grand guru, is a shining example to me as I read his writings and see how he dealt with the spiritual issues of his day. He remains relevant and an inspiration to me and other progressive thinkers. I just re-read the opening pages to his Sri Krishna Samhita, written in 1880, […]
I moved to the jungle to live a peaceful, quiet, contemplative life. Instead, I find myself in a war zone, a war declared by the federal, state and local governments against the people of the Big Island. It’s called Green Harvest and is intended to eradicate cannabis growing. Green Harvest has been going on for […]
I finished reading God As Mother: A Feminine Theology in India, by Cheever Mackenzie Brown. I am 124 pages into the Brahmavaivarta Purana (BVP) which is 1500 pages. While there is still anti-feminine rhetoric in the BVP due to the strong patriarchal, ascetic, renunciate strain in Vedic theology which sees the feminine as the seductress […]
I have been reading God As Mother: A Feminine Theology in India, by Cheever Mackenzie Brown, and I am about half way through it. It is a fascinating study of the Brahmavaivarta Purana (BVP) in which I found many theological points I resonate with, so much so that I have now ordered the whole BVP. […]