OUT OF THIS WORLD

Been busy writing my paper on spinning black holes and looking for jobs. My husband finally turned up about a month ago and he is looking for a job too. We still have major money problems and it looks like things are getting worse as the funding for my current research project could be cut any day now. This material world really offers no stability or security, just one temporary situation after another. Some changes are minor and some are major but change is inevitable.

Yesterday my dog, Rupert, left his little dog body behind. In this life he has taken prasada and heard the holy name, so I pray that he will come into contact with Vaisnavas in the next life, whatever form he takes.

I will probably be moving house yet again in a couple of weeks due to my uncertain financial situation. I will have to move back to my father’s house. This is not very good for my spiritual progress. As Candidasa noted on his recent trip home: for those of us who are not completely transcendental, environment affects sadhana. In some situations it is possible to do something about the environment – tidy up, move out etc. but sometimes you just have to tolerate it somehow. Last time I saw my spiritual master he told me to “go with the flow” a bit more. Not sure what that means. Hope I don’t bloop (the sound the soul makes when it falls back into the material pool).