--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "BillyG." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > > > > > > From: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Behalf Of BillyG. > > > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:29 PM > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] MMY..may be his last puja. > > > > > > > > > > > > On MMY channel..the most surreal thing I've ever seen (puja). You've > > > got to admit he has dogged determination and incredible dedication > > to > > > World Peace and Vedic knowledge up to the very end,..... > > > > > > Talk about eternal optimism...amazing for someone in their 90's! > > > > > > What about it? Was he really out of it or something? > > > > If this is the 24-hour puja for Guru Dev, no, > > sorry, he knew exactly what he was doing. He > > had to have the puja items handed to him by > > an assistant, but I think that's because he's > > almost if not completely blind and didn't want > > to have to grope around. His hands were steady > > as a rock, though, and there was no hesitation > > whatsoever in the way he handled the items. He > > was sitting up straight as a ramrod. > > > > Why BillyG says it was "surreal," I can't > > imagine (unless he was referring to the > > raggedness of the group recitation). > > It was an amazing *contrast* of fragility and strength......
That's very well put, I think, BillyG. He did look like a mild breeze could blow him away. But until it did, by gum, he wasn't budging! the group > thing was also rather somber and seemed to have the feel of a > group of people watching a phenomenon taking place right before > their very eyes, this wasn't just everyday normal. I didn't tune into that; I'll take your word for it. Interesting.
