My path at this time

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 sky was clear, but I could see clouds to the NE where the trades come from. Rather than light­ing a fire, I said, “Why don’t we just wait until the sun comes up and warms things up.” because that’s the way it been lately. It’s pour­ing now and quite chilly for here (we’re at about 1,000’ ele­va­tion, so it is a lit­tle cooler). Now, we’re both think­ing of start­ing a fire at 9:00 am when yes­ter­day, it was hot in here by then from the sun. I guess we got the stove in just in time. Still, it’s not bad for mid-November.

Some weeks ago, I asked the I Ching, “What is my path at this time?” It told me to med­i­tate on that ques­tion while focus­ing on the here and now. I have been doing that, and I have come to a con­clu­sion. My path is to cut back on dif­fer­ent roles I have played in my life, such as life-coaching and astrol­ogy, and focus more on my per­sonal spir­i­tual growth and writing.

That is really why we moved to Hawaii. I am sit­u­ated in a sus­tain­able lifestyle—I lit­er­ally chop wood and carry water—which allows me to be semi-retired, liv­ing a reclu­sive life of spir­i­tual prac­tices and writ­ing. I have wanted this for a long time, and I am very grate­ful, that with the help of my wife, Jah­nava, this is now a real­ity. Our home is a tem­ple where Radha and Krishna are wor­shiped and we see this as Braja, their land. Our love is a reflec­tion of their love. Jai Radhe!

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