Hare Krishna Dear Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are preparing to publish the corresponding Annual Report, with deep appreciation and gratitude for Srila Prabhupada, who lives in his books and in the steady correspondence of His pure devotee. Thanks to Krishna we are able to do so once again, responding to the request of His Holiness HPS. So… all glories to You.

We have important news. During these months we have lived attentive to the constant revelations that Providence brings to us… despite the condition allotted to us. Our donkey has been greatly benefited through the experience of unwanted, yet unavoidable, amputations.

We felt the grief of losing the index area of the left hoof, cut off by a wood-cutting saw.

Then, experiencing what is known as the “phantom limb syndrome”… we deduced that, during the critical moment of death, something similar might be felt—only due to the complete absence of Platero.

The attachment to “I” and “mine”… appearing as a sort of ghostly state of consciousness, in which one confronts the electric impulses of the mind that create the illusion of feeling pain in what is no longer there. https://vedabase.io/es/library/sb/4/28/17/#bb34314

On the other hand… during those days, when our enthusiasm was shaken by trauma, willpower arose, making it possible to continue as best as we could with the implicit commitment: +16/4. In that process, we concluded that the ever-present causeless mercy allows us to understand that the only real possibility of chanting without offenses appears when one simply does not stop chanting for as long as possible.

Also… that the most advisable way not to dream is to sleep as little as possible… and that yawning, being an indication of anubhāva, may well be used by Maya as a palliative for day-dreaming.

In short, dear Maharaja… We must already be exceeding 200 words, so all that remains is to offer thanks—since it is never out of place—and to take our leave until soon. HK. TGSP. And all glories to You.

E.N.C. das

HpS/ASA - Thank you E. N. Candra Das. What about your poetry? Any publications?

We have had two pairs of teeth amputated.

Our ears are at 25% functioning.

When the first tooth was pulled, the dentist, India congregation member in Miami. Very nice person.

Asked if we wanted to see the tooth.

We said yes and it was interesting to look at it.

We laughed and said that it appeared we were going to go back home, back to Godhead, one piece at a time.

He laughed and said that in 20 years as a dentists most people did not even want to look at the extracted tooth, and that we were the first ones who had laughed about it.

Same thing happening to you.

One piece at a time?

Hare Krishna Querido Maharaja

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Nos disponemos a publicar el correspondiente informe anual, con sumo aprecio y gratitud por Srila Prabhupada que vive en sus libros y en la correspondencia estática de Su devoto puro. Gracias a Krisna podemos hacerlo ahora, una vez más… atendiendo el pedido de Su Santidad HPS. Así que… Todas las glorias a Ti.

Tenemos novedades importantes. Hemos vivido estos meses atentos a las constantes revelaciones que la Providencia nos acerca… pese a la condición que nos toca. Nuestro asno se ha visto grandemente beneficiado al experimentar amputaciones no deseadas pero sucedidas.

 Hemos sentido el duelo por la perdida en la zona índice de la pesuña izquierda, amputada por la cierra de corte para madera.

Experimentando luego, lo conocido como: “Síndrome de ausencia por el miembro amputado”

… Deducimos que durante el crítico momento de la muerte… Podría sentirse lo mismo: solo que por la ausencia completa de Platero.

El “apego al -yo- y lo mío-” …como cierto estado de conciencia fantasmagórico… en que uno se enfrenta a los impulsos eléctricos de la mente, que crean la ilusión de sentir dolor en lo que ya no está. https://vedabase.io/es/library/sb/4/28/17/#bb34314

Por otro lado… durante esos días: cuando el entusiasmo se vio atacado por el trauma… apareció la voluntad haciendo posible continuar lo mejor que se pueda con el compromiso tácito: +16/4… En ese trajín… concluimos que la misericordia sin causa siempre presente… nos permite comprender que la única posibilidad real de cantar sin ofensas… se presenta ante el hecho de no dejar de cantar durante todo el tiempo posible.

También… que lo mas recomendable para no soñar, es dormir lo menos que se pueda… y que el bostezar, siendo un indicativo de anubhāva … bien puede ser utilizarlo por Maya como paliativo para soñar despierto.

En fin, querido Maharaja… Estaríamos ya excediendo las 200 palabras, así que solo resta agradecer por que nunca está de mas hacerlo. Y despedirnos hasta pronto. HK. TGSP. Y todas las glorias a Ti.

E.N.C. das