asa[e] - guru tattva, siksa guru.

Dear Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances to the dust of your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

HpS/ASA - All glories to the dust of your lotus feet (hooves) also. AgtSP!!! 🙂

Dear Maharaja, hoping my mind will calm down. I have long desired to write to you. I found inspiration when I read your message this morning (about a 2 weeks ago via Blog HPS).

Thank you for being on my path. Although, observing my process, I haven't progressed as I would have liked, I continue forward. It is with deep sadness that I accept that you will no longer be my guru Diksa, but with great hope that you will accept me and be my guru Siksa. In that regard, I would like to ask what qualifications or requirements are needed on my part for you to accept me as such.

HpS - We heard from Sudama Swami that he asked Srila Prabhupada while in Japan what was a Siksa guru, and Srila Prabhupada answered, "Anyone who enlivens us by citing from the scriptures or previous acharyas."

He then asked, "Anyone???", and SP said, "Anyone".

So there is Sika, advice, how to get on the path. We are trying to reach the mystical city of Oz but the jungle is thick and there are hills, then someone yells down to us, "Hey, come up here there is a path".

So that is Patha pradarshika Siksa guru. It can be Srila Prabhupada directly, or Bhakta Bill who is a 99% recovered alcoholic who may never be fully initiated in this life, but has sent dozens of people to the Temple.

So, accepting us as a Siksa guru in the Patha pradarsika stage, just means writing to the Blog about how to become initiated. Let us write to Ministry of Sannyasa Services about becoming a Siksa guru at the time of Harinama Diksa.

O.K.???

Currently, I am attending to my Deities at a very basic level. I am doing service to Tulasi at the Chosica temple, following the four regulative principles, I have three children, the youngest entering adolescence, and my daily rounds… I wanted to send you this letter when I managed to chant 16 rounds a day, but I preferred to do it now 🙈 currently chanting 4 to 8.

I think my energy and motivation are not at 100%. I will work on my sleep and exercise; I'll try that.

I also want to read more, so why don't I do what I want? I want to chant my complete rounds, read the SB (since I bought the whole collection! 🤩), and log on to FMS in the mornings. Sometimes I realize the day has passed and I haven't done the most important things…

I eagerly await your next visit. My heart is filled with gratitude for your infinite mercy, and I hope to be more worthy of it. I will continue to watch your every move. Please accept my bows to the dust of your feet, Hare Krishna, esteemed Maharaja.

Bhaktina Patty Palomita

HpS - What time do you get up in the morning?