Hare Krsna! Hare Rama!
A G T S P ! (((paoho) & (((bw))) Monkey/Piggy here! We are in our excellent room in Raktaka Das's home in Brisbane. For example, yesterday, we were up at 1AM for Japa Joe! About 11-devotees chanting and chatting. Got 16-good rounds done before Mangala-arati.... Bath, Puja for Lord Nrsmha, 15-minutes travel to Temple. Mangala arati with about 7-devotees, more Japa, Bhakti-vaibhava readings for Canto Four. Class for 1-1/2 hours with about 45-devotees. Back to the house, bath, quick check of mail, little rest (24-minutes) some nice fruit, back in another auto, 45-minutes travel to full noon day program with one hour on internet for conference call with devotees in Peru of Nimsar, Educational Development. Took little rest in same house, bath, lecture (45-devotees, some strong topics), talk with 25-devotees, back in another car, change of plans and back to the Temple for ISKCON Youth program, read from Ramayana and then very intense questions and answers until 7PM. Raktaka Das kind of pulled the plug on things at 7PM and back to his house by 7.45PM.
Little tire, ei Mate!!
We were supposed to post this DTC then, answer letters and read the Krsna book.
Ha! Ha! Ha! (Re!!!). cOMPLEetely bone, dog-dead T I R E D!
(((but happy))
So, we turned off our brain and looked at the Bio-graphy of Mao Se Tung on the Your tube up to the point where he started to murder 10-million people. Of course it seems to have some value in dovetailing it with preaching.
Now we have caught up on the MED, NIOS, ASA-Kids Mexico mail and answered an amazing request for a lecuture at University in Kolkatta when we are there.
SLOW DOWN HpS!
We are trying... but it seems we are engaged as we should be and slowing down means for everyone to see who we are. That seems to be happening. Raktaka Das commented that he is just beginning to realize how much our work is extended. We are not just doing work here and now with our gross senses.
Also, we have been told again and again that we will be famous after we are gone, so it seems that our pushing programs in the here and now may not be what Krsna wants. In that spirit we have made good meetings, practical suggestions follow up letters to the devotees and scholars involved with the University of Bhagavata Culture in Manipur and there has been NO response so far. So we will make maybe two phone calls and then if nothing happens we will be open to future invitations but stop pushing ourselves.
Peru is advancing. Book in Kokatta is advancing. Book shipment to USA is advancing. For NIOS progress in Nashville we want to butt heads with Abhiseka Singh and NGD and Tandavika about what they are inspired to do.
If all else fails we, Tom Brown, will take Uncle Gismo's offer and start work on our ASA PhD (Doctor of Phalocracia).
Now, 3.30PM. Time for lunch Prasadam. Then some Japa and Blog mail and Reviewing and grading our last paper from Radadesa before we leave for the Temple for the Evening Program (Meet Maharaja).
Tommorrow we fly to Melboourne. One hour clocks forward! Jaya!!!