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Every Day, Just Write vol 15

Every Day, Just Write vol 15

October 27, 1997, 12:09 a.m. Devotional service is offered to Krishna for the benefit of the devotee, “for the Lord doesn’t need service from anyone.” Yes, but does the Lord exist?..

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Every Day, Just Write vol 17

Every Day, Just Write vol 17

December 3, 1997, 12:08 a.m. “Besides these two, there is the greatest living personality, the Supreme Soul, the imperishable Lord Himself, who has entered the three worlds and is maintaining them.”…

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Every Day, Just Write vol 19

Every Day, Just Write vol 19

January 14, 1998, 3 a.m. Back to Ireland and moving in. Jet-lagged. I feel like a busy, harassed clerk as I try to sort through this room where our boxes and bags were dumped. But no pain over the ocean, so I shouldn’t complain…

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Every Day, Just Write vol 20

Every Day, Just Write vol 20

February 2, 1998, Midnight I’m thinking of my spiritual life: should I renounce my poetry and art in favour of stark sadhana? I am about to move to Wicklow. When I move to that “cave,” should I not live in…

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Every Day, Just Write vol 21

Every Day, Just Write vol 21

February 23, 1998, 12:15 a.m. “Impersonalists cannot be purified, for they do not offer personal prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead . . . A devotee, however, always offers his personal prayers.”

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Every Day, Just Write vol 22

Every Day, Just Write vol 22

March 14, 1998, 12:22 a.m. See clearly, be purified, practice your art, and aspire to make an offering to the Supreme Lord. Don’t be ashamed of what that offering is, especially if it’s made with heart. Or, be ashamed, if that’s you…

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Every Day, Just Write vol 23

Every Day, Just Write vol 23

April 3, 1998, 12:15 a.m. O Lord, You are in my heart. I am writing this not under the power of my own hand. You have given me everything. Of the various voices clamoring in me, I assert that I want to read the Bhagavatam with faith…

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