August 12, 1997 Midnight “Profane play with the holy,” said Bishop Mynster of Kierkegaard’s Training in Christianity. Now my obsession is with what I shall write. I resolved this once by inventing…

September 1, 1997 September Songs 1 Invitation “September Morn” is a painting of a woman bathing in a stream. There was once a cheap porcelain knick-knack…

 September 22, 12:34 a.m., Medalago (Villagio Hare Krishna). The next three weeks are meant for lecturing and being a public figure in ISKCON temples. I’ll also be writing. Someone asked me last night in the…

 October 8, 1997, 12:12 a.m. Yudhisthira Maharaja wanted to know about Prahlada Maharaja from Sri Narada Muni. Only a qualified devotee can know transcendental subject matter…

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?..

November 15, 1997, 12:12 a.m. Kurma Brahmana says to Lord Caitanya, “Please take me with You. I can no longer tolerate the waves of misery caused by materialistic life.”…

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.”…

December 23, 1997, 1:47 a.m., Jackson Heights Down By The riverside & Well down by the side River we’re going down by riverside…

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…

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…