In this last week of my retreat, I am planning to make better use of the early morning walk. The dogs will bark, but my caravan will pass. I will be rapt in thoughts, prayers, addressing myself to guru and Krishna, and to my own mind, as I did in the days of _Entering the Life of Prayer_. I can still learn from that stick-figure praying man:
“It’s night time and I am about to take rest. I want to add a positive note that several times today I prostrated myself down in that posture and prayed, once in the shack, several times in my room. I just gave to Krishna some thought that was on my mind. Previously I would very rarely do such a thing, although I would consider it to be good. So it is a gain that I can do it several times. Now let us try to increase it. You may feel lazy and you don’t want to walk over and bow down, but do it and continue to do it more and more. Hare Krishna.” (_Entering the Life of Prayer_)
(_Begging for the Nectar of the Holy Name_)