Free Write Journal #262

September 15, 2023 Satsvarupa Maharaja’s Weekly Health Report Hari Hari! Better news this week—Satsvarupa Maharaja only had four migraine headaches. He was able to sit up for longer periods of time before a regular headache, and most of the time they went away without taking medicine. He even tested the waters a few times—responded to […]

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Free Write Journal #261

September 08, 2023 Satsvarupa Maharaja’s Weekly Health Report Hari Hari! This week was a little encouraging in that there were fewer regular headaches than last week. Migraines persist and come sometime during the day or evening. Satsvarupa Maharaja is very fragile, and even a small amount of exercise or using the nebulizer for his COPD […]

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Free Write Journal #260

September 01, 2023 NEWS  ITEMS My Vyasa Puja 2011 Remarks to My Disciples and Followers on the Importance of Preserving My Legacy of Spiritual Literature (cont’d) Prabhupada wrote me so many letters and I wrote him so many letters about how to get on in Boston. Then after I was in Boston for four years, […]

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Free Write Journal #259

August 25, 2023 NEWS  ITEMS Health Update Hari Hari! This week was another roller-coaster ride with headaches and nausea. But the intensity seemed milder. There were actually two days without a migraine, but still numerous “regular” headaches daily. His personal doctor, Nitai Gaurasundara dasa, with his wife, Matsya, came for a few days, and that […]

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Free Write Journal #258

August 18, 2023 NEWS  ITEMS Health Update Hari Hari! This week Satsvarupa Maharaja experienced another “roller-coaster” ride with his headaches, from “shadow” headaches to full-blown migraine headaches. The nausea remained practically full-time, with a few hours’ respite after taking the medicine. The visit to the gastroenterologist turned out to be a bust. The doctor wasn’t […]

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Free Write Journal #257

August 11, 2023 NEWS  ITEMS From the Introduction to Prabhupada Meditations, Volume Five 1. I began the Prabhupada Meditations series in 1989. The Prabhupada-lilamrta was already completed, and I had written a few other books about Prabhupada, but I remember feeling at that time that I wanted to write something more about him. I had […]

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Free Write Journal #256

August 04, 2023 NEWS  ITEMS Becoming a Writer My parents weren’t really into education or the idea of me going to college. In any case they couldn’t afford to send me, and although I didn’t get good enough grades to get into Brooklyn, I was accepted by other colleges. I resented the fact that my […]

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Free Write Journal #255

July 28, 2023 Announcement With my illness, I am canceling writing volume four until my health returns. Despite my sickness, I am continuing to print the weekly journal. Free Writes Prabhupada’s Recorded Lectures Since I canceled the wonderful practice of daily out-loud readings of Prabhupada’s books with my disciples, I wondered how much I will […]

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