11/2/09 Meditation Class, Date with Luke

Outside our bedroom window: Earl the squirrel is happy and in his element eating what the birds drop from their new feeder. He is such a beautiful squirrel. His fuzzy, fluffy tail looks like our late angora cat, Shanti. The top of his tail is grey but underneath is red-blond. So gorgeous. And the birds are thrilled as well. We had three morning doves and three blue birds and lots and lots of little guys. One day Luke and I will know all their names. We're going to have fun this winter.

Another squirrel came to eat as well, but I don't think Earl invited him. The new squirrel stayed out of Earls way and only ate when Earl left.

We got to meditation class early. (for us) The minute that I walked into the room, I felt that Prem was there. I went into a deep and quiet space and I hardly remember anything that happened. I only know that I did a beautiful reading about a man who spent five years traveling the world and seeking his spiritual center. He has a moment after all his travels when he comes to his center--his peace. He does this in the company of a great Saint. After that who knows. I coughed but it didn't seem to matter, to me or to anyone else.

I told the story about the time that Baba was giving a program for a huge number of people in a tent in California. Noone told him that just down the street a tall building would be demolished during his program. When the big bang came, people jumped up and screamed and were totally upset. Baba just sat there in deep meditation. What a great way to live life--from the deep core within. So . . . if I cough . . . at least it's not a demolition, no one runs screaming.

The meditation was over so fast. I felt like about five minutes had passed by--really it was an hour.

Luke and I took a conversation ride. We're concerned about Thanksgiving. If Rain and her family can't come to Indy . . . where should we go. Emily has already invited the whole Indy family to her place. What to do?

Luke and I went to Target to pick up a few needed things. We had to cut our shopping trip short but it doesn't matter . . . We got the most important items.