From:   l-sehgal@northwestern.edu
Subject: Re: louis armstrong int'l (a new orleans meditation)
Date: September 25, 2005 10:57:59 AM PDT

Dear Richard

Reading from Aster, You and John had me pondering and collecting my thoughts.

Hansa and I just moved to southern California after living in Chicago for 40 years.

An evening walk on the beach to watch the sunset has become a daily pilgrimage. Watching the Sun, bright golden red as it kisses the ocean in the distant horizon, a Light bright yet not overpowering, warming every part of our being with its rays. Surfers riding the crest of the waves with grace, Man in harmony with Nature!

Flashback to some 50 years, in the Ashram playground, sitting around The Mother, an all embracing Smile, as She answered our questions.

Then the meditation to Sunilda's music and Milidi's chanting of " Om Namo Bhagavate, Sri Arivindaye" and "Om Namo Sri Miraye." The Mother in trance, The Golden Sun in our midst with Infinite Patience waiting for us to awake from our slumber.  
I will end the way I ended my correspondence with The Mother, a line from Her Prayers and meditation:

"Donne nous, une foi ardente, active, absolue, inebranlable en Ta victoire"

Her incorrigible child,

Lakshman