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  • Upaaya-Kaushala by Swami Veda Bharati
  • Chitta-Prasaadanam by Swami Veda Bharati
  • Imparting the Knowledge of Brahma Vidya by Swami Rama
  • November’s HYT-TTP Retreat by Maryon Maass
  • The Prince or the Pauper by Jyoti Gerlitz
  • A Weekend in Wales by Sabina Cesaroni
  • Shouting from the Roof Tops! by Denise Martin-Harker
  • Pilgrimage to Dev Bhumi by Dr. Advaita Manohar
  • “Nbr 15” Put Wrinkles 0n My Forehead! by Denise Martin-Harker
  • Bedridden at Cottage 18 by Karin Fiedler
  • Wandering Sages of the Himalayas
  • Alone, Not Lonely by Ilyaz Nasrullah
  • It Started with a Whisper by Daniel Hertz
  • Shiva Meets Patañjali by Stephen Parker (Stoma)
  • Understanding Human Personality by AHYMSA Publishers
  • Would You Rather Be or Do This or That by Veena
  • Swami Veda Returns to SRSG by Joanne Sullivan (Divya)
  • 2012 Events and Beyond
  • Full Moon Meditation Dates
  • Location of our SRSG ashram
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Would You Rather Be or Do This or That

by Veena

Shortly before 9:00 pm on the night of the full moon meditation, Kai had me asking him questions….whatever I could think of and for a long time.

It was a game of “would you rather be or do this or that.”

After going through all possible “would like to be a tree trimmer or a taxi driver,” “an ear doctor or a professor,” type questions, I was out of ideas of what to ask him and yet he asked for more.

My mind went blank and what came was,
“Would you rather be a grape or a banana?”
Kai replies, “A grape of course.”
I asked him why he preferred to be a grape.
He replied sweetly and matter of factly,
“Because then you have all your friends really close to you.”
I said, bananas come in bunches.
“Yes, but there are not so many so close together.”

I ask, “What would you rather be, the acorn or the oak?”
“The oak,” Kai replies.
“Why would you rather be an oak?”
“To be the source that keeps supplying the acorns for all those who need it.”
And then he fell fast asleep.

I bow to the mighty oak.