I found some old notes–a collection of quotes, insights, thoughts, and readings from close to twenty years ago–and I’m happy to realize that what was true for me then is still true for me now.
For example, I had written the following:
“What I want more than anything is to be able to simply be the vehicle for music to course through. I want to be the pipeline and the music the water. And I want to be a wide-open, pure, smooth, silvery pipeline for the sacred water to flow through, not a rusty, corroded, constricted, obstructed pipeline that blocks the flow. “
Yes! This is still my prayer and my most sincere desire, and I realize it was my prayer and desire even before I was able to articulate it. And I thank God, Gurus, and Swamiji for the precious moments when I’ve been able to actually experience that sacred flow.