Silent Swan

Scenes of Recovery

I hope I'm not making too much light of things, but one thing hospitals really have going for them is that they really add rich material to your collection of bathroom humor.

My experience with Kaiser hospitals has been mostly quite positive.  The genuine care of the doctors, nurses and countless friends made most of the difference.

Tommorow, January 11th I will be released from the recovery center.  I can walk unsupported now, though my knees are probably only 60-65% healed, but improving daily.

Below are some photos taken from the last few weeks.   They are mostly all past the point of when I was really sick.

Praise

Oh Supreme Being whom is the Source of all Life

Whom is the changeless eternal reality
Peeking through the interwoven seams of everchanging conditions

By nearly taking this life
You have saved it

You threw me Saturn's ring
So I may cling and not drown
In the cesspool of polluted mind

You boiled my blood clean
Full of creeping critters of unwholesome desires

You tore apart my knees
So that not one further step could be taken
Into a precipice of immense misery

And all along this journey
You have twinkled through the eyes and hearts
of all friends, all nurses, all doctors,
all visitors visible and invisible
Reassuring and ensuring
That all is fine & right
So long as I am with you

I know you are with me

It is my pleasure to call you
And thank you
In the form of my beloved Guruji
Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath
And the Master of all Masters
Mahavatar Shiva Goraksha Babaji