Virginia Cramer, Artist, Science Teacher, Organic Gardener
I need simplicity in instruction. Virginia says, "Look, Prema," and I see my sister-in-law’s hands crowded with her discovery of purple beans. We walk past raised, organic beds and duck under the grape arbor where she uses a spray with neem oil from trees like those growing at my compound in India—linking us.
In spirituality, I seek plain words and keep mine as ordinary as possible. When I read, "For real spiritual service the disciple … when met with aggression … should be like the football that is kicked, for the very kicking raises it aloft and propels it onward till the goal is reached,"* I think of my high school days. As a baton twirler I went to every football game and so know how the football soars off the placekicker's foot to pass between the goal posts. I look at anger directed at me as benefiting me spiritually—if I can just listen and—even this consciously—be grateful.
My realization is, "Some books on spirituality are difficult to understand and interpret for daily living—but truth can also be found in everyday words and examples."
*Life at its Best, Meher Baba
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