A whirlwind of activities being coordinated from our small hide-away in the middle of the Pacific

"Only by a tranquil mind

does one destroy all action,

good or bad.

Once the self is pacified,

one abides in the Self

and attains everlasting bliss.

If the mind becomes

as firmly established in Brahman

as it is usually attached

to the sense objects, who, then,

will not be released from bondage?"

--Krishna Yajur Veda, MaitU 6.34. VE, 422