Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) taught us The Elemental Song. The Elemental Song (usually sung to the tune of My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean) goes ... We love you, we love you, we love you, Our dear Elementals, we do. All beings of Air, Fire, and Water, And beings of Earth, we love you. I Am... Read More

I asked Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) for Initiation. He said he only did Initiations during the annual summer retreat in Tyler, Texas. Along came the summer of 1976. Gerry Thomas and I drove north to Tyler to experience the retreat. Gerry and I were in a Gurdjieff group led by Bob Hohenberge... Read More

I was on a Greyhound bus heading back to Houston. Boston was behind me. "My ex-girlfriend is picking me up at the Greyhound station, and every time we get together it rains," I told the guy sitting next to me. "Not this time," he said. "It's blue skies all the way to Houston." The clouds sh... Read More

I drove a taxi in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1974. I lived in the Back Bay area of Boston. One cloudy day, I was depressed and walked along Massachusetts Avenue. A light drizzle turned to rain. I took shelter in a covered bus stop. On the seat was a brand-new paperback copy ... Read More

A rainstorm helped me give a flower to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. I lived with Robbie Sullivan in Santa Barbara with her twin boys, David and Alan. I drove taxi, pocketing enough money to send Robbie (some of you know her as The Light Bulb Crusher) to an August, 1971, Transcendental Meditation Teache... Read More