@UP8@mastodon.socialI spent the drive up to Little York working on a lecture about the magic of blessings which primed me such that every time someone said "Enjoy the 4th of July" it exploded in my brain like a firework
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@UP8@mastodon.socialSpider suspended on string I saw at Little York; after Groton I felt the need to improve how I explain myself-as-a-fox and spent the drive up thinking about how to explain the magic of blessings which made me highly responsive to the goodwill which was so abundant
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Marla Kether:
🎵 Blessings (feat. Mez)
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@tschfflr@fediscience.orgFamily member’s WhatsApp session has been hacked (hopefully caught in time before real damage was done) but it’s moved some remaining holdouts to move to Signal. Count our blessings? (And def check your “linked devices” if you have any)
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioRE: #India I attended a "Gana Homa" which is an offering into fire to invoke Ganesha to seek his blessings. (Gana ≈ gaNa; see the earlier post. Similarly, Homa ≈ hoama.)
Some pictures and videos from today's hoama. 👇
(there was also a feast but no pictures).
#photography #ritual #festival #ama
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Marla Kether:
🎵 Blessings (feat. Mez)
#MarlaKether
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioMany in South India dedicate Saturdays to Lord Shreeniwaasa (aka Wenkataesha). They offer special prayers to him at home, visit his temple, sing his praise, take his "prasaada" (blessings).
Alt text has a brief of what's in this picture (taken May 11, 2026 #Bengaluru).
#photography #amateur #tradition #India #Hindu #Saturday
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioEven James Bond seeks Lord Shreeniwaasa's blessings on Saturdays. 🙇♂️ 😉
Today morning in #Bengaluru. The markings at the top of the altar entrance is common in Shreeniwaasa temple, especially those operated by the "Iyengaar" sect.
(Interesting name on the man's jersey BTW. #iykyk)
#humor #India #Saturday
@smurthys@hachyderm.ioA most #unbelievable #Friday:
1. A scholar extraordinaire called *me* to inquire of my health. 1.5 years ago, I sat in his lectures, him not knowing I even existed. 🙇♂️
2. Visited friends. Another visitor there is actually my first cousin who I hadn't seen in 3 decades. 😲
3. Someone extremely important and influential called and I didn't recognize it was them. So, now I'm looking for means to convey my apologies and ask forgiveness. 😳
#life #gratitude #blessings