The only time I remember it is when someone talks or writes about child-bearing. Of course, it took me some time to decide whether I should/ should not share before I shared here.

Yes, dear, I did get over it immediately after the procedure, in fact I went for White Robe the same evening, it was my most memorable one.

The question about “Awarenes” in pregnancy is a good example of this. The question is so ridiculous, from where I stand. And is a good example of a being stuck in the past mentality.

Other notions like “commune of the body mind” is one that has passed me by. I’m guessing it is some form of Sannyasin terminology that I’ve missed.

Would you be so kind to inform me: what does it mean?

He thinks I am some kind of hangover from the fifties who played a lot of cricket, and see the world solely through cricketing metaphors, etc. I never played a lot of cricket, though admit to a fondness for the game.

This is not serious on his side also, I am sure he thinks he has found a ‘running’ joke to banter me with.

He also persists in thinking I am the main moderator of this forum – I am not!

As for Richie Benaud, I found him a comforting and insightful voice. I know nothing of his inner life, except one obituary said that he regretted in old age spending so much time in the sun (he died of skin cancer of the face – not a very pleasant end, one would think).

I liked zennis when I played it in Pune commune, and still myself consider that a commune of the bodymind ain’t a bad idea, and I benefited from it a great deal. I say this because with another twist of fate I could have probably enjoyed a sole interest life of sport.

“What could be the benefit of you doing ‘The Mystic Rose’ to the unborn baby though? Wouldn’t all that upheaval be upsetting for the tiny little thing?”
At that time I thought it was the only gift I could give it.

“Perhaps it ‘thought’, “My God, I don’t think I can put up with this, it’s not how it seemed in the brochure” – and was relieved when it all ended?”
Ya, somewhere on those lines, for sure.

Ever wondered why that might be, Shantam?

Also, I thought you were the arch-proponent of ‘transparency’, passionate about the prime importance of contributors here being ‘real’, eg by providing a photo.

One might well ask, what’s the point of a photo when the writer is wearing a metaphorical mask anyway?

Carry on digging, Shantam (whoever you might be)….

What could be the benefit of you doing ‘The Mystic Rose’ to the unborn baby though? Wouldn’t all that upheaval be upsetting for the tiny little thing?

Perhaps it ‘thought’, “My God, I don’t think I can put up with this, it’s not how it seemed in the brochure” – and was relieved when it all ended?

There again, as you say, “I guess one has to go through what one has to.”