I'll be participating less online, and will in general be less available over the following month or however long it takes, as Malati needs to go in for an operation to fix some health issues that have been bothering her since some time now, and as I will need to be tending to her needs and to all the housework during her period of recovery.

We're leaving for Vrindavana tomorrow morning, and she's going in early Monday morning. Even if it's a fairly routine operation we're looking at, a five-day stay at a hospital isn't something too pleasant for a sadhika observing principles as rigid, committed and engaging as hers. I will be accommodated nearby, and will be cooking for her during her stay. We should be coming back to Radha-kunda towards Friday evening, or otherwise towards mid-day Saturday.

For those concerned, the hospital at Vrindavana – Brij Healthcare – is a decent modern facility, a branch of the all-Asian Apollo Hospitals Group. One of the few health care related places in India that have invoked a sense of confidence in me. The doctor, a friendly enough lady she is, Dr. Anubha, has been working in the Delhi Apollo Hospital for years. It's not as fine as what I'm used to seeing in Finland, but then again it's much more than I expected, and frankly quite reasonable.

Prayers and get-well messages are of course welcome. It'll take a minimum of a couple of weeks and possibly up to two or three months until she can resume her normal routines. Sitting on the floor, bowing down and any other activities giving pressure to the stomach area – such as washing laundry in a bucket, which is by the way one of her favorite hobbies – are completely off limits. Let us pray for a swift recovery. While she's done her fair share of homework on natural remedies and so forth, health tips from those better versed in matters of health on recovering from a hysterectomy operation would be welcome. For example, notes on foods that aid in rapid recovery, or beneficial yoga postures that could be practiced during the period of recovery.

I don't exactly know to what my daily routines are going to settle during this period. Whichever the case, it's going to mean less participation online, and any active online development work will be suspended for the time being. I'll try to keep up with my e-mails, but as most of you know I'm not being that successful with the task even during normal times. As a heads up for everyone, this period is most likely a lead-in to a more permanent shift in priorities. In a week or two, I'll be putting out a poll asking for devotees to assess the priorities of all things ongoing, and based on the feedback and my own best judgment, I'll start suspending things deemed less than vital.

There was a time where my inclinations called me to initiate and produce the bulk of what you find in my project index. Those days are gone, and those inclinations have been purged. My sincere wish is to invest much more of my time into sadhana proper, into acts of svarupa-siddha-bhakti versa aropa-siddha-bhakti, and through their gateway into deep internal cultivation.

At a quick glance, I stand to gain about a lakh of names more into my day with the shift, and when I contrast its value with the uncertain final worth of many things I have been investing myself into, the call for a new direction is obvious and natural. Good things have been put in motion, let others now come forward, take of them what is of value, and carry it into the future. I'll be writing more on this in about a week or so. Don't ask too many questions yet, I know most of them and I would have answered them all today, had I found the time for it.