Comments on: Serenity in a Blizzard http://augustturak.com/personal-transformation/serenity-in-a-blizzard Service and Selflessness at Work: The Secret to Success Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: August Turak http://augustturak.com/personal-transformation/serenity-in-a-blizzard#comment-728 August Turak Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:40:36 +0000 http://augustturak.com/?p=3718#comment-728 Thanks so much Ninushka. I tried mightily to capture the essential Rose. And yes like calling you Ninushka, I remember how he fondly called me "Oogie." I wrote this initially as an opening chapter to a book on Rose. I meant it to be and still think of it as a metaphor for my spiritual life both with and without Rose. An authentic spiritual journey is voyage into the unknown that feels a lot like sliding down some slippery Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole in a vehicle barely under control. Sooner or later you realize that you are not even at the wheel of this crazy vehicle called "self" merely a passenge. There is something "else" at the wheel and what "control" there may be is not your own. And though you desperately want to believe that this madman at the wheel is what some might call "God", you never know for sure until you arrive back in Wheeling, "safe and sound" Thanks so much Ninushka. I tried mightily to capture the essential Rose. And yes like calling you Ninushka, I remember how he fondly called me “Oogie.”

I wrote this initially as an opening chapter to a book on Rose. I meant it to be and still think of it as a metaphor for my spiritual life both with and without Rose. An authentic spiritual journey is voyage into the unknown that feels a lot like sliding down some slippery Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole in a vehicle barely under control. Sooner or later you realize that you are not even at the wheel of this crazy vehicle called “self” merely a passenge. There is something “else” at the wheel and what “control” there may be is not your own. And though you desperately want to believe that this madman at the wheel is what some might call “God”, you never know for sure until you arrive back in Wheeling, “safe and sound”

]]> By: Nina http://augustturak.com/personal-transformation/serenity-in-a-blizzard#comment-702 Nina Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:56:17 +0000 http://augustturak.com/?p=3718#comment-702 Oh, Augie! You had me in stitches with this trip down memory lane! I have never met anyone remotely like Mr. Rose - that man was something else! Boy, did you describe him to a "T"! I lost it when you wrote: “What’s the matter Oogie, scared to die?” I could just see him saying that, driving like a crazy man in that hat etc! We were so lucky to experience and learn from that man! Thank you, Augie for writing this. It is really special! Oh, Augie! You had me in stitches with this trip down memory lane! I have never met anyone remotely like Mr. Rose – that man was something else!
Boy, did you describe him to a “T”! I lost it when you wrote: “What’s the matter Oogie, scared to die?” I could just see him saying that, driving like a crazy man in that hat etc! We were so lucky to experience and learn from that man! Thank you, Augie for writing this. It is really special!

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