{"id":5278,"date":"2023-03-22T12:54:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T17:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2023-03-22T21:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T02:59:14","slug":"147-march-23-2023-spring-arrives-at-dera-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/2023\/03\/22\/147-march-23-2023-spring-arrives-at-dera-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"#147 – March 23, 2023 — Spring Arrives at Dera … Sort Of!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Winter has turned to spring at Ishwar\u2019s dera in northern Wisconsin \u2026 at least according to the calendar.  In reality, the community of Bruce has experienced a karma-rich winter that seems far from over.  You may recall that the snow storms began on December 13, just hours after the foundation walls were completed at the ISHA Meeting Hall construction site.  Since then, abundant snow and ice have been a constant reminder of the significance of duality in our lives, as Ishwar frequently discussed.  Without such bad weather, how would we get to appreciate the good weather?<\/span><\/div>\n
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Here are a few recent photos of the dera \u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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Snow piled up in front of the dera in late February.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ishwar\u2019s local friends were busy this winter plowing snow to keep the dera roads open.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Volunteers also cleared access to the ISHA office with shovels.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Due to it\u2019s design, the dera garage\/greenhouse roof sheds snow on its own.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In spite of the snow and ice, a team of cheerful sevadars did come together in March to offer seva to Ishwar by preserving some of the abundant butternut squash that came out of the Prashad Garden last year.<\/span><\/div>\n
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When winter truly turns to spring, ISHA will welcome back all visitors who wish to offer seva to Ishwar Ji.  This will be an exciting and busy year at the dera, as construction continues on the Meeting Hall and the garden and many other projects will require help from all of Ishwar\u2019s friends. We hope to see you there!<\/span><\/div>\n
Here\u2019s the list of three official \u201cEvents\u201d at the dera, but all are always welcome to attend \u201cOpen Seva\u201d at any time between May 1 and November 1.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In either case, please let us know when you will be visiting by emailing dera.seva@ishanews.org<\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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     Spring Garden-Planting Event<\/b> \u2014 Friday, May 26 to Monday, May 29 (Memorial Day Weekend)<\/span><\/div>\n
     Summer Seva Event<\/b> \u2014 Friday, June 30 to Tuesday, July 4 (4th of July Celebration)<\/span><\/div>\n
     Fall Prashad Garden Harvest Event<\/b> \u2014 Friday, September 15 to Monday, September 18 <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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To offer seva for Ishwar\u2019s project, please visit https:\/\/ishanews.org\/voluntary-contribution\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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To learn more about the Meeting Hall, check out the dera website at https:\/\/dera.ishanews.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Any questions related to Ishwar\u2019s dera can be directed to Jagannath Kerai’s email at chairman@ishanews.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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With warmest regards,<\/span><\/div>\n
Paul Bauer<\/span><\/div>\n
ISHA Dera Building Committee<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Dear Friends,   Winter has turned to spring at Ishwar\u2019s dera in northern Wisconsin \u2026 at least according to the calendar.  In reality, the community of Bruce has experienced a karma-rich winter that seems far from over.  You may recall that the snow storms began on December 13, just hours after the foundation walls were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-construction-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5285,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5278\/revisions\/5285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}