I went and bought that waterproof gear I wrote about in an earlier blog entry. Shoes, pants, and jacket -- all waterproof. I tested them today -- the first rain-day since I bought them. Very good stuff, I'm very pleased. The pants actually get "wet," but the wetness doesn't penetrate, and they dry in minutes. I actually submerged my shoes in the park lake, up to the top of the laces -- no leak.

I still feel very close to "illumination" -- still so close, still so far. In a few weeks I'll be "homeless", but I already sleep in the park every night anyway. My main concern, though, is finding somewhere etherically pure and clean to live.