Del Nett: Alandi bids farewell to a beloved elder

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Last week Alandi lost a beloved elder. At eighty eight, Del Nett was one of the oldest members of our far-flung community. We initially met Del in 2004, when we visited Des Moines on our very first Midwest tour. Since then we have traveled to Des Moines once or twice every year for lectures and clinic and always enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with this unique individual. His wife, Sandy, has chaired our committee in Des Moines for ten years, working hard to organize our visits, so we had a chance to grow quite close to both Sandy and Del.

Del was born in Los Angeles in 1926. An author and film-maker, he was intensely creative and innovative. He had an unquenchable thirst for new ideas and was a voracious reader of esoteric and metaphysical literature. He was a great sportsman, playing tennis and golf right up to the end of his life. In his elder years, Del was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer. He made a miraculous recovery with the help of Ayurvedic herbs and his natural enthusiasm for life.

It is hard for us younger folk to picture what our elders lived through-- the Great Depression, the Second World War, the Nuclear revolution. Imagine being born in Los Angeles when Ben Hur was a new film and the first skyscrapers were being built! Yet of all the historical events Del lived though, it seemed that the Hippie revolution and the birth of the Counterculture was the most significant to him.

Del passed away on Makara Sankranti, the most auspicious day of the Vedic calendar. It is said that one who leaves the body on this day will be freed from the bonds of rebirth. I hope Del will keep smiling upon us as he continues his journey on other planes. Please remember Del, Sandy and their family in your prayers and meditations.

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