Thurs. June 12th, 2008 - Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Nipuna is a young barber/hairdresser who resides near our Burnaby ashram. He along with friends Kevin, Jennifer and I took a walk up the mountain on Nelson to St. Michael's Centre, a hospice. He was telling me about his new calling or career to function as a red ambassador, a security squad that supports the police force. Assisting tourists for directions, reporting problems, and working with the homeless are some of the tasks featured in his new upcoming job. He was happy for a fresh start at something.
Our real purpose to St. Michael's was to see a god-sister whom I have never met before. Kaumudakhi was dying from cancer and as a matter of duty and love we trekked to her hospice and then her room to see a happy patient for having company. Her legs are in tremendous pain but she took the liberty to tell us about the early days of her simple but soul-fulfilling times in Brooklyn. She endeared those moments.
She also kept to a theme in her discussion and left us with a good recommendation to remain steadfast to the guru and his teachings and not philandering in so many directions. This was instruction to the people accompanying me. "Real commitment" was her strong point and that sat well with all of us.
My evening was spent with local youth in our community and rehearsing on the drama, "Vamana" to be presented on Saturday.
6 km
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