Fri. June 27/08 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
The Unity Church hosted our Krishna Culture Festival Tour. Anapayami, an accomplished Bharat Natyam dance teacher, performed with her students in this modern church. The community is Christian based but they believe that communication with other forms of spirituality enriches what they have already achieved. Our "Kunti and Karna" performance did well followed by a kirtan chanting session. People got on their feet, started swaying and chanting. It was just magical.
I am so proud of our crew because after only three days a production was assembled for a hour and ten minutes. Lines were memorized by the leading actors within that brief period.
After the performance and after tasty prasadam was served (compliments of our traveling cook, Apurva) I chatted with people, some of whom lived and spent their time in an ashram where monks live. I was astounded by one person in particular who told me of his life prior to coming to spiritual. It was much like the story of Karna who was an abandoned child. Well this former monk who I talked to (now with family) was ignored by his biological parents and was transferred from foster home to foster home until finally he met with decent people at the age of 12. There are millions of kids who go through that kind of life. My reflection of these people who get such a bad bargain on life have spirituality to resort to.
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