Snails like slimy stretchable cigars migrate in multitudes across the quiet country dirt road and they followed their instinct. Our Guru, Srila Prabhupada, referred to this instinct as the mystical direction of the paramatma, the supersoul within the heart. I certainly had to watch my step in order to honour my ahimsa or non-violent approach to life. Let the migration carry on.
The fields on either side of the tree-lined road were graced with golden wheat flowing in the light wind. I was walking and chanting enjoying a nice peacefulness with more calm than found in Vrindavana, India, a place of pilgrimage so popular for many of us monks. The town of our accommodation is Siemysl, a 20 km drive from the Baltic sea, is a collection of rustic homes and barns where many residents still ride their bicycles to go shopping or to work and where women still wear dresses.
The storks that I have been seeing so frequently in flight here in Poland are also common in this town. One feathered family had constructed a cozy and smart looking nest perched on the highest chimney. (maybe the myth about storks delivering babies came from this area). Indradumna Swami told me that residents in town consider the presence of the birds as auspicious. In any event always watching over us and situated so high they appear to rule the town.
There was plenty of interaction with people especially participants in the festival of India event to restart tomorrow on the Baltic sea. I had train a new actor to play the role of Krishna in the Gita. Also participating in the summer long festival was a band of the best musicians from India. The fellow who is playing a double violin and had accompanied Pandit Ravi Shankar in concert explained that his unique instrument is one of only three in the world.
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