WHY WE STRUGGLE!
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Some days can be taxing trying to sort out issues that may arise within communication at home base or in the province or the country. In addition to my regular activity of raising consciousness to various parts of the world I have as part of my portfolio, a spiritual supervisory responsibility over the Canadian centers of ISKCON. People are what they are whether spiritual or secular, by nature, they are people.
Disagreement is such a signature for the age in which we live. Stalemates are across the board in human society. One time a film producer, David Schultz, asked me, “You have conflicts within your community?”
“Of course, we all are under the influence of human nature”, I said.
“Now that’s the perfect answer”, Dave said.
From the stand point of the Gita, Krishna speaks about desire and hate that causes the soul’s stay in the material world to begin with. He also relays to Arjuna the influence of the three gunas upon the soul, they being goodness, restlessness and inertia. Elsewhere He speaks of our struggle with the six senses including the mind.
Conclusion: there is a lot that each and every one of us carries on our shoulders, karmically speaking.
For today’s walking excursion Dustin and Nitai accompanied me near the Brick Works trail. We trekked through some tight spots, deliberately. We choose some steep sections where branches and vines were held onto for dear life.
We are suckers for adventure.
9 Km
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