Michael and the Ganges
Mayapur, West Bengal
This morning I released the ashes of deceased Michael O'Regan, friend and spiritualist from back home in Canada. Michael would have it this way, the connection of the holy waters of Mother Ganga which flows through India's heartland while edging her way along Mayapur. The Ganges attracts life and death. From her waters she gives life and seems to take it away.
Michael was a very poetic, creative man who participated in the years of Krishna Conscious growth. He utilized his craftsmanship abilities in the service of Krishna over the years. Just before he passed away he expressed his love for chanting the maha mantra, "Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare."
I was fortunate to have with me a pundit for mantras. He reiterated them expertly as I discharged Michael's remains.
Almost every year a pilgrim who comes to Mayapur loses himself to the Ganges. A pilgrim will bath for purification and Ganga will claim him or her. It is said in sastra (codes of wisdom) that these waters are liberating for those who by providence are taken by her forceful flow. We are not suggesting suicide.
Doug and Max, two of three of our traveling companions to India, had gone to Ganga Devi on the previous day with caution. Doug our senior man in his sixties is taking well to all this spiritual cleansing. He did in the course of wallowing about in her special mud acquire a cut from a sharp object. Dustin, our third companion and super-efficient assistant came to Doug's aid. Hence Mayapur with all its pureness is having a positive effect on our boys. Whether its water, air, fire, ether or earth something treasurable is present here.
5 KM
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