Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Someday

Toronto, Ontario

I had scheduled 2 pm for a chanting session on the grass at Queen’s Park. The two young monks, the Penn boys, and I conducted an easy going kirtan for those strolling. The trick here is to chant to attract the Supreme Personality, Krishna, and the public simultaneously. Just what mood is to be conveyed? Should it be a presentation of the voice and instruments? Or the heart? Can we accomplish both?

The following poem conveys the mood behind chanting:

Someday

Someday I’ll find You in my heart.
Someday I’ll find You
and come out of the dark.

Someday I’ll find You
as I say Your names.
Someday I’ll find You
and make my claim.

Someday I’ll find You,
and I’ll surrender true.
Someday I’ll find You,
and I’ll know it’s You.

Someday I’ll find You,
and You’ll take me back.
Someday I’ll find You,
surely that’s a fact.

(“Someday” by Satsvarup Dasa Goswami from his book “Soul Eyes”)

7 KM