Calgary, Alberta
Gaura Chandra is a staunch Italian born devotee on the
Calgary Green Way in the city's suburb, and for a special treat Gaura Chandra
drove out to the Inglewoodbird sanctuary for more trekking. There we meandered on the trail. As we
approached the shoreline of the Bow River,a massive goose with her incredible
wingspan came within inches of us. As she
flew to perch herself at the hollow of a nearby ancient tree. This caught our curiosity. You rarely see these mighty birds sit on a
tree branch. Another goose came to the
edge of the river's bank near us in order to divert us. He hissed and then slapped perfectly
formed feathers. We figured it out. He was probably the daddy who came to his
mate's defense, nesting in the tree. She sat determinedly in the joint and hollow
of the tree protecting her eggs. Such
are bird dynamics.
But we are humans.
What is our method of defense? To
protect our soul, our actual self, we can resort to the Bhagavad-gita. We have no beak, no claws, no wings, little
agility, poor sight, poor sense of smell.
We do have wisdom to protect ourselves.
For today and yesterday, I delivered by God's grace, three
lessons in the Gita to three large groups of people. Any speck of content from the Gita provides
for the listener or the reader shelter for the soul. We discussed verse 2.17 wherein it is declared
that that which pervades the body is indestructible. We learned that the hands, legs and faces of
God are everywhere in existence (13.14).
The third lesson taught us that we are of the superior energy meant to
come under even greater superior energy, theSupreme entity (7.5).
All lessons are there in defense of the soul.
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