Flacq,
Mauritius
One most blessed thing about a monk’s
journey is his being like a bee. A bee travels from flower to flower extracting
essence. Something rich and thick comes out of the whole endeavour.
I feel like one of those lucky bees who get
the most out of a few moments with dear god-brother. In my stay in Mauritius
and recent trip to South Africa I was able to have those few precious moments
with monks BB Govinda and Indradyumna Swamis as well as some sung heroes, more
the likes of Mahatma who is currently conducting seminars on the island. Sri
Niketan from Switzerland and song writer and entertainer Jayadev from the U.K.
crossed my path, or rather, I-theirs. Bhakti Chaitanya Swami also gave me a few
bee buzzing seconds of nectar with his words of encouragement.
I really have to rejoice about this and
especially feel an elation about today. An approximate twenty people joined me
on the walk from 5-7 AM followed by a class from the Bhagavatam. That was nice
but I also want to add that I believe to be fully recovered on this day from a
miserable bug I picked up in India. There’s no more nasty cough. So I figure
that is victorious after a month of it tagging along.
“It’s a freeing feeling,” I mentioned to Sri
Niketan. “Spiritual life is good. It’s fun. It’s for the fun-attics and not for
the fanatics.” He was also extending the invite for next year.
My last class delivered on the island of
Mauritius was during an initiation for Vikash (now Veda Vyasa) and his wife
Meera (now Malati). I spoke from the Gita 9.10 on how all in the world is
controlled by one Supreme Will and that as a guru that all I should be
doing is directing people to the Supreme Will.
I’ll miss the viciousness of Mauritius, the
sweat and the humidity and I say it with a dash of sarcasm. Truly I’ll miss the
people as it already is the case as I embark on Emirates flight 3704 headed for
Dubai and then Toronto.
10 KM
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