Thursday, November 14th, 2013

ATROCIOUS SCAMS ARE REVEALED TO THE WALKING MONK!!!

 

Gainesville/Orlando, Florida

 

Scams Galore!

 

Bare feet.  Sand.  Temperatures in the 30’s Fahrenheit.  The conditions are so alright.  Spurts of walking make the day perfect and complete.

 

Just before I delivered a class from the Bhagavatam at Krishna House, I had that great pleasure to trek some streets in Gainesville with a group of fresh air enthusiasts.  In Alachua, I had a brief jaunt to the future location of the Krishna.com distribution center which allowed my limbs to loosen after a rare massage session.  Then, after a fantastic meal at the home of Sesha and Madhumati, another short but sweet trek permitted an aid towards digestion.

 

Over the course of the last few days I have spent time with people of varying professions – legal and medical field as well as those in the pharmaceutical and including youth leaders.  I heard from them some spell bounding, if not hair raising, tales and remarks of self and public deception.  The remarks from the medical people were something like, “Clients in their 60’s, 70’s and even 80’s, some ready to pass on, are desperate for what they consider their saving grace, Viagra.”

 

Here’s another one.  Hing (asafetida) has animal byproducts in it.  Most of my friends love this spice.  They might tune out or turn off when they hear what this plant resin is cut with.  Tapioca is another food tainted with material you won’t want to hear about.  And ahimsa (non-violent) mrdanga drums that come from India, well, don’t trust the flyers, they are lying through their teeth.  The best hide for such a drum is sourced from young, defenseless calves who are not allowed to die naturally.  The reality is old cows don’t provide good drum heads.

 

“Scams galore!” might be a good way to describe some of what is going on.

 

It took a drive, and not a walk, to Orlando to contemplate the cheating that occurs.  In any event, the wrap up program for the day was held at the ISKCON Orlando Center where I was asked to speak on the benefits of seeing divine energy as personal versus impersonal.  “God is a person, someone to communicate with, and you can never label Him as a cheat as you could the people of this Earth.”

 

May the Source be with you!

 

6 KM