Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Monk at Mission
Highway 7 was gritting our brains – dense traffic, speed, unsafe, noisy. Any alternative would do. My assistant, Nitai Priya, here on the west coast, searched on Google maps, to find a quieter more straight and direct route – the Dewdney Trunk Road.
Karuna Sindhu and I loved the idea and headed for peace, until the Dewdney itself became uproarious and then merged with highway 7.
As was done on the previous day, Daruka, with his well-focused networking abilities, made friends with yoga people and so we had, within hours, company of the nicest group at the Iron Lotus headed by Laura and Josh in the city of Mission.
Mission is an interesting place. As we were told there are a number of people in town dressed as monks. Some come across as mere beggars and/or could be inwardly challenged in some way. When I was spotted going down Main Street the question came, “Is he a genuine monk or a fake?” A philosophical answer to the question can be, “You really don’t know until he opens his mouth.”
May the Source be with you!
33 KM
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