Walking Minds
Today my mind walked to New Brunswick, Vancouver, Montreal, Miami,
Los Angeles, and Vrndavana India. It’s been all over the place on subtle
speed. It also raced to a past era, to
antiquity – a Vedic period, and also projected itself 20 years ahead when I’ll
be 82.
My legs, however, kept my feet on the ground. I didn’t leave this city. I ambled my way through the university area,
where students do minimize the use of “car.”
Good for them. You’ve got some of
the most striking-looking buildings in the city at U of T. The grounds appear great and green. Yes, we’re not experiencing winter just yet. The colours of the leaves are yet to bedazzle
you. The colours of human skin are like
the autumn. You have every part of the
world representing on campus. There are
the vivacious people, the reserved and pensive ones. There are also those who are zoned-out,
looking as if to have origins from the moon.
It’s all so interesting!
There are things you observe in the course of a walk. There’s never a dull moment in the
observation of life in its full swing.
In my small analytical brain I try to filter it all as life is perceived
through the wisdom of the Gita. It
describes three modes of nature – goodness, passion and ignorance (satva, rajas and tama).
In the city you have a mix of all modes packed in a condensed
area. Now when we look at this mix, we
see everyone as an individual, distinctly different from each other. That is from a mundane perspective. From the spiritual standpoint, however, we
are very much “whole” as living sparks of life, sparks who are walking through
a crazy world of birth and death.
It’s not a bad idea to walk your way out of it.
May the Source be with you!
10 KM
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