Miami, Florida
I Took Vitaliy
I took Vitaliy, who’s from Detroit, to Coconut Grove where our guru, Srila Prabhupada, had sat to deliver some lessons by the shade of three banyan trees in 1975.
Halloween madness had quite significantly subsided by 5:30 am. The Atlantic Ocean was remarkably tame and there we sat placidly. There was utter stillness to the exception the sound of the odd fish surfacing and making a minor splash. It was a perfect setting for mantra meditation. It was opportune for reflection not only in the water but on the benevolence we received from above – from our guru that came before us to help us see the world from a spiritual perspective.
I had spent a good chunk of the day seeing members of our Miami community on one-on-one approach. You have here diverse demographics, and of skin tones – white, black, brown and varying shades of them.
Before tucking myself into bed I shared with a group of devotees an excerpt from the book, “By His Example”, authored by Guru Das. “After eleven years, Prabhupada continued to reiterate the idea: ‘You are not this body: you are spirit soul’. ‘We must give up these bodily designations’. ‘You can change your country but you cannot change your eternal identity’. ‘We must constantly be reminded about the Bed-rock work principle of Vedic philosophy – we are not the body’.
I wanted to thank Ekanamsa Siva for the use of his art gallery where we held a lively kirtan and a session from “Tales from Trails”.
May the Source be with you!
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