Blissed out in Moncton
Moncton, NB
Moncton appears to have a lively art community so far as I can see. Not cancelling out librarians who are open minded folks plus massage therapists, earth people and so this was the genre of people who came to Kimberly's place for our kirtan in the evening.
From the get-go , response to the maha mantra was phenomenal. It was not just about people moving their tongue and lips. It was about moving the whole body. That's why I say, from the start of the mrdanga drum beat, Sahil, with his crisp tapping was able to stir up and shake up the maya or illusion within us. Some people just didn't want to sit down on a cushion or chair. Their conviction was to stand and then get 'carried' (physically) by the sound of drum and mantra.
The last time I conducted kirtan in Moncton it occurred when I walked through the town in 2012 with my fourth cross-country trek in progress. The venue was someone's back yard . The space was filled with all these free spirited people, and like this evening, every single person took to moving every muscle. It was a deja-vu experience, for sure.
At the end of our final kirtan I asked participants how they felt in one word. Here's what they said, 'elated', 'joyful', 'open', 'carried', 'blissful', 'free'. And the last person Sahil, himself, who felt all the descriptive words possible were already used ended up with the word 'speechless'.
May the Source be with you!
2 KM
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