Brampton/Toronto, Ontario
What Is Family
ISKCON Brampton was a tad more quiet than usual according to one of the members. Though their turn out of 80 people was low due to pilgrimages to India and the absenteeism of some of the youth on drum lessons, I thought the attendance was quite fair.
It is Sunday, after all, and it’s a day that families are available for spiritual charge-up. Hey, I’m proud to say that there are a lot of families, good family folks that form the major body of attendees at this midday gathering.
I brought pilgrim, Manu, with me and he gave the talk citing many references to the family unit. It got me thinking. There’s one way we might describe the word family, it is a group of souls that share biological karma together. Then, let me try something else, it is a network of souls that have the opportunity to serve each other over and over again. I thought further on, a family could be viewed as a group of beings who can evolve or devolve together.
We’ve heard of family feuds such as in the case of the Pandavas vs. the Kauravas, as found in the epic, The Mahabharat. It’s sad, but all blood relations don’t always get along. Evidently, genuine spiritual discharge has proven to help in damage control. Somehow we need to see beyond the bodily platform and come to appreciate that as spirits, we belong to a one universal family.
I was glad to catch a glimpse of this concept being put into practice. A young drum teacher, Devala, by name, came to our ISKCON Toronto branch, where youths from Brampton and other areas took some lessons from him. Devala created an atmosphere of family just with the thump of the mrdanga drum. With his 30+ students, a powerful heartbeat of drums made you want to march, if not dance into the world of synchronicity.
It was great!
May the Source be with you!
6 KM
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