Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
Alachua, Florida
The Treasure of Florida
Florida
boasts to having over a thousand springs, rivers of cooling clear
waters, through the state. Ichetucknee Springs State Park was the
destination of a few of us who enjoy tubing, snorkeling or just plain
swimming on one of such springs. This particular spring with its
limestone bottom, reeds growing from its bed and the home of the
turtles, snakes and in some seasons manatees, flows at a comfortable
speed. One of the boys has spot wild boars on a previous visit.
It
was Aravind that I renounced my orange tube to for the joy of swimming
most of the distance. What a treat this was! It was rather a great
obstacle course at times dodging fallen trees or holding onto a log that
appeared to lost and now gained a purpose. It becomes a perfect anchor
for catching a few moments of breath.
My
day in its completion felt like a flowing stream with delivering a
class from Canto 10 of the Bhagavatam on the subject of the company that
shapes you. In the evening I was slotted to facilitate a “Nine
Devotions Workshop”. All went well, this workshop included. My analysis
on this one, though, is that the participation was on the high side.
Beyond the figure 30, it becomes a trite unmanageable.
Its
purpose is to bring the members of the group closer to each other,
hence creating a more cohesive community overall. There is a tendency
amongst us to become a bit too formalized when we step in a spiritual
domain such as the temple. The mood can often be one of an institutional
mode.
It
is always good to remember what are the natural traits of a
stripped-down spirit soul. We are eternal. We are cognitive. We are
joyful.
May the Source be with you!
7 km walking, 5 km swimming
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