Sunday,
July 10th, 2016
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
What
Hurts the Heart…
I
was asked to deliver a message from the book Bhagavatam as a component to the morning sadhana (spiritual work-out).
Families came to listen from the First Canto of the book. The verse had much to say about
heart-cleansing. Our hearts have
blockages that are described as knots.
Then the purport to the verse, explained by our guru, Srila Prabhupada,
addressed what the one major knot is. In
Sanskrit it is referred to as ahankara.
Ahankara means ego.
Most
of us are aware of ego. We all have it
and we are all rather good at holding it in place.
In
any event, the ego hurts the heart. It
is like some illness that you have. You
cannot understand the source of the malady, only the symptoms.
We
had a beautiful discussion on this subject.
Then I got to thinking “That’s what I’m doing almost every day while
walking and chanting.” These two functions
alone help towards eradicating ego.
Although I enjoy both activities, I will admit that they don’t
necessarily offer adrenalin effects. No
rush. I do, however, see and feel the
power they wield, and how it’s all good for taming the mind through which the
ego channels itself.
This
is one of those unfortunate days where I did not walk, but some funds were
raised over the last two days, for promoting our walking (and chanting) cause.
May
the Source be with you!
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