Friday, August 5th, 2016
Lincoln, Nebraska
People Coming Through
The Bluebird Bike Trail took me into the city of
Lincoln—Nebraska’s capital. No fuss with
traffic, but with horse flies—yes.
For a second consecutive day, lunch was in the home of
Hemant Dessi, proprietor of the La Quinta Inn. Generous as he is, he also is giving Mandala
and I accommodation in the hotel. In
every way, the man is pious. He also hosted
two members of the Swami Narayana group.
They were from a Chicago chapter and sat comfortably in the living room
while we were enjoying our meal. The two
monks, also in rather intense orange attire, had not come prepared to eat, but
we did engage in light conversation with them--they use the title “sadhu” before their names, just as in
our tradition we use the term “swami”
after our spiritually-given names.
They were pleasant.
I suggested that we all, in our different ways, advance the cause of
raising consciousness.
Them, and the entire
Gujarati community, and lest we forget, the north, south,
east and west members of the Indian community, who are so eager to serve and
take care of lodging, food and other financial needs.
When interviewed by Lindsay of the “Journal Star” from Lincoln, I was able to say, “Lindsay, since I began this walk, we did not have a problem with securing a room for any night.” Either it has been an ISKCON temple, a
Krishna devotee’s home, or a Hindu household which has supported our need to
rest our weary bodies at the end of the day.
We are grateful!
May the Source be with you!
May the Source be with you!
14 miles
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