Wednesday,
September 28th, 2016
Whitehorse,
Yukon
Hello
Yukon!
It’s
not often that I’m greeted by a party of people who beat the drum and chant at
an airport. Here in Whitehorse, with a
population of 25,000, a swami is a rarity.
I must also mention that my host, Ananda, is an animated personality and
very amicable. He led the chant and the
drumming.
After
a long flight from Toronto and a stop-over at Vancouver, I was glad to meet
this crew of greeters and to have my feet on the ground. Furthermore, to take in great air. According to this group, Whitehorse is the
most pollution-free city in the world, so Guinness says.
“I
believe you,” I said to Ananda, to which he added, “And it has the best water.”
The
Yukon River runs through the town.
Ananda calls the river “Yamuna” after the sacred waters in India, the
river which also is the place where Krishna enjoyed his childhood pastimes.
I
was also greeted with a subji (veggies) mixed with golden Yukon potatoes known
as world-renowned. Yes! Delicious!
It
had been a long day, with no sleep the night before, and also included a visit
to one of our Toronto congregants dying from breast cancer in the
hospital. For Meena, whom I may not see
again, I chanted by her bedside with her brother Mukesh and his wife
Jayamala. That was before the
flight. I was exhausted. Ananda addressed it with a massage. Thanks to him I’ll be in competent shape for
the next day of devotional life, a life that is people-interactive and most rewarding.
May
the Source be with you!
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