Sarasota, Florida
Regardless of the Vote
Sasvata, and his eleven-year-old son,
Oliver, and I, made it to the bay, from their home by the Atlantic. We hung legs over a concrete water barrier,
which had enough space for buttock accommodation. The water was supremely calm. Clams, oysters, tadpoles, fish, and water
plants were in view and under our dangling feet. But it was dolphins we were supposed to
notice.
“Did you see the dolphins?” asked an
elderly couple canoeing toward us.
“No, couldn’t you bring one of them over
for us to look at?”
(Chuckle)
“Are you Buddhist? Which order?”
“I’m a Krishna monk. Hare Krishna?
We’re fifty-years-old this year.
Our guru came from India to begin the mission; signed some papers in New
York in ’66. You remember that great
time?”
“Oh yeah!”
The woman then said that her husband,
sitting behind her, would be on TV tonight.
Channel 7.
“What’s the purpose?”
“He’s an election
authority—predictions…” She was
referring to the presidential campaign for tomorrow between Clinton and
Trump.
Then he spoke. “I predict it will be
Clinton 307 / Trump 231 in the voting.”
Apparently the whole of America will be
voting. Schools will be voting stations
and almost everyone takes a day off. The
world will be waiting.
We bid our good-byes to the nice
couple. We proceeded on with our walking
and chanting. Our bhakti (devotion) will carry on, regardless of the vote.
May the Source be with you!
7 km
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