Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
Toronto, Ontario
Mitch’s Class
Mitch is a high school teacher from Etobicoke, and he brings
his Grade 12 class every year to our ashram. They came with their curiosity while visiting
various spiritual institutions on a field trip for the day.
I sensed they liked their hour or so in the temple portion
of our facility. Mitch told me that one
of the girls in the group could walk on her hands. She, born of Delaware-Cree parents, succeeded
in doing just that, at my request, during our exercise in kirtan. Tony, and two other
male students—I didn’t catch everyone’s names—got into their own freelance
dance inside our formed circle. Mitch
also took a turn, dancing in that circle.
The class had lots of questions on a philosophical
note. I try to keep everything rather
interactive during these sessions. The
students were handed flower petals, and, after chanting mantras together, strew
them at the feet of Srila Prabhupada’s murti
(statue), a daily traditional practice found in Vaishnava temples around the
world.
I noticed the group was diverse in ethnic background, and intelligent
and attractive, physically. They looked
like models, a good percentage of them.
Ultimately what’s in the heart is important and to that end, we need to
reorganize its beauty.
One chap asked about dealing with the sex urge and briefly I
expressed that we have to learn to resist, and that every time there’s some
excitement, we must consider time, place and circumstance. A word of advice was, “Before you are intimate
with someone be good and ready—psychologically, economically, etc. Be ready to take care of the person for a
lifetime.”
May the Source be with you!
7 km
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