Kirkland Lake, Ontario
To the North
Air Canada Jazz Flight
8837 landed in Timmins at 13:24 with me as one of the passengers. Snow was descending but dissolving before it
hit the ground. Late October chill has
begun and I came equipped with a light brown coat from Duluth Trading Co., a
comfortable coat, compliments of Paurnamasi from Cleveland.
Vyasacharya was
waiting to greet me and from there we drove to Kirkland Lake, population
10,000, a gold-mining town. I walked through
Kirkland Lake and Timmins on my first pair of crocs in 2008. I recall meeting a ‘Born Again’ Christian
woman in Kirkland Lake. I couldn’t have
a real conversation. I remember trying
to say that each and every one of us have been born multiple times and will
continue to filter through many more bodies until we get it right.
Vyasacharya’s family,
the Patel clan, is purchasing the Comfort Inn and I have been invited for a blessing
of the deal. His bro, Jaya Gopal, drove
north to meet us for the blessing—a simple chant—but before he arrived I had
the chance for a walk through the town once again.
I met a minister of
the Spiritualist Church. He introduced
himself as a reverend for thirty years and was going to e-mail me his
name. I found it interesting that he has
family who are Krishna devotees in the U.S. and has been following the growth
and changes of our movement since its inception. His residential locations have been
Vancouver, St. Petersburg and now Kirkland Lake, where he is currently a major
librarian.
Because of my robes,
which are unusual for Kirkland Lake, I drew the attention of another man,
someone from the First Nations. He
introduced himself with these words, “I’m not sure if I should say, ‘Namaste’
or not?” He had the greatest grin.
“Namaste is perfect!”
I said.
May the Source be with
you!
5 km
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