Toronto,
Ontario
What A Life!
I’m
feeling a bit grounded just being in one place for two consecutive days. It’s a good feeling. With that is a sense of privilege as a
resident of an ashram (monastery). What
an honour it is to live the life I am living, sometimes on the road and
sometimes not in the field but in a safe home!
How
fortunate I am to be that early riser and to live out that opposite kind of
existence. Like the verse from the Gita
which expresses such uniqueness. It is
from Chapter 2, Verse 69:
ya nisa sarva-bhutanam
tasyam jagarti samyami
yasyam jagrati bhutani
sa nisa pasyato muneh
tasyam jagarti samyami
yasyam jagrati bhutani
sa nisa pasyato muneh
“What
is night for all beings is the time of awakening for the self-controlled; and
the time of awakening for all beings is night for the introspective sage.”
I was
reflecting on this in the course of my evening walk just before I should have been
in bed. I was thinking, You lucky dog! You have a lifestyle that
allows you peace and mental comfort!
The
major pain I feel, frankly, is the conflict I see in others. As I walk along Yonge Street, which at 9:30 p.m.
is mostly a time for the young and a place for the young. I hear quite prominently the two words “like”
and “f—-” coming from the mouths of the pedestrians around me. My ears have a hard time with those too-often expressions. Again I think how blessed I am to have the
uttering of God’s names in the environment I’m usually in. In the ashram, no problem. On the street, no problem also because I’m
chanting in the course of my walking.
What
a life!
May
the Source be with you!
6 km
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