Havana, Cuba
Here
and There
The
Resort, Varadero:
One woman was super curious to know about
soulmates. Is there a soul that you’re
meant to be with from life to life? The
answer we offered was, “Allow God to be your actual soulmate.” In consideration that she is twice the age of
her boyfriend with thirty years difference, that was sound advice. “Go to the top male,” I said.
A second person, a Montrealer, and
originally from Poland, had spotted Hayagriva, and swore she’d seen him in the
Metro–subway–in Montreal.
“You were handing out pamphlets. It was winter,” she said.
Hayagriva confirmed that most likely it was
him. The very sweet woman had concluded
that he and I were some kind of Zen masters.
It took some time to let her know that we are of the Krishna order. “It’s somewhat different, older, more
seasoned, with directions—bhakti,
love and devotion.”
She didn’t quite comprehend.
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Home, Havana:
Here we met followers at the home of
Chaitanya Priya, who is the Krishna stalwart of Cuba. And it was here that kirtan was led. Then we
discussed the list of eight qualities of a mahatma
as delineated in the Bhagavad-gita,
Chapter 9. Of all the qualities, we put
the spotlight onto the practice of continual chanting, satatam kirtayanto mam. What
that phrase means, essentially, is to constantly express appreciation for the
blessings that have come to you from above.
Chaitanya Priya was rough in terms of her
cuisine products when I began to come to Cuba in the first decade of the 2000s. Now, with her Indian spices, she’s doing
great. She’s excelling.
May the Source be with you!
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