Havana, Cuba
Good
Day, Sunshine!
Eddy Alejandro is not an ordinary
Cuban. He’s a well-known musician, and
his son, Christopher, is following in his dad’s footsteps. Eddy had lots of questions about the life of
a monk and it was natural, since his more deepened quest for life set in
recently as his mum just passed away.
This doesn’t mean to say he’s contemplating a life of renunciation at
any time in the near future. His
gorgeous wife wouldn’t have it.
“How do you live? No salary?
When you do your walks? Where do you stay at night? How do you see the world? Really, no wife, no love?”
Slowly I answered those questions of his
with translations by Caroline, a friend from Toronto of forty-two years.
“When you live that life of simplicity,
where less is more, the world can be viewed from a very different angle,
objectively.” And so, in addition to chatting
with him, we were encouraged to step into his recording studio and do a take on
mantras, something he’s never been
exposed to before. He said it relieved
him. The chant was soothing.
Another event today, which served as a mind
pacifier, was the yajna, conducted by
Hayagriva, on the land maintained by Chaitanya Priya and Carlos, who
ceremoniously received his first initiation today. Now with a new name, Krishna Surya, he was
still, as usual, Mister Content, in smiles and peace. He’s not only the expert gardener, but he
treated everyone to his own, homegrown coconuts and demonstrated his mastery
with the machete so we could drink.
In the morning, we only had thirty minutes
for our presentation of Krishna Consciousness at the Institute for the Science
of Religion. For that, there had to be
something very stimulating. There were
sixty or so students, and their participation in the kirtan was vital. Without
force, but rather by self-inspiration, all partook in the dance and
chants. Everyone appeared to be in the
state of felicidad?
May the Source be with you!
6 km
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