Lunenburg / Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
Ideal Family
Susan is an art curator living in the Lunenburg area, known
for its quaint fishing village, a popular tourist attraction. Before she moved into the field of art, when young,
she spent one year in a Krishna temple living like a nun. All this time, she has kept Krishna in her
heart. A gracious host, she and her
partner, Richard, a retired professor from the University of Waterloo, treated us to the
healthiest meal you could imagine with ingredients from their garden.
Thank you!
Marshall, Samuel and I then proceeded to Bridgewater, where Yogendra
now lives, a former monk from Halifax, and now a school teacher with the
Waldorf School System founded by Rudolf Steiner. He and wife, Rasa, bore three children—well
behaved. I would call them a model
family who place importance on the spiritual and social development of
children.
At Yogendra's recommendation, we all walked (monk's
included) to the nearby Woodlands duck pond in the Acadian forest which is
recognized as one of the most diverse forests of hard and softwood trees in the
world. We walked the circumference of
the pond, also sat at the entrance of the trail chanting to the trees and
pedestrians, and finally set ourselves to a game. The kids were two to six in age. I asked them to bring to us adults
twenty-five different natural articles, and we would all contribute to
explaining (from acorns to stones to lily pads) what each one reminds us of in
a Krishna context. Oh it was fun!
To Yogendra and Rasa: "You are giving hope!"
May the Source be with you!
4 km
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