Saturday 7 September 2019

Friday, August 30th, 2019


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!
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