Toronto, Ontario
Goodbye to serenity?
Corrado and I and a new seeker, Abhijit, who works with
healthcare workers, took to a walk on the shady side of the street. Eventually we found ourselves in a tree-bound
neighbourhood, but before that we noticed and increased amount of traffic
noise. Personally I was left to ask the
question, “When will we ever sober up?”
More particularly I’m seeing the display of testosterone male power in
the form of revving up engines. They are
noisy, loud and fast.
Since the global lockdown less traffic is found on the road
which some younger fellows see this as an opportunity to use the roadway more
so as a raceway. One guy was caught by
police going at 300 km/hr speed. That’s
outrageous! You would think that with
all the illness and deaths created by Covid-19 that it would have that
moderating effect. But “No!” How soon we forget? The slowdown, the serenity around and the
purging of the environment that people have witnessed would all be testimony to
the direction we should stay on.
But I guess some people don’t get it. To join us on the walk was Mahabhagavat, who
was on his second major trek (18 km from his home) and we analyzed that humans
are like mosquitoes. We are asleep but
when the hotter weather kicks in we are all over the place wreaking havoc. This is analogous to the current policy of
opening up of more retail stores. The
traffic is increased and so is the madness.
The spiritual component can help.
I wanted to recognize the passing away of two souls that
occurred this morning: Shyama from Brampton at 85 and Raghunatha from Markham at
69. They expressed their devotion in
beautiful ways.
May the Source be with you!
5 km
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