Tuesday 29 June 2021

Saturday, June 26, 2021

High Park, Toronto

 

Groove in the Green

 

High Park is actually a beautiful space, but like most natural settings they have their drawbacks. This park is appealing, but there is a slight problem with the gypsy moth caterpillars. I’ve never known a forest without tics, mosquitoes, flies and the like. Avoiding natures creatures altogether by sticking yourself in a room all day in front of a screen is probably a worse scenario. Better to build up some strength, resistance, and immunity if you can. That’s the problem with city slickers who do not touch nature.

 

At least one caterpillar came to our kirtan spot, in a rustic pavilion, to enjoy our temple groove. Our Billy from Philly (now Tilly for Toronto) set the pace for chanting and then some ecstatic dance beats to the mantra. Oh, it was fun and it was pure, in a sense. Our group was not in a Saturday Night fever mode. We were in singing and dancing for our soul and at the same time drawing other souls to our little powwow.

 

Billy is particularly good at attracting people to the mantra scene and, before COVID, was conducting an actual temple groove, which certain orthodoxy may not understand. I say, “Let the dogs bark.” If a program lifts the consciousness of the crowd, let it reign supreme.

 

Tomorrow I’m looking forward to the kirtan in Niagara Falls for more of the same.

 

May the Source be with you!

6 km


 

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