Mount Sinai hospital
Rain and Food
Don’t worry, I just went for an appointment for x-rays on the knees; an assessment. Gabriel was kind enough to take me there. My short walk back, halfway, was a mere 1 km through drizzle. God knows we need some rain. Precipitation has been low in this part of North America. Better that we step up on sacrifice. According to the Gita anna, food grains, is a result of rain and rain is a result of sacrifice.
From this message we can appreciate that sacrifice is essential for humans to be sustained. Chapter Three addresses the need to give. From giving there is then receiving.
In the evening I had two Zoom calls. One of them was with the art group, BhaktiArts Hub SOS. Art here refers to performing arts, craft arts, culinary arts, visual arts etc. In our conversation Gaura Vani (the singer) responded to my remark about starving artist. He said that in the Hare Krishna movement you will not find a shortage of food. “We will not starve,” he said.
In the early days of our movement we were all relishing the new experiences of Krishna prasadam. Word went around that our guru’s guru called our culture “the kitchen religion.” That is not official, of course, but was said in jest to make a point. A big part of spirituality is in the eating of blessed food. Thank God!
May the Source be with you!
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