St. Jamestown, Toronto
MANtra Working
Our first session of MANtra MANifested this
evening and it went really well. Yogesvara from New York did a marvelous
presentation of “The Hero’s Journey.” It is fashioned after Joseph Campbell’s
model of how a person goes through a personal crisis in life, connects with a
mentor, and ultimately succeeds in overcoming obstacles to reach a state of
transformation.
What comes to my mind are the stories of
Prahlada, and more particularly Dhruva; both young person on their own journey
where they come to a point of reaching a successful end. Yogesvara gave these
two perceptive people as examples of heroes from the Bhagavatam.
Much appreciation was delivered by viewers
through chat remarks made on the virtual presentation. It was interesting to
hear our host, Vallabha Hari, express how viewers came in from not only the
U.S. and Canada, but India, Turkey, Australia, South America, Africa and
Europe.
By the way, Vallabha Hari’s co-ordination
was excellent; a pro at this type of service, he introduced the program by
announcing “Gentleman” and not “Ladies.” This is not to exclude women per se,
necessarily. There are retreats of a bhakti nature for the women called
“Vaishnavi Retreats,” and they have been running for some time. We had to give
a chance to the guys.
Our next session today started at 10 am EST. Gentlemen, if you haven’t joined yet, it’s not too late. Please register.
May the Source be with you!
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