Tuesday 7 December 2021

Monday, November 29, 2021

Toronto, Ontario

Proper Perception

From the purport of text 11.7.8 from the Bhagavatam, we read, “When a woman loves a man, she is most eager to see him, and she daily sees him dressed in different clothes. Actually, the woman is interested not in the clothes, but in the man. Similarly, within every material object is the Supreme Personlity of Godhead; therefore, one who has developed love of God is constantly seeing the Lord everywhere, and not just the superficial material objects that cover the Lord.”

Nice example on “proper perception.” See the spirit behind everything. See the God factor in all things. This is practically the single point to grasp from the Bhagavat teachings; the awareness of spiritual presence.

One more thing I wanted to convey involved my endeavour to get back to Toronto by flying from Sudbury. I learned and saw a virtue in others. My departure for Toronto was a bit frustrating. It was Sunday night, and the scheduled time for flying got changed. It was delayed. No problem. Everyone goes through that. Then the flight was delayed again. “Mechanical difficulty,” they said. Well, I’ve heard that one before. The final delay was messaged. The plane arrives for our pick up. Somehow the aircraft is working. During this whole time no passengers expressed any grumpiness. I was amazed. Finally, we boarded and sat there for a while until it was announced that the flight was cancelled.

Again, nothing was said, not even a swear word or a gentleman’s remark like, “that’s unfortunate.” Meanwhile motel arrangements were made. That process took a while, in addition to rebooking. Not a word. How heroic all that was? I was proud to be a human.

May the Source be with you!


 

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