Ramsden Park, Toronto
Special Friday
What’s so good about Friday’s
around the temple? Well, extra work is put into food preparation and the end
result is 10 women receive delicious prasadam at the YWCA, all packed
professionally and devotionally.
What else happened today, Friday?
I opened the window of the second floor just for that good fresh spring weather
and in comes an invisible cloud of marijuana. Someone down below got busy.
A student from Seneca College
came today. I was scheduled for Friday to do an interview for his film class.
For this, I definitely closed the window to block out sounds, and smells. His
questions rolled out quite fluidly. Amongst them he wanted to know some of the
pillars or tenets of our lifestyle. I began with “We serve. It is intrinsic in
us.” For restrictions, I expressed that Krishna followers demonstrate more
commitment to avoid eating animals, fish and eggs. We also say no to drugs and
drinking. Gambling is out. And for sex, family planning is favorable. Another
positive injunction is to love God, the world, and His creatures.
After the interview, I decided to
take in the Friday energy by going outside to the park. It was busy at the
tennis courts and at the dog park. At one juncture of a trail, I stopped and
became captivated by an old vintage photo from year 1900. It was an image of two
kids standing at a creek, which is now buried where I walked. It was touching.
As I ambled back to the ashram
with the window, my eye caught two red cardinal love birds. How auspicious is
this Friday?
May the Source be with you!
Check out “Play, Pray, Walk, Laugh,”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VODhCmb670M
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