Edmonton, Alberta
Reflect on the Past
There is never a day that goes by
that I don’t feel intense gratitude to guru and God. Had Prabhupada, my beloved
spiritual master, not picked me up from a period of confusion, I might have ended
up like many of the deprived individuals I see before me. This epiphany came to
me, head-on, when a group of twenty or so chanters, including the well-known kirtaniya,
chant leader, Agnideva, and myself processioned our way along Whyte Avenue in
Edmonton in the evening.
Whyte Avenue is supposed to be
the hip and happening section of Edmonton. You are looking at cafés and
drinking joints, and joints themselves, with a corralling of special interest
groups. There are the homeless and very dependent people; non-hygienic persons
lost to the senses and burn out situation.
I could have been in that number
of the super lost. When young I was a moderate radical, if that makes any
sense. I could have steered off in a dark and helpless direction. Thanks to guru’s
grace I didn’t. I believe that the religious training and spirituality of my
early childhood (thanks to my parents) is also why I was spared. Their
discipline was the launching pad to bhakti, which brought me to a
position of meekness to the world.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
May the Source be with you!
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