Christie Pits, Toronto
The Actual Key
It’s good to be gone. It’s good
to be home. In truth all places are home because wherever you make yourself
comfortable in devotional service that is home. That’s easy to say because I
move about mainly in a free world. What if I were stuck in a place of war like
Ukraine, or in a region where there is little tolerance of our belief? What if
I resided in a country of poverty, hard to get a proper meal? In such places my
sadhana could easily suffer.
The actual key to a constant bhakti
practice that is likely less to shake up our endeavours is through good sangha,
association. The success of our devotional activities depends on this. It is
critical in the beginning stages, as well as in our developing stages and to
the end.
Personally, I would not have
survived if it wasn’t for five monks (brahmacharis) who took interest in
my devotional life when I was an art student. And up to the present I have my
amigos whom I keep in touch with.
I ventured off for a much-needed
walk in a drizzly, warm evening blessed by the residents of my living quarters.
I passed by people dressed in costume while on their Halloween trick-or-treat
ventures. To some pedestrians I’m sure I was mistaken for being part of the
masquerade. After a trek I came back being blessed again by that incredible
ongoing presence of devotees. It was late – 10:30pm – but I felt sheltered when
just one of those honey-roasted saints was there to greet me upon my return.
May the Source be with you!
6km
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