Monday, November 2nd, 2015
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
I Met Ben
I
met Ben, a cyclist who worked for TESCORP in Zambia. He stopped
cycling for a bit just to talk to me. He was curious about my clothes
and, interestingly enough, he was familiar with the Bhagavad Gita, the
most widely read philosophical classical text from India.
I
was also fortunate to meet Charles at the West Susquehanna River. He
was also nice Kind of a relic of a hippie, I would say. He had read
the book, ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ and was very much impressed.
“It was insightful”, he said.
But
he expressed some disagreement with the worship aspect of the yoga
culture. He also said that he was not entirely excited about the
worship practices of the local Buddhists in town. He also denied the
personality of God and simply wanted to settle with the universe.
“So you appreciate the universe, right?” I asked.
He agreed.
“Just
appreciation alone is a form of worship in the mind. It doesn’t
require any special instrument to make use of it,” I expressed.
Charles certainly affirmed that he was an admirer of George Harrison and his music. We parted on great terms.
Two
women, both with the same name, Christie, pulled over. They recognized
us from reading the article in the ‘Altoona Mirror’. They were
thrilled.
Amanda
from the Patriot News came to meet us and take some photos on the
bridge over the Susquehanna. She was very creative with her camera and
she was a beautiful and inquisitive person.
Lunch
was at Nam Dev’s, a prominent member of our community in Harrisburg.
There, I met two of his employees who have become quite intrigued with
the bhakti (devotional) approach to life.
Tre’von
was a real hero. He stuck by me practically every step of the way.
The temperature reached over the 60 degree Fahrenheit mark. We both
acknowledged that the power from above, Krishna, was with us, giving us
His mercy on the walk.
May the Source be with you!
24 miles / 38 km
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