Purple Gaze
The colour purple suddenly flashed into people’s faces. Popular musician, Prince, passed away and, as
far as I know, his fans affiliate him with that hue. I confess that I’m fairly ignorant of the pop
star for two reasons. Number one, he’s
after my time. I joined the renounced
order at age 20 in 1973. As far as I
know, Prince was unknown at the time.
Secondly, as a monk you just don’t go and pursue that genre of music or
stage performance.
Bless his soul, though.
It was just interesting, and likely not a coincidence, that
one of our guests at a home program tonight was all in purple. It was not intentional for this person whom I
met once before, goes by the name of Purpley Pauline. She regularly dons herself in this colour--
that’s just her. At the home of
Visvambara and Mahasundari, a small group of us were discussing the story of
Prince Dhruva, which is really a story about determination. Purpley Paulina was really enjoying it.
I can see that Paulina is a determined person with her
shades of purple, including her hair, hat, and lipstick. She was very consistent in this. I just didn’t peer in detail at the rest. I could appreciate her listening skills, her
willingness to sing along with us, and her relishing the simple pasta that we
had on hand as our meal.
When chanting with Purpley Paulina, I did not bother to ask
her about her preference of colour. We
stuck to the issue of Krishna Consciousness, and the need to paint our life
with the various colours of the rainbow, the full spectrum of the various ways
to serve the self (the soul) to service in Krishna .
May the Source be with you!
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