Toronto, Ontario
Ramesvara
Ravi Sharma is an angel. He is mild, soft, gentle, helpful, and strong
physically. Everything is there; just
the wings are missing. Oh, and he
doesn’t get angry. I checked with his
wife, Geeta.
“I’m the one who gets angry,” she said on
this beautiful Sunday a.m., and at the time of Ravi’s diksha initiation. It was
during my delivery of words, in the course of the ceremony, while explaining the
significance of diksha, that I asked
her the question before all. Her answer
caused a buzz.
One additional aspect of Ravi is that he is
an avid member of the sankirtan
team. Locally, an active team of weekend
warriors go out to public venues (excuse me, monthly for now) and meet the
people of the world, give a smile, a word of greeting, show a book on
transcendence and try to make the most valuable “connection” in a person’s
life. One that could be
transformational.
Ravi is also a companion walker. He and I have covered some neighbourhood
streets together while doing japa
meditation. It’s always a pleasure to be
with him. We don’t need to get into a
huge conversation. Our fixation at these
times involves watching where you’re stepping and listening as best as can be
to the mantras we chose as our subtle
companions.
Our pujaris
(priests) from Scarborough, presided over the yajna (sacrifice) using earth, twigs, seeds, herbs, ghee, fruit,
veggies, flowers and fire.
Ravi’s diksha
name is Ramesvara.
May the Source be with you!
0 km (Gout is out and about)
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