North York, Ontario
Clean and Shine
My mind is most
peaceful when things are clean, and so, gradually, I’m going about the ashram and mandir (temple) where I live, and addressing the accumulated dust,
dirt, crumbs and misplacements. There is
so little help these days. Few young men
reside in the ashram. They’re better off travelling anyways, which
is what they are doing. The few able
ones who do reside with us are, for the most part, off at work or school.
I see it as a glorious
service to pick up a broom, dust pan, then mop and water bucket and work
away. Naturally when visitors come by
and they see a swami at labour, they may volunteer. That’s also a good feeling for me—engaging
others. It’s about as sweet as seeing
all the dirt wash away. Therapeutic–it
is.
I also had the good
blessings to see siblings. My sister
Pauline is a hair dresser for the rich and she invited me to her home where
Connie, another sister, and bro Jerry also happened to drop by. Connie teaches. Jerry’s a photographer. The gathering was actually a pre-birthday
party for me. At this full moon, I’ll be
65.
Pauline checked out, online, Hare Krishna cake recipes
and came out with something rather successful.
To get to her home, I
took the subway to Sheppard and Yonge.
Then, not knowing which way and being greeted by an ominous dark cloud
above, I asked for directions because the western sun was not visible. It’s funny that people don’t have their
directions quite right in their own city.
I was misled and went the wrong way through some rain, but that’s okay, I
got some walking in.
May the Source be with
you!
6 km
No comments:
Post a Comment