Saturday 5 October 2019

Monday, September 30th, 2019


Regina, Saskatchewan

Around With Rounds

It was lively, the Sunday feast in Regina, with singing, dancing, feasting and good questions from a  philosophical point of view.  That was all last night, and after harvesting—with the compliments of the neighbours—all the tomatoes in their garden patch.  I noticed those red dynamos during my walk yesterday.  Because of the snow coming down, I urged my host, Ramesh, to haul them in, with permission, of course, before they froze and became frost tender.

The owner was a sweet woman, originally from Huntsville, Ontario, and the only person on the three-block extent of Green Turtle Road with a vegetable garden of any sort and kind.  “Take them all!” she said seriously to Ramesh.  Apparently, Ramesh knows her but not her name.  In any event, she demonstrated bhakti/devotion.

This should be the theme of all action—bhakti!  How can we tell the world this fact?

Today, the last of the month of September, Ananda and I ventured off to Wascana Lake, a man-made treasure in the heart of town, and near the legislature building.  I was informed that during the Depression years, the local men were employed dredging out this lake, which has a circumference of three kilometres.  Good job done!

Ananda had got his figures wrong.  He claimed our journey covered twenty-four kilometres on foot, around the lake and beyond.  He had been working in the morning (an electrician),  and then insisted on the walk which he does daily.  Since the regular trek around the lake and more, knee issues have been solved, his energy level has improved, and he gets time to put what we call ‘rounds’ on the japa mala beads for chanting the maha mantra.   https://www.instagram.com/p/B3EjVQCAkvX/?igshid=1nbsz0g1sg9v5

May the Source be with you!
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