Owen Sound, Ontario
Credit to the Credit
Argentina devotees approached me
for a Zoom call on the topic, “Personal Journey,” so I delivered what I could
about my early days of contact with monks while I was at college. I was a fine
arts student but more than eager to be a student of life in becoming more
acquainted with who I really am and what is my purpose. I felt, at the time,
that it was rather futile to just “follow the herd” and then end up dying. I
was looking for human depth, so those five brahmacaris (monks) got me
going.
The listeners, many miles away in
Argentina, were happy with the details, completing a second class for the
morning but one more class, a Gita Chat, was to occur in the evening in
a northern town. Enroute to the place – Owen Sound – Mahadeva, Annapurna, and I
stopped by midway to meet Mitchel of Orangeville.
Mitchel took us to the Credit
Valley Trail, which edges along the Credit River, a spring-fed flow of water
originating above the Niagara Escarpment and flowing for 100 kilometres to Lake
Ontario. It is a gem of a river. Because of the time of year we are content
contending with the snow. Everything is pristine on the trail; the water, snow,
the cedars and pines and the glowing sun.
With the walk completed, we moved
north on our set of wheels to indulge in prasadam at the Hannas and then
finally our Gita Chat with Chapter 2.
May the Source be with you!
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