Owen Sound, Ontario
The Sad Case of Humans
A group of us were talking about
addictions. We all know of people or are self-confessing victims of addiction,
which can range from hoarding of things to substance-taking,
pornography-gazing, to sex addition, cell-phone usage, coffee consumption, etc.
The range is broad and broadening more with the advances of materialism and
enhancement of Kali yuga pleasures.
I opine that with the lowering of
spirituality in one’s life, the tendency to grab for things over God
simply increases. Once you bring down your guard you become a hunter’s sitting
duck; the hunter being maya, illusion.
While we were talking on the
subject and also over our Bhagavatam discussion, it appeared that some
eavesdropping was occurring. Outside the window of our host’s home was a family
of deer. I’m sure, though, they were more interested in food than philosophy.
We simply let them be and avoided disturbing their hunger for forest goods.
When Mahadeva, Annapurna, and I
left and headed back to the city, we decided to put some leg-work in by walking
a section of the Grey County Trail off of Puddicombe Lane from Highway 10. As
we were about to get out of the van, we spotted a family of wild turkeys. They
were hungry too, like the deer. It was interesting to see them sink into the
snow in their attempt to avoid us. Who can blame them? Humans are crazy
creatures. They have these outrageous addictions.
May the Source be with you!
4 km
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