Today was Lord Chaitanya's Appearance Day. I chanted my rounds and fasted the whole day although i did have to have a little water though to hold me off. I read some of my book about Lord Chaitanya as well. I wish I could have gone to a temple today but I guess I wasn't meant to go. So I just watched the bathing ceremony on mayapur.tv to make up for it. The way Mayapur dressed their Deities was so beautiful. I loved the background they had too with a moon with stars that light up from the lights they had on the background to make it look like a night sky. Lord Chaitanya looked so beautiful with so many flowers decorated around Him.Los Angeles's Deities where wearing mostly red and Radha and Krishna had a blue trim around their outfits which was also pretty. I forgot what color London's Deities were wearing for Gaura Purnim and I didnt' get a chance to see Radha Vrndavan Chandra though. But today was a peaceful day and I felt somewhat purified after fasting, chanting, and reading. Today the sky looked threatening with rain so I didn't go out for a walk but the late afternoon around 5pm was sunny. So hopefully tomorrow I'll go out on my walk. I hope my guru Maharaj also had a very happy Gaura Purnim out in Ahmedabad India. All glories to Lord Chaitanya on this most auspicious day.
Skiing yesterday was okay. I have to admit I wasn't too crazy for the idea but before I went skiing I was sitting in the locker room waiting for my dad to come back. As I sat there just thinking about Krishna and wanting to be back in the temple, I suddenly stared at a familiar sticker on someone's locker. I had to blink twice to make sure I wasn't dreaming. But yep I wasn't dreaming. There was a sticker of Lord Jagganatha on somebody's locker! I don't know who's locker it was but it brought a big smile to my face. I think it was verification from Lord Jagganatha that He was with me the whole time there. He was so merciful to me. So it also made me feel a bit better about skiing too. Even while skiing I was thinking of Krishna and also that sticker of Lord Jaggantha on the locker. At least I didn't feel too out of place. Lord Jagganatha knew how I was feeling separation from the temple and devotees and He let me see Him simply by seeing His smiling face on a sticker in the locker room. :) All glories to Lord Jagganatha!
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