Afternoon And Evening Japa Walk

I must say that quote that my guru Maharaj had on his blog post "You need some inspiration, go for a walk" really hit the nail on the head for me. I went on TWO japa walks today.

I walked up with Mandakini to her house and then I walked back which was quite a bit of a distance but I enjoyed it anyway. Then I made that stop at the palace of gold and walked aroudn there and back to the temple again. It was a good day to be outside. Guests were around visiting and also out and about walking around.

Then I took an evening japa walk after I finished serving Tulasi. The evening was very beautiful. The sun setting was pretty. I liked seeing the sunlight through the trees as it was setting. I finished the last of my rounds i only had about two.

As I walked around the pond in the evening there were still many guests around. And then toward the end of my walk I noticed all the animals were coming out. Maybe I should take my walks in the evening because I could see some wildlife around. I saw the peacocks. There were three peacocks who had all their feathers up which was very pretty. The female peacocks were waddling around too. Then I saw some Canadian Geese, and regular ducks, and I saw two deer past the peacock cage by the cabins from a distance. And then on my last time around I stood to watch the swans again. They were primming themselves and then the mother swan led the way into the pond with their four baby swans following in single file behind their mother and the father brought up the rear. It was so cute to see them in a single file line with the parents carefully guarding their childeren.  Nice to see a family spending quality time together. Something I never really had as a child with my own parents since they had divorced. So I do admire these swans as the perfect family.

George Harrison Found His Way Back Into My Life Again

Well this was interesting today. As I had done my walk around the Palace of Gold I stopped in the Palace Gift shop and browsed through the CDs and found one CD of George there. Looks like George found his way back into my life again. I have not heard his music in such a long while. Maybe that was why I was feeling grouchy these last few days...lack of George's music LOL. I had found a couple pics of George I had in my bag and brought those out too to chase the grouchiness away. it helped.

I've been a fan of George's since I was 13 and Im still nuts for him. In the past so called friends have said "oh you'll get tired of him or get burned out." And have I? NO! The reason why I havent heard George's music in awhile is due to being busy with devotional service, but now I can find time to squeeze into listening to his songs again while Im doing service. That will lighten my mood up a bit. After all George brought me to Krishna and he even helped me to find a special guru Maharaj to continue my spirituality with. I believe this was why George kept appearing in my dreams alot. He wanted me to continue on with spirituality. Im sure he saw how curious I was and all and just wanted to help me grow more. And he was successful with it and he still will be for the rest of my life. My guru Maharaj said that George is like a guru to me, and he had instructed me not to put George away or give up on him  because of that reason.

I know George must be happy with the progress I've made during this past year. I felt his presence at my initiation through my heart since they say that a guru is always with you in your heart. So I felt that George was there with a big smile on his face while my guru Maharaj was talking about him through out my whole initiation ceremony. And my guru Maharaj is such a genius naming not only after Krishna but George too LOL!Well that makes me feel closer to both Krishna and George. Thank you Maharaj!  Another good excuse to continue loving George. Everything else with karmi music wise I can give up on. But George is a DEVOTEE, so I can continue loving him and his music for the rest of my life if I want. :)

Thank you George for turning my life around and waking up my spirituality for Krishna. Haribol!

Guru Maharaj Knows Best

Many of you know that old saying "Mother knows best" or "Doctor knows best" But in my case most recently..."Guru Maharaj Knows Best."

I was just reading today in my guru Maharaj's blog that he had told one of the monks in Toronto, "You need some inspiration, go for a walk." Apparently my guru Maharaj read my mind yet again through his blog post without even having to tell me in person. Krishna really did pick out the right guru for me as I keep having so many realizations with my guru. The last blog post if I can remember correctly he had read my mind something about shyness and getting over it. He just knows me too well. He knows Im shy, I worry a lot, and knows when I need to get out and do some walking.

Its amazing how life changes when you are aspiring for a bona fide guru or after you take initiation from one. I read recently in a book by Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura, that all bona fide spiritual masters are sent by Lord Krishna from Vaikuntha to come here to teach people to awaken their  spiritual conciousness. I guess that goes for me too. So this could mean that that is why my guru Maharaj already knows so much about me without even asking anything about me. Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura also said that Lord Krishna incarnates Himself in the heart to of the spiritual master since the spiritual master is preaching Krishna's message. That is another reason why I believe my guru Maharaj knows a lot about me. So Lord Krishna is present in the spiritual master.

So I did go out on a walk today up to Mandakini's house and then back which took a good half hour. I walked around the Palace of Gold and then back to the temple.  So I got my walk in for the day. :) It was pretty hot outside but I did my best to ignore the heat. At least it was still pretty out with the sun being out for a change. It's supposed to rain again a lot next week hopefully not all day to squeeze in a walk.