Toronto, Ontario
From The Balcony
Whatever I trekked today was indoors for the second consecutive day. It’s a rather ideal walkway that is located in our temple room. Formerly a Methodist church, its high ceiling accommodates a balcony which I use as this walkway. It is a horseshoe shaped area with different levels on which to walk.
From any angle on that height you can see all the pilgrims and meditators that come and go. It’s a marvelous vantage point. From the south standing position on the balcony you look north and angle low to see the sacred images of Krishna. It’s a very special place. And just behind you is a temperature controlled area which houses the auspicious plant, Tulasi. It’s great being in the presence of this exotic basil species used in devotional rituals. She stands in green glory – several dozens of her.
On the western wall of the balcony, three fair sized arched windows open up to reveal the active outside street called Avenue Road. Peering out I could see the chilly dynamic of weather this winter. Exhaust from vehicles curl up into clouds and then dissolve eventually in its ascension. It is such a consistently frigid winter in most of North America, with plummeting temperatures all around.
From the balcony you have three worlds at your exposure – the tropical house of Tulasi, the ice world of the outside, and the spirit world of Krishna deities sheltered in shringasan domes, very ornately decorated.
It’s a very high but tucked away place on that balcony. I contemplated, “if ever there was truth to the global warming theory with ice caps melting, and Lake Ontario starting to rise with serious flood breakouts, this would be the obvious place to be. “
May the Source be with you!
5 KM
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