IT STARTED WITH A MOUSE

Thursday, March 5th, 2026

North York, Toronto

My beautiful day started with a mouse. At that auspicious time of 4:25 AM I saw him lying in front of the altars. It was motionless, dead. I don’t know the cause of its departure ,but I was rather happy for it simply because where the little creature was positioned was a nearness to God.

One of our stalwart devotees who attends the first service of the day at the temple responded to my pointing at the departed mouse. He knew of a broom and dustpan and proceeded to use it in some form of last rites. He was compelled to execute a simple devotional act.

By 6 AM I had completed my prescribed japa, mantra meditation, when I received a call from an Ottawa delegate of our Krishna community. Krsnadas, an old friend, asked, “Are you ready for the class?” I had forgotten. The trip back from India threw me off with all that confusion created by the Mid East crisis. Thus began a day of four classes delivered by myself, lessons from the Bhagavat philosophy, with audiences from Ottawa, Toronto, Florida, and the Caribbean. I was in ecstasy.

We are also undergoing a major change, a renovation on the balcony, more specifically, a new conference room is being erected. The builders are working fast at the project. A lot is going on and that’s the way it should be. May we all bury ourselves in bhakti. Let us not underperform but be occupied. My observation is that folks who are under-engaged overthink and often develop some kind of inner instability.

MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU

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