Before I made it to this hot spot for tourists I was sent to a special security department at customs, the Toronto Airport. My finger prints were taken. I had been arrested in the U.S. in the past. In hindsight it is true. During the winter months long ago, some of us brahmacharis (novice monks) were stopped by police as we didn’t have a permit for distributing religious literature. Along with two other monks we were put in jail in North Carolina. We went to court. The judge threw out the case and we were free to go. Like last year when I flew to Florida, the same situation took place for something that happened a half a century ago. It’s a bit of an inconvenience but that’s what I have to go through.
A kind devotee, Shyama Kund, who works with NASA, picked me up at the Orlando Airport and drove me to the Ashoka Centre in that popular city. The population of Orlando is just above 300,000, but its Disney pull attracts millions every year.
I spoke from the Gita to the crowd, led kirtan, ate sanctified food, and didn’t do anything criminal. I generally stick to my dharma, prescribed duty, which is to encourage higher consciousness. In the meantime, viewers were catching a glimpse of the latest Instagram reel entry where The Walking Monk has an exchange with actors from Friends. I make the points, “God is a person,” and, “He likes you bringing a reaction in exclamation, ‘Oh My God!’”
Anyways, life is all about God and God’s energy. There is nothing more than this.
Source: https://www.thewalkingmonk.net/post/i-have-to-jump-through-a-hoop
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