I was in Northern Wisconsin fixing my RV for a week and then went to The Twin Cities in Minnesota for a while to distribute some books and see some family members. There is now a good group of devotees in Minnesota so I went to one of their nice programs. They rent a hall once a month and have a big program and invite many people. They also have a program at the University of Minnesota once a week. This is one of the biggest universities in America so it's quite an important place to preach.
I had gotten quite sick with a bad flu so I only managed to distribute books for four or five days but it went well. I met a lot of interested people and invited many more to the programs. I was really trying to approach everyone. In the heart of downtown Minneapolis there is a long street that is closed to only bus and taxi traffic and foot traffic. It's a nice place to distribute. I approached a man who looked disheveled and homeless but he took a book. An hour or so later he came back and said he read parts of it and it was good. He used to be into Transcendental meditation and thought that the,"Civilization and Transcendence" was great.
I met a lot of people who were really happy to meet a positive person who was smiling. They thanked me for being out there. I met a young couple who had been to India as a school research project and they had actually been to the ISKCON temple in Delhi. The girl said she had the Journey of Self-Discovery and had gotten it from a book table near the restaurant in ISKCON Delhi. They happily took a Higher Taste and a Chant and Be Happy.
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