Leonard Cohen was an established artist who wrote the globally famous song, “Hallelujah.” Well, Leonard was a Montreal man, a Canadian, and he visited our Chariot Fest in that city, telling us that he used to see and hear our guru, Prabhupada, in New York in the ‘60s. That song was sung by our band, Wawa Baby, at the Bhakti Cloud tent today. Naturally, the song put my mind in connection with His Divine Grace. Nice singing, Shyama. Congrats to the band members.
I was scheduled there to speak at another tent. The topic was “How to contend with doubt?” I began the talk like this:
Much is said about the emotion doubt.
When in doubt, doubt the doubt.
When in doubt, throw it out.
When in doubt, do something.
When in doubt, leave it out.
When in doubt, don’t.
When in doubt, do the obvious.
When in doubt, chose to live.
I certainly made reference to the doubt of Arjuna. With careful introspection Krishna helped him through his dilemma. In the discussion on the topic of this emotion, we mentioned most people are uncomfortable with doubt, but actually if you go at it courageously, you'll come out stronger. Prabhupada suggests in the Gita, Purport 10.4, to tread carefully in life.
After the talk, my schedule led me back to Bhakti Cloud where I let another Dance Masta session djembes playing. I discovered however that my tooth bridge was coming loose in the process. I didn't panic but went to the organizers to ask for help. A dentist at the site responded, took us to his clinic, and cemented the bridge. All is well.
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