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Hare Krishna AGTSP PAMHO

Recently I am facing few challenges as below, please help me to advance in Krishna Consciousness: -

1. Going to Shaadi and Parties: Strict Devotees just have sweets or Curd in parties, but new devotees do have their party.

2. Eating out: No matter how hardworking we are, sometimes we need outside food. Mostly even the sauce has onion and garlic. It is hard to choose Jain food and mentally offer it to the Lord. Sometimes, food joints open selling really yummy vegetarian food, places like Wah ji Wah and Tummy section to name a few.

3. Energy drinks: They are knows to contain Taurine and Caffeine, but sometimes we feel dizzy and before an important meeting/work we need them to perform.

4. Homeopathic medicines: Recently from Winters, summers came, every other person had a bad bad dry cough. Antibiotics and Homeopathic medicines we had to take. Some even had to take brandy while others took old monk with hot honey lemon water. Some took Ginger tea as well. If one has a bad bad cough that is interfering with the sleep, devotees do try different things.

5. Soft drinks: Should we abstain from all soft drinks, it being called light drinking? Devotees usually take 7 UP or Sprite, or the usual paper boat juices.

6. Family people's comments: I am 41, family people say dont get stuck by taking initiation, you will not be able to do this, do that. 

Please help to clarify as much as possible, how to increase the spiritual bliss so much so that these little speed breakers in the path do seem like a gokhara. I dont always feel that high (ecstatic) in Krishna Consiousness.