Hare Krishna all,
Pamho,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and gurudev!
Every spiritual organisation has some faithful followers like ISKCON.
Faith is comes when you experience bliss or see other followers who are
blissful. In ISKCON more than blissfulness concentration is made on chanting.
We chant 16 rounds (How many people really chant). Many of us 60% of the time
dont focus on mantra. Faith comes from our own experiences. Association- We
inherit characteristics of a group of person if we regularly associate with him.
If we associate with devotees of any God we develop taste and faith for that God/Demigod.
Regular reading of books of particular sec without reading anything else will convince
you eventually what is said in that book.I think we have become very narrow in our
capalities. In my life I have reached a point where I started to feel that I am living unnatural
life controlled by group of people. I cannot think, express my views or opinions. I am I doing
correct thing investing my presious time in doing things unsure of their outcome. My faith is still alive just because of people who have sacrificied their life in devotion like sanyasis and bramhacharis. I sometimes ask myself why these people are so much convinced about the
philosophy and have so much trust in the scriptures, from where did they get this strength. Are they made like that or did they transform. please share your realizations. I am not expecting any answers from immature , arrogant and pride people. Please be polite in sharing your thoughts, I know some have too much false ego and pride for gaining scriptural knowledge at an young age and these people may end up hurting others out of immaturity. Thank you.
Ys
Aakash
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''In my life I have reached a point where I started to feel that I am living unnatural
life controlled by group of people. I cannot think, express my views or opinions.''
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In Kali Yuga everybody wants to control someone or something, but actually only God is the master of the Universe.
Those who please Him, there is nothing within three worlds that cant be achieved.
One should leave association of dry philosophers and materialists, associating only with those who cant stop singing holy names or cant stop talking about Lord . In this way one can get opportunity to drink the nectar of immortality.
Guru & this matereal creation is Hi's
Guru-coolah!
OM Sri Vishnu Sri Vishnu Sri Vishnu
This is the true Pronnabah,/The begining & at the end of (all )/ any successful attempts at honoring all. "there is no ather way"
To a personal direct understanding of Krishna's position accept one honors the Lord of this matereal creation, the Lord of The greatness of goodness Vishnu.This is when our education begins ji Rama ji Vishnu!
This is imperative plz. (always) honor & serve Vishnu as well as Krishna this protocol will serve all your purposes. With out fail! Good luck to
All who, in the energyMode of goodness aproch the Most High God-Heads & Krishna!
Being "fead up" with (all) other attempts to discover and fulfill God's pleasher/& desires, is why I & most devotes turned to the Godheads.
Ad (HDG) used to say " One turns tword God (only after) having exzosted all ather means to independently camunacate with God.
So we/the devotes are not particularly Saintly we are just old souls who are honestly facing the reality's of this existence. That (ISKCON) (HDG) & Chanting are not just the best & most enjoyable path to Liberating from loneliness & ineffectiveness regarding one's intentions to reciprocate & (Re-establish relationships with God HimSelf and please Hi's creation's
at-Large.
This fame by-proxy, one might-say is in a way our one chance to experience (the spiritual Stratums).
We know that the delivery of our mind's from the insecuritys of doubts & in-effectiveness will be the ultimate result's! (Chanting) is both our personal & Universal service. As well as a /the reconciliation of a relationship with The Head of the Gods. Such a deal! ?
So therefore, we simply realize that there is no higher or greater responsibility or rewords more binnafishel for us or to us, than the *perfection of this chanting as a service for the HeadGod's &creation.
"In all the three worlds there is Nothingness except for this infinitely valuable chanting process All glory to all who take their shelther of them by this method Under the protection of Vishnu Gee! This is when the learning prosesd begins, because ("Only") when Vishnu's awareness comes into play does (Memory &/learning even become an opption."
This is the Vishnava conclusion! Namah
Om Vishnu padiah.
Hare Krsna Prabhuji,
PAMHO.
Faith comes when one experiences first hand. Sometimes, we just act on a hunch, or its as if some force is telling us to do something, and later we realise that it was for our good and we benefited greatly. That is the paramatma guiding us from within.
I can share with you what I experienced and have been telling a lot of people recently. They are trying it out....
I started chanting 4 rounds in Mayapur, then 6-7 months later, returned to Mayapur. There, standing in front of Sri Sri Radha Madhav, I realised how much chanting has helped me, if I hadnt chanted, I would have been a much worse person than what I am and so forth. Once I realised how chanting has helped me, I could continue all these years - by the mercy of the lord.
What I tell everyone is - note down your thoughts today in a notebook, and resolve that for the next 6 months, come what may, you will chant (the minimum number of committed rounds should be 4, it could go upto 16). THe day you dont sleep AND the day you dont eat is the day you dont chant. That used to be my litmus test - have I eaten today, do I plan to sleep now? If even one answer was a yes, I would chant, complete my committed rounds, and only then go to sleep. That commitment you have to keep. 6 months later, please note down your thoughts again on a piece of paper, and compare the thoughts of 6 months before. You will get convinced.
I have said this to some people. Atleast one girl came back to me and said she cannot stop chanting now. It took her 11 months - but I am still telling you to try for 6 months atleast. You will understand for yourself.
I dont profess to chant very nicely, with attention - like you said, whether we are chanting properly or not is to be examined. Still, I have full faith that even if I dont chant attentively, I am making the effort and Krsna is pleased with the effort. I have to take His name, it can be with any emotion - there have been testing times in my life when I have even cursed Krsna while chanting, still I continued chanting by the mercy of the lord.
Who is stopping you from thinking, expressing your views prabhu, pls tell me. You can share your innermost thoughts with me - I wont judge you. Krsna Consciousness broadens our horizons - we become much more accepting than what we were. If this is not happening, then something is wrong somewhere. This is the real life. Nowadays, I think the material aspect of my life is unnatural. That doesnt stop me from doing all the material things that I have to do.
WIth realisation, everyone transforms prabhu.
Pls chant prabhu, all these doubts will disappear from your mind.
Haribol,
Your servant,
Radha Rasamayi DD