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Spiritual Aspiration and the Feasibility of Maintaining Pure Consciousness

Posted by Aashok Kumar Sharma on November 15, 2025 at 9:21am in Reincarnation, Demigod Worship, and Yoga

  • Devotees often talk about maintaining Krishna consciousness “till the moment of death.” But is pure, unbroken Krishna consciousness realistically achievable for ordinary practitioners?

  • What happens if one’s consciousness falters, especially at death? Is salvation / liberation / Krishna-prema still assured?

  • How do theistic philosophers reconcile human frailty, emotional turbulence, and the aspirational ideal of constant devotion?

 

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  • Gayatri November 15, 2025 at 12:58pm

    Hare Krishna,

    Hmm 

    That is why it is said  in Bhagwat gita by Lord Sri Krishna 

    Bg. 2.40

    नेहाभिक्रमनाशोऽस्ति प्रत्यवायो न विद्यते ।
    स्वल्पमप्यस्य धर्मस्य त्रायते महतो भयात् ॥ ४० ॥
    nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti
    pratyavāyo na vidyate
    sv-alpam apy asya dharmasya
    trāyate mahato bhayāt
     
    In this endeavor there is no loss or diminution, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear.
     
    Remember Ajamila Story?
     
    He was a brahmin by birth.. and did all rituals of a brahmina and was initiated also. and did all good devotional activities initially. But then he fell down because he got attached to a prostitute. But luckily he names one of his son's as  "Narayana"
    and by the mercy of Lord  at the time of death .. he simply called his son.. Narayana. .. and he died.. But the last word that he took was Narayana.. so Vishnu dhootas came.
     
    and by Lord's mercy again he got to come back and got a second chance to proceed in bhakti and completely surrender and get back to Godhead.

    Now.. you question:-

    Devotees often talk about maintaining Krishna consciousness “till the moment of death.” But is pure, unbroken Krishna consciousness realistically achievable for ordinary practitioners?

    Lord will remind us but try to do what is in you hands right now.

    If you are not able to remember at the time of Death.. Krishna will give us some hint to remember HIM thru someone .. He will do something. Trust in Krishna.

    But with questions and doubt... is it feasible.. can we remember.. what if I cannot remember.. we are not great saints.. we might forget.. we are just oridinary practicioners.. if you keep thinking like this and waste your precious time.. you will not only lose this time... .surely you wont get any help that Ajamila got in the end also.

    Hare Krishna

     

     
  • Sevak
    Bharat November 15, 2025 at 12:19pm

    Hare Krsna

    But is pure, unbroken Krishna consciousness realistically achievable ?

    YES

    What happens if one’s consciousness falters, especially at death? Is salvation / liberation / Krishna-prema still assured?

    yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ
    tyajaty ante kalevaram
    taṁ tam evaiti kaunteya
    sadā tad-bhāva-bhāvitaḥ

    Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kuntī, that state he will attain without fail. ( BG 8.6)

    How do theistic philosophers reconcile human frailty, emotional turbulence, and the aspirational ideal of constant devotion?

    Don't know how theistic philosophers do. But this is Krsna's assurance in Bhagavad Gita

    sarva-dharmān parityajya
    mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
    ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
    mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

    Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear. ( BG 18.66)

    Hare Krsna

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