Gender

Male

Birthday:

January 23

Name / Initiated name

Eric Wayne Crosley

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

16

When, where and how did you come into contact with the Hare Krishna Movement?

Given BG As It Is March 1976. Joined ISKCON AnnArbor, MI USA RadhaKrsna Temple, July 7,1976. Initiated by Srila Prabhupada, through Jayatirtha Adhikari, at ISKCON Detroit, August 29, 1977, all by the causeless mercy of the Supreme Divine Couple, Radha Kunjabihari :>)

Name the nearest or most frequently Visited ISKCON temple/ centre and name few of the devotees whom you know.

Detroit ISKCON/Lansing Area Preaching Network/ Kalalapa dd; Jusya das; Cintamani dd; Srinandanandana das; Bhumadeva das; Sukasugari dd; Jambavan das; Samvit dd; Bhusaya das; Lekashavanti dd; Kapila dd; Malati dd; HH Radhanatha Swami; HH Romapada Swami; HG Varsana Swami; Saci Kripa Chandrika dd; HG Badrinarayan das

Please describe yourself so that other like minded devotees can find you.

I find my Gurudev, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada to be the ultimate spiritual revolutionary, whose example is perfect for any soul to follow and who is empowered by the Supreme Being, RadhaKrsna, to transform the troubled Earth Planet, sweet Mata Bhumi, to become like Vaikunta. I am trying, with other devotees, to improve how our congregation relates to our Board at ISKCON Detroit, which is proving, unfortunately, to be next to impossible. We are close to beginning a 152 acre farm, Green Jagannatha Farm, in south east central Michigan, for Srila Prabhupada's pleasure. We, for over 40 years, at Detroit ISKCON, have failed to take our Guru's orders to heart, to "grow your own food and keep cows". With better Krsna consciousness, we could already have 10's of farms in Michigan and the central Midwest USA, in pursuance of a Pure Devotee of Krsna's all-wise and all-merciful and all-loving and all-compassionate and all spiritually revolutionary Vani (we are trying to be determined, enthusiastic and patient to follow Srial Prabhupada's "make it green, make it green, make it green instructions. We wish our GBC would getr more enthusiastic about leading ISKCON, in this, arguably most neglected and most significant part of His Divine Grace's Vani to all of us :>) :>(

What are your expectations from this community?

To help make this planet a joyous place of bhakti-yoga practice, practitioners, where more and more souls, are firmly situated as spiritual revolutionaries, in consciousness of the Supreme Absolute Truth, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and All of His etertnal associates, Hari Bol.......

Describe any specific service you would love to offer to Lord Krishna & His devotees?

See the above; and to impliment Srila Prabhupada's Vani, to have a clearly spiritual and spiritually democratic/communistic ISKCON, where GBC, local management and local congregations, thrive, with no individual devotees are ever marginalized due to materialistic politics, maya. Let us all Agree and Disagree in Krsna. Let's not let Srila Prabhu- pada's ISKCON Heart, be broken from within; let's not fall for false mind control in the name of cooperation, but rather think differently, like spiritual individuals, so we may freely cooperate to please His Divine Grace. Hari Bol........................