Gender

Male

Birthday:

April 18

Name / Initiated name

Davis L

Daily number of rounds of Hare Krishna mahamantra.

ranges from 4-32. I don't care too much about the number - they must be chanted with love and utmost yearning, one has to chant alone in a room and cry for Krishna. Bhajans are also sweet when chanted blissfully, with pure spiritual emotion and having one's full attention on God and not on oneself. This allows you to merge with the chanting and taste the devotional ecstasy, bhava samadhi

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

I started doing sadhna and chanting the mahamantra since November 2011.

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

Hare Krishna temple at Mexico City, and there I met Vrindavaneswari Dasi, Arjuna Bandhu (both are my age) and other devotees, like Adokshaja prabhu and Vanamali Prabhu.

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

I only care about Krishna as only Him is eternal... everything else has a 2 day existence. I was gifted with the darshan of Sathya Sai Baba on two previous occassions during an elevated state of spiritual emotion (this was on December 2015 and Jan 2016). Then I had a brief but amazingly blissful darshan of Lord Krishna on my bathroom mirror while I was putting on tilak, this lasted only a few seconds. But Goddess Kali appears to like my love towards Her way too much, as afterHer physical darshan (materialization) at our home on May 2016, and I am able to see Her everytime I pray to Her or ask for Her help & spiritual guidance. She also appears smiling when I do chanting of the Mahamantra or meditation, and I can always feel Her presence near to me. She has saved me from subtle negative energy attacks and also from falling on maya again. She keeps me permanently engrossed in devotion now. However, I understand that EVERYBODY and EVERYTHING - all devatas got their power and authority from KRISHNA. They are His competent, powerful, elevated and empowered representatives of Krishna. They / we are dependant of Him. If we ask any devata something that Krishna is not giving us directly, right behind His back; Krishna distances Himself and spiritual growth stops occurring authomatically. Knowing this, you're free from (Kali) maya's clutches, illusions and tricks - She became my best well wisher and supporter in the path of RADHA KRISHNA BHAKTI. She is always with me and I don't worship Her (them) separately from Krishna, as She herself told me that Krishna sent Her to guide me and have the spiritual progress done on me as He is not very accessible, one has to be really pure to gain the siddhi or trascendental ability to see Him all the time. This is up to His own will.

What are your expectations from this community?

To keep sharing spiritual experiences and pure love for God.

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

Translation seva (of articles about God, the Devatas and devotional service), guidance on sadhana and also spiritual healing.