There are a number of things that bemuse me and makes me wonder either my own sanity of that of others; their seems to be either a disconnect or lack of joined up thinking; or the fact that if we did stop and ask questions it may lead to a need to rethink or reamend or worse abmit it may have flaws.
As I read an interesting article on the use of sadhna sheets the devotee gave a break down of responses and use whilst offering to take more devotees on; alls well and good.
Well until you break it down and look closely at the figures given, and the question arises why did a number fail to start to fill them in and why did a few stop after starting filling them in, cause unknown.
Somehow that appears to be an unsatisfactory answer was their an effort to find out why?
Then I get an e-mail on an upcoming event aimed at those who are in the Grihastha Ashram, adults only, no children allowed.
Hum if your in this ashram then there is a good posibility that their will be children, and given the temple size and pacilities a small cresh could have been provided; but no the parents have to either find a baby sitter or one has to miss out.
Is it me or is that a total disconnect.
Were obsessed with courses and forms but no real thought is given in either apart from how it’s important for us to boil the milk and finally fulfil Srila Prabhupada’s words; without not asking why Srila Prabhupada didn’t instigate them.
May be it’s the feeling that these forms and class room expectations will alienate individuals and Srila Prabhupada didn’t want people to be alianated, and that we will put more emphasis on them than actually connecting to the individual.
As a couple you would want to attend the Grihastha course together as a couple?
May your just not a form person, or that a form is a way to demotivate the individual.
But we have a crazy there is only one way, we have courses and forms ow and heres the bill.
Yes professional reciters of bhakti, we will only depart the knowledge if you pay.
Which brings me to a conclusion
What was Srila Prabhupad’s charges please present me with a list of his authorized charges in relation to courses for initiation
And as it sadly appears that there is greater interest in making money than inspiring the individual may be just send me a yearly subscription bill and marval at how much money the temple has.
Yes sadly I’m alianated and feel that the only thing ISKCON and the devotees are interested in is my wallet; which bemuses me as the first devotees I came across and associated with didn’t care for my wallet, forms or courses but cared about me and how to inspire me in bhakti.
And how I long for those days to return life was much simpler then
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