Plugged into the Supreme Consciousness

What good is a lamp if it is not plugged in? What good is a hand if it is not connected with the body? What good is this modern highly advanced civilization if it is not connected with its source? What value does our life have if it is not dovetailed with the Supreme Consciousness?

The lamp will produce no illumination. The hand will not function; indeed it will rot. The so-called advanced civilization will simply be burden to the earth. And we will in state of illusion and anxiety hopelessly trying to bring meaning to a meaningless existence.

Therefore the obvious conclusion is that both individually and collectively we have to be plugged into the Supreme Consciousness, the original source of existence.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Is Solitude Better?...

It was a clear and logical explanation about our relationship with God from you in your last lesson. In this regard I want to know why it is very difficult to keep these feelings always intact. External factors like peer pressure in the working place, passion, ailments etc. try to pull us down from the enlightening path.

Sometimes even in religious gatherings we are forced to discuss about material things rather about God. In such a case is solitude better for our Krishna consciousness than to join the group for so-called satsang?

Sudha

Answer: Better than Solitude is...

Solitude is better than impure association, but better still is the association of pure-minded souls. The key to making solid spiritual progress is to as much as possible only associate with those persons who practicing uninterrupted devotion which is completely free from any material motivations. Unfortunately practically all religious gatherings nowadays are 99% material with a little God consciousness added for the sake of a nice finishing touch. These sort of gatherings you must avoid. You need to find those rare religious gatherings that are 100% for the purpose of devotion.

If in a religious gathering you are forced to discuss material things, that is not a genuine religious gathering. That is a materialistic gathering disguising itself as a religious gathering. Beware of such wolves in sheep's clothing. Such association is our greatest enemy on the pathway of spiritual perfection.

You must find those persons who are purely pursuing devotion without any material motives and take complete shelter of their association. It is with this idea in mind that my spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founded ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in a tiny storefront at 26 2nd Ave in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York in 1966. Now, by Krishna' grace, this movement has expanded like wildfire all over the world to give every man, woman, and child on the face of this planet the opportunity to experience what is pure bhakti. By regularly associating with the ISKCON devotees you can quickly and easily pick up the spirit of bhakti so strongly that it will carry you through those moments when you are forced to deal with so many external factors.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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