Tasting the Beauty of Krishna

Even the most tantalizing, attractive tastes of this world pale into insignificance when they are compared to to flavor of Krishna consciousness. Even though Krishna consciousness is so scrumptiously sweet, the neophyte struggles to always keep his enthusiasm and determination strong because he is not fully tasting it sweetness.

So how does one transition from being a struggling neophyte to being a fixed-up advanced devotee who can taste the beauty of Krishna at every second?

The key is to be very surrendered to follow the instructions of the Lord. Taste or no taste, we must be very, very surrendered to doing whatever Krishna wants us to do. If we take this humble position of always serving Krishna in all conditions of happiness and distress, we will gradually become solidly situated on the transcendental platform beyond all the disturbances of this material existence tasting the beauty of Krishna at every minute with all of our senses.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: In Great Need of Your Guidance

Please tell me, what is the best way to develop a strong sense of patience and tolerance in difficult times? How can I truly understand that Krishna is the controller and not I? How can I keep my recent loss of enthusiasm for Krishna Consciousness from making me fall down?

Your servant in great need of your guidance.

Answer: Always Act for the Lord's Pleasure

I am very sorry to hear that you are feeling a lack of enthusiasm for Krishna consciousness. Simply you should pick up yourself up again from wherever you left off. The enthusiasm for Krishna consciousness is always existing within your heart. You simply must tap it into again by resuming the activities of Krishna consciousness. If you do so, your old enthusiasm will return in an even more powerful way than it was before.

Regarding understanding that Krishna is the controller and not you, the first thing is that you should try to understand how it is that you are not the controller. Do you want to get sick, get old, and die? No. You do not. But yet by the laws of nature you are forced to get sick, get old, and die. Krishna, on the other hand, is never subjected to sickness, old age, and death because He is the supreme controller. Everything is acting under His direction.

Regarding patience and tolerance, you must have firm faith that whatever situation you are in has been arranged under the direction of the Lord for your purification and upliftment. Not a blade of grass moves without the will of the Supreme Lord. So try to see everything in this light that everything has a purpose. Simply always try to think, speak, and act for the pleasure of the Lord in all times, places, and circumstances. You will be amazed how you will begin to more and more see the merciful hand of the Lord acting in all circumstances.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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