More Conducive for Self-Realization

In a world becoming every day more and more polluted by the poison of greed it is natural that the air and water will also become more and more poisonous. On remote tropical islands, such as the Fiji Islands, we get a glimpse of how much more conducive for self-realization the entire world must have been like in the Vedic times before it became so much polluted by multifarious forms of contamination. Clean, fresh air and water, open spaces and panoramic vistas abound here along with multi-varieties of tasty fruits and vegetables growing naturally in the wild. In this place with a small piece of land anyone can easily and comfortably survive without having to worry about the rising price of petroleum. It is a very sattvic atmosphere very conducive for absorbing the mind in the supreme meditation of Lord Sri Krishna's unlimitedly sweet transcendental names:

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Industrial Plant "Blesses" Environment (not in Fiji)

Unhealthy Toxic Air Blankets a City (not in Fiji)

Japa in Fresh, Clean Air by the Sea in Fiji

Mountaintop Live-off-the-Land Family in Fiji

Breathtaking Pacific View from their Shack

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Should I Become a Devotee?

Why should I become a devotee?

Raghunath

Answer: You Cannot Become a Devotee

There is no question of becoming a devotee. The first teaching of Lord Caitanya to Santana Goswami is that every living being is by his very nature a devotee of Lord Krishna. So no one can become a devotee because everybody already is Lord Krishna's devotee. It is a simply a matter of waking up and realizing, "I am a devotee of Lord Krishna."

We are all devotees of Krishna because we are all His energy. We are all His emanations. Because we are part of Him, we are all naturally His servants.

This principle can be easily understood by observing the relationship of any unit with its parts. Each part of a unit naturally serves the complete whole unit. Just like I am now typing these words into my laptop computer. The space bar which I just pressed is part of the laptop computer. Therefore its function is to serve the computer. If it does not serve the computer properly it has to be repaired. When do not serve God properly we require to be repaired. The factory-authorized (God-authorized) repairman is the spiritual master.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari