The Biggest Blunder

People are often puzzled why a soul who is situated in the spiritual world would trade his position of eternity, knowledge, and bliss for temporality, ignorance, and misery in this world of birth and death. The answer is quite simple. Every living being has independence to act freely as he chooses. For example, many people who are looking for spiritual enlightenment sign up for my e-course. In fact more and more people are joining every day from all over the world. Through this course they are being offered the greatest opportunity to attain the topmost spiritual perfection and return to their original position in the spiritual sky. But yet we see that sometimes for no good reason people drop out of the course. Why do they do this? Because they have independence they are free to do as they wish, even though they may be making the biggest blunder. In a similar way, sometimes a soul misuses his independence and enters this material world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Is Desire for Happiness Pure Bhakti?

Hare Krishna,

Dandavat Pranam.

I like your daily messages very much. I have a question. If you can answer it that it will greatly help me. It is in reference to your message that to be happy we need to take up pure devotional service. But to take up devotional service for being happy, is that pure bhakti?

Your servant,

Nimit

Answer: No, But Pure Bhakti Gives Supreme Happiness

Although to take up devotional service for being happy is no doubt a praiseworthy goal, it is certainly as you have asked not pure bhakti. The pure devotee does not care for his own happiness. His only desire is to make Krishna happy by his every thought, word, and deed. Even if he has to suffer great trials and tribulations in the Lord's service, if the devotee can make the Lord happy by his endeavor, he feels great satisfaction within his heart.

In this way the devotee is 100% dovetailed with the happiness of Krishna and he enjoys unlimited happiness on a level equal with the Lord's happiness. The key to attaining this state of unlimited happiness is to give up the desire for personal happiness, replacing that desire with the sole desire of making Lord Sri Krishna happy.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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