Don't Cheat Yourself

You are an eternal spiritual being, full of bliss and full of knowledge. Therefore you should not cheat yourself by foolishly considering yourself to be your material body. If you misidentify yourself with matter, you relegate yourself to rotate endlessly in the cycle of birth of death, sometimes as human being, sometimes as a plant, and sometimes as an animal. If however, you will fully revive your dormant state of enlightened consciousness, your Krishna consciousness, upon leaving your present material body you will immediately be transferred to your original home in the spiritual sky where you will enjoy an eternal youthful existence in the association of the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna and His eternal associates. The choice is up to you which path you will take: the path of spiritual emancipation or the path of bondage. I hope you make the right choice. If you do, I am prepared to help you every step of the way.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: A Good Relationship with Krishna

̇How can we have a good relationship with Krishna, if we can't have a good relation between us human beings? Because we always have misunderstandings in our material relationship what shall we do to keep our relation with Krishna in good condition?

With all my respect

Amira

Answer: Carefully Follow His Instructions

The reason we do not have good relations between human beings is that we do not base them on a loving relationship with Krishna. We base them instead on the selfish principle of what I can get out of this other person for my own enjoyment. In short, this is called exploitation. This exploitative non-Krishna conscious mood is the cause of all the conflict in the world today.

As soon as we surrender to Krishna we derive complete satisfaction and happiness simply from being His devotee. Therefore we no longer feel any need of trying to exploit others for our own happiness. Having a good, conflict-free relationship with Krishna is not difficult. All we have to do is carefully follow the instructions as given in the Bhagavad-gita and as confirmed by the bona fide spiritual master. Then everything becomes perfect.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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