Invest Your Time Wisely

There is nothing more wonderful than Krishna consciousness. While everything in this world will eventually fail to protect us, the one thing that we can always rely on is our Krishna consciousness. Therefore the wisest thing to do is to always be increasing our Krishna consciousness. It's the little things that add up to make the ultimate difference in the end. For example, when you to the doctor's office or you are waiting to catch a flight instead of reading a mundane magazine you can bring with you some Krishna conscious literature and read that instead. Instead of checking out the latest blockbuster movie at your local cinema you can go the nearest Hare Krishna temple and attend the evening program. Each and every moment of our lives is a chance to invest our consciousness in Krishna. Why should we invest any of our consciousness energy anywhere else, when those other investments are guaranteed to fail? Every second that is spent focusing our mind on Krishna means a sure accumulation of spiritual assets. So why not become spiritually rich by spending every possible minute in Krishna consciousness?

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Travelers Reading Krishna Conscious Books in the Airport

Travelers Reading Krishna Conscious Books in the Airport

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Divine Energy Creates Good and Bad?

What is the motive for the divine energy to create both good and bad?

Thanks
Manjesh

Answer: We are the Ones Who Create Them

It is not the Krishna through His divine energy is creating good and bad. He is simply reciprocating with each living entity according to their desire. So, everyone experiences bliss or suffering according to their own desires. It is not that Krishna chooses to put one soul into suffering and another soul into happiness. Those who utilize their free will to serve the Lord enjoy an eternal life full of bliss and knowledge in the spiritual world. And those who utilize their free will to for trying to enjoy separately from the Lord come to this material existence and suffer the fourfold miseries of birth, death, old age, and disease. The Lord does not force one or the other condition upon us. It is totally up to us whether we will suffer material existence or relish eternal bliss in the spiritual sky.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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