Become Powerful by Becoming Humble

In material life it is thought that the more you become proud, the more you become powerful. But actually, just the opposite is true. The reality is that the more you become humble, the more you become powerful. The reason this is true is that a proud person has no control over his senses, while a humble devotee of the Lord has fully conquered over his senses by engaging them 24 hours daily in the service of the Lord. This means that the proud person is not actually strong at all. He is simply burning off the reactions to his previous pious activities. Once these assets are exhausted he will be reduced to a very weak and powerless position. His strength is temporary and will be finished in due course of time. But the strength of the devotee is never destroyed. His strength is his total dependence on Krishna in all times, places, and circumstances. The more he advances in his dependence upon the Lord, the more His strength increases as more and more of the Lord's strength is manifested through him. In this way the devotee becomes stronger and stronger without any limitations of time, place, and circumstance.

Krishna's Most Humble Devotee, Srila Prabhupada, Is Most Powerful for Krishnizing the Universe

Krishna's Most Humble Devotee, Srila Prabhupada

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: How to Feel that Krishna is Alive & Near?

Dear Srila Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

How to increase the real feeling of Krishna's personality? How to feel that He is alive and near to me? I want that God will not be just a concept for me

Your eternal servant,

Raghavendra Das

Answer: Faithfully Stick to Path of Krishna Bhakti

The more you serve Krishna, Guru, and Vaisnavas with love, the more you will realize that Krishna is a person who is there with you at every minute guiding you and blessing you. Gradually you will feel that He is always present, and eventually you will see Him and engage directly in loving reciprocation with Him. Although this highly advanced stage of Krishna consciousness is not to be imitated, it is nonetheless factual and will be attained by you in due course of time if you will faithfully stick to this path of Krishna consciousness without deviation.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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