Appreciate the Devotees While They Are Here

In this material world of birth and death everyone has an allotted life span of a certain number of years and then after the death of their body they depart for some other place in accordance with their state of mind at the time of death. The devotees also will disappear from this world at a certain point in time. Therefore while the devotees are present we should not take their association for granted. We should understand that having the association of the Lord's devotees is the greatest of all benedictions, indeed it can be rightfully described as the ultimate benediction. We should therefore take every moment of their association as the greatest treasure and always hear from them and serve them nicely in a loving mood. This is of the utmost importance because it is through our development of loving relationships with the devotees that our actual love for Krishna proportionately manifests.

Blissful Devotees in Seattle, USA

Blissful Devotees in Seattle, USA

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Answers by Citing the Vedic Version

Question: Who Am I? What is My Purpose? How to Fulfill It?

Pranam. Namaste.

I am 48 years old! I have two kids both are grown both are well educated and almost established ! I have done my duty sincerely in this years! But I have questions since beginning: Who I am, and what is the purpose of my life, and how to fulfill it?

Ujayant

Answer: You Are Krishna's Eternal Servant

You are an eternal spiritual being who due to misuse of his minute independence fell into this material existence where you have been suffering for millions of lifetimes. By the evolutionary process of transmigration of your soul through the 8,400,000 species of life you have now attained the human form of life, which gives you the rare opportunity to get out of the cycle of birth and death and return to your original home and identity as a servant of the Supreme Lord in His all-blissful pastimes in the spiritual sky, where no one ever gets sick, old, or dies. The way to return to your original identity as the eternal servant of the Supreme Lord is take shelter of the bona fide spiritual master, who engages you 24/7 in Krishna's devotional service beginning with regularly hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord, thus guiding you exactly how to recover from the disease of material consciousness and regain your original, pure identity in the wondrous pastimes of Lord Sri Krishna.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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