Turning Hell into Heaven

As I write this we are preparing to head out again on another intercontinental overnight flight. This time we are traveling from South Africa to Australia. The whole world is sleeping in the deep, dense ,dark depths of delusion. But we have been given the knowledge by which the entire world can be delivered from this chaotic madness, if they will only listen to us and accept our formula. Therefore our duty in service to the suffering humanity is to somehow or other induce the entire world population to hear and follow our instructions for turning this hell into heaven.

The Dazzlingly Beautiful Radha and Krishna

The Dazzlingly Beautiful Radha and Krishna

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Answers According to Vedic Wisdom

Question: Why Come Down to Chant?

Hare Krishna.
When we see clearly that the mind is higher than the senses, the intelligence even higher, and the spirit the highest, why do we come all the way down to chant in order to go back up to the spirit?

Is this done to burn out parabdha karma that keeps coming back, or is it because we are insecure on the subtle level of pure spirit?

If we learned to wait instead of going down to the mind, would there be such a positive energy that we would immediately be in bliss quite substantially, and light to see life unfold like the flowering of goodness?

Thanking you,
Yours in the dharma,
Prema.

Answer: Chanting Is Beyond Matter.

Chanting is not coming down. The name of Krishna is Krishna Himself. So when we chant His name with love we are pulled onto the spiritual platform completely beyond this material existence.

This frees us from karma and makes us solid on the platform of pure spirit.

Although patience is a virtue, waiting alone with not liberate us. We must take powerful, positive action to purify our consciousness from the contamination of material association. This is what chanting Hare Krishna does.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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