Be Kind to Yourself

Be kind to yourself. Don't torture yourself by continuing to misidentify with that which you are not, namely your temporary material body. There's absolutely no reason to go on punishing yourself when you could be rewarding yourself unlimitedly. Those are who intelligent and philosophically inclined focus their thoughts, words, and deeds in all times, places, and circumstances in harmony with the actual spiritual nature of the self as a loving servant of the Supreme Self and thus constantly relish great peace, harmony, and satisfaction.

So how do you choose to identify yourself? I hope you make the right choice because I don't like that anybody should ever have to suffer.

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Question: Origin of Soul

Dear Guru,

I have read in one of Srila Prabhupada's books that God has multiplied and we are created.

But even though created, we use the word emanation or manifestation and also say that the soul is eternal in nature.

Does this mean that the soul exists in potential form as part of God and therefore it is said that the soul is eternal or already existing and is never created.

But there definitely must be a time when the soul is transformed from potential form to reality. Is this true?

Hare Krishna.
Shreyansh

Answer: Eternally Emanated from Krishna

From: Johannesburg, South Africa

My Dear Shreyansh,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

There was never a time when the soul was transformed from potential form to reality because Krishna is eternally emanating us as individual persons from Himself.

I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.
Your ever well-wisher,

Sankarshan Das Adhikari