Hare krisna Maharaj!!
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
First of all i want to say you thanks to give me the opportunity to have a more near relation with Srila Prabhupada and you, i feel very happy and i hope to have some intelligence to use this opportunity to advance in my spiritual life.
ASA - AGTSP! Us also.
The other day i read in this blog that i should write with my opinion about this spiritual process.
For me this process means to remember our natural position, and its a fact that this material world isnt our natural enviroment, i feel like a fish out of the sea.
ASA - Ha! Ha! Ha! Maybe more like a monkey tossed in the sea!
Im tired to stay under the control of the mind and the material senses, Im tired of wishing things that i know that with all the security brings suffer and bad reactions. Im tired of offending to the devotees, family friends and all the rest of living entities. Im tired of this body with 8.75 myopia, im tired to have headache when i wake up, and also im tired to cut my nails for the rest of my life.
In this position i think that the most intelligent thing that i can do is to chant Hare Krishna, cause in a few times i have the realization that if you chant with your heart, the pain of the material world dissapear while the mahamantra is sounding.
I believe that the necessity of look for a spiritual master is that he knows better than me how is the plan than we must follow to scape of this jail an back to home.
ASA - Even if we accept a spiritual master who is less adavanced than we are he can still do the job of spiritual master. He has a different pespective on things, no?
Now im studying bhakti sastri, first part of Bhagavad Gita and in this moment its the principle book that i read all the days, usually i read upadesamrita and sometimes sri isopanisad. I like very much bhakti sastri, cause with this study i have begun to understand in more profundity the topics of this book and the applications for our life.
Im happy with my services: Helping with the economy, buy for the restaurant, now i have started to give class of Bhagavad Gita (im study the verse, i look for a class of S.P of the same verse and i put in common the ideas of the meaning of the verse and the ideas of the class, one of the things that i love of the classes of Srila Prabhupada its the practical examples the he gave after explaning a philosophical idea), and i will begin to help Jaramara to organize some services of the temple.
I usually go to visit my family and friends (one time for one or two months) We have differences but we have a good relations, no problem with Hare Krisna movement. But its truth that its a little difficult cause i cant talk with them about Krisna, i talked with them about: Politic, music, other topics... but also we have very interestings conversations about the life, for me its a little effort to go but when im returning to temple i feel good about going to pass with them some days. I feel that i should to save and care the relation with them, its a fact that most of them arent interesting (now) in god but i feel that i have to stay with them, Is it ok to save this relations (i put limits, for example i go with my friends to the beach, play airsoft, surfing or to watch a film but i dont go to clubs or disco at nights)?
ASA - Yes, of course, is O.K. Four principles are nice moral standard and Krsna is the light of the sun, taste in water, so you can stimulate them if they are open to understand Krsna as He is presented in BG.
The only thing that for my parents its a preocupation is that im lossing some oportunities to work buy social educator, cause now im living in the temple, and this preocupation in my parents is a little disturbing for me. What can I do?
ASA --Stay in the Temple for some time. Get good Ashrama training and then if no practical career as a Brahmana in ISKCON develops (and they will also see its practical) then stay in contact with the Temple but develop your own work with other like minded devotees.
Some general instructions or things that i could try to do?
I hope that you are well!! Hare Krisna!!!
e dhana, yaubana, putra, parijana
ithe ki āche paratīti re
kamala-dala-jala, jīvana ṭalamala
bhajahū hari-pada nīti re
(What assurance of real happiness is there in all of one's wealth, youthfulness, sons, and family members? This life is tottering like a drop of water on a lotus petal; therefore you should always serve and worship the divine feet of Lord Hari.)
I have some attachment to Santander, its a good spot to chant japa and surf (its a photo during a japa walk)
HpS - ASA - Very nice news. General advice is:
1. Up early and get your rounds done with enthusiasm.
2. Four principles strictly.
3. Full, fun, morning and evening program.
4. Sankirtan according to your nature.
