All Glories to Sri Sri Gouranga Nityananda
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to H.H. Hanumatpresaka Swami
Please accept my most humble obeisance
Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja! I hope that this letter find you with a good health and as comfortable as it could be. My name is Ignacio González, I ´m from Valparaiso and it has been a long time that I haven´t write to you.
HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!! !! Is so nice to hear from you Ignacio. We remember so many things about you!!
I apologize for that but I have been working as a biology teacher, doing my thesis on nature of science, working on the professional practice, doing the programs at the new nama hatta in Valparaiso, arranging things for the conferences for October and also arranging things for my marriage, all of that without counting that I´m a father of a one year boy.
ASA - Ignacio el Super- Hero!
A lot! That’s the kuruksetra for this semester!! The Bhagavad-Gita has been a good book, sometimes I really want to quit but I know that we have to solve this discontinuities of time. We have been lucky because a lot of good devotees are interested and try to help us, and we really need their help.
I have been following the four principles, chanting 16 rounds per day and worshiping the deities every Sunday. The thing is that it´s all on an intellectual level, I know that this is the path and that I my efforts have to be done to achieve this… but how can I be more attach to Krsna? I really don´t know. I have been trying to do acts of trust and have been working a little bit.
Other thing, I have been willing to be your formal disciple for some time now. I have been following the 4 principles for six months, chanting 16 rounds for maybe 3 years and doing continues service for a year. Would you accept me as your formal disciple?
HpS - Jaya! I am just an instrument of Srila Prabhupada who is just a .... If you are following everything for 6-months they you can be a ---- FORMAL ASPIRANT --- ! Jaya! SIx months more and if you are ready to following the life of Yoga forever then ---- HARINAMA DIKSA --- In the beginning we don't get much taste. Just relief from suffering, slavery to drugs etc, and our life starts to become auspicious in every way. Yes, by the mercy of Lord Caitanya we do get some causeless mercy, but mostly is intellectual like you say and the real, practical aspect is that we really can follow the four principles etc. You need a letter of recomendation from Amara-gauranga Das.
How is your morning worship, program. It is a Requirement set by Srila Prabhupada. Without morning program our Japa is like 15% effective!!!
It sounds like you will have great success as you get this basis to your efforts. It sounds like you have a Karma of 50 story tall building but until you get a solid basis under it it can, will, collapse to zero.
16-4- 4AM, Kirtana, Deity, SB. Can be simple. Early to bed, early to rise. Next letter. Of course, these all have content for everyone!! Thank you so much for your years of austerity. You must have been doing this for lifetimes.....
It´s not much that I can offer you, but I will do my best to satisfy you.
Your lousy servant…
Ignacio