Hare Krishna Dear Gurumaharaja.
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are slowly settling in Slovakia now. Found tiny apartment in which we will live from July, right after Rathayatra in Czech.

I am happy to share with you that after years of struggle my morning sadhana is good. I am chanting all of  16 rounds every day at morning.

HpS - Very, very wonderful. Bhakti yoga is described as the path of progressive rules and regulations. I made a decision at one point that even as a brahmacari I would have two dhotis with no holes. Step by step we advance in our rules.

Also I am wondering how much I can really influence as it seems in my astrological chart there was shift of periods and therefore it is possible for me to wake early. It would mean that my 'devotional service' is controlled by material nature. Like when for last years whole universe was makng obsticles, and however I tried I always failed, which hopefully disappeared :)

We are all fully transcendetal souls, but is it really in my power to behave transcendental in this body? I understand that big devotees can be over material influence, but is it even possible to act differently than what body is programmed for by universe/planets for normal person who is in beginning stages of devotial service?

HpS - This is exactly the content of BG, no? As we surrender to Krsna He takes charge of our Karma. He can make us strong enough to control external forces, but if He wants to take away our power, like He did with Arjuna, then He can do that also.

So, when the mode of goodness is prominent we take advantage of it. We get up early as much as we can. As we advance we may still be in an externally tamasic situation but internally it does not disturb us. We see Krsna wants this and we work within that framework. Arjuna fought the battle.

It seems to me, that on my level it depends purely on mercy what can I do. Like there is no free choice, only mercy.

HpS - No, you have some free will. You can see that. YOu can make little choices, one more sweet ball or two.

Otherwise having marathon to have new Vedabase ready for launch date.

ASA - UG - Hare Krsna!

After launch of new version I will either work fultime on the project or find some IT karmi job depending on situation.

Your servant Prahlad Nrsimha das

HpS - Please continue to work on this no matter what, a lot or a little. We all love it.