Of all the things that one can attain in
life there is nothing that even remotely compares with the attainment of
self-realization. When one reawakens his original enlightened
consciousness this attainment far exceeds even the greatest
accomplishments of world history. The benefit the awakened soul achieves
are eternal and ever-increasingly auspicious unlike the temporary
fizzling-out benefits of material attainments.
But for most people there is no question of searching for self-realization. They are simply interested in how to make money as much as possible and spend it for gratifying their senses and the senses of their family members. Even for those rare persons who have an inclination for self-realization, in most cases it is way down on their list of priorities. So the rarest are those who make self-realization the number one purpose of their existence. And the rarest of the rare are those who properly tread the pathway of self-realization following in the footsteps of a bona fide spiritual master.
Everyone has the full freedom the follow the pathway of his choice. If one wants to remain in the cycle of birth, death, old age, disease, Krishna will fully facilitate him. And if one wants to finish up his rotation in this never-ending cycle, Krishna will provide him with a bona fide spiritual who can save him.
All we have to do is sincerely desire to attain spiritual perfection and then we will see how Krishna has given us everything we need in order to attain it. We will see how He has given us His teachings in form of the Bhagavad-gita. We will appreciate how He has made Himself so easily available in the form of His inconceivably sweet holy names. And we will be in a state of wonder to see how we can so easily approach Him and qualify to become one of His intimate associates by serving His pure representative, the bona fide spiritual master.
But for most people there is no question of searching for self-realization. They are simply interested in how to make money as much as possible and spend it for gratifying their senses and the senses of their family members. Even for those rare persons who have an inclination for self-realization, in most cases it is way down on their list of priorities. So the rarest are those who make self-realization the number one purpose of their existence. And the rarest of the rare are those who properly tread the pathway of self-realization following in the footsteps of a bona fide spiritual master.
Everyone has the full freedom the follow the pathway of his choice. If one wants to remain in the cycle of birth, death, old age, disease, Krishna will fully facilitate him. And if one wants to finish up his rotation in this never-ending cycle, Krishna will provide him with a bona fide spiritual who can save him.
All we have to do is sincerely desire to attain spiritual perfection and then we will see how Krishna has given us everything we need in order to attain it. We will see how He has given us His teachings in form of the Bhagavad-gita. We will appreciate how He has made Himself so easily available in the form of His inconceivably sweet holy names. And we will be in a state of wonder to see how we can so easily approach Him and qualify to become one of His intimate associates by serving His pure representative, the bona fide spiritual master.
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