The living entities are attached to the work they perform as well as
the result of it. Even though he does nothing completely by his own
effort,he falsely thinks that he is the only doer. The material
nature(material elements) is in action due to the contact of spirit
with the matter. Spirit is willing flesh is playing.For an action to
happen atma should desire first,then it should be approved by
paramatma(or the Supreme witness seated within everyone's heart).
Based on the previous actions-karma of the atma,the Supreme Lord
provides all necessities to fulfill the action desired by the atma. If
the atma deserves(qualified according to his past actions) what he
desires,he'll get the work done,otherwise it'll be a failure.
But the ahankara vimudatma falsely thinks that he's the sole
proprietor of the result he gets. He forgets the other players such as
paramatma, his karma, kala, prakriti involved in the action he
performs.
The Supreme Lord is never partial to anyone in providence,but for His
devotees(Yoga kshemam vahamy aham). Even though the Lord creates
everything in material nature He is not attached to His creation. This
is an adorable quality of Govinda who is the wealth of Gopis.
Pure devotees of Krsna are in complete knowledge of the supremacy of
the Lord. This is why we can see when Srila Prabhupada landed in the
US,he admitted that Krishna you have brought me here at Your will,I am
a puppet in Your hands. You can play whichever way You want me to. But
he already knows the plan of Krishna.When asked in immigration for who
are there for him in the US, Prabhupada said he has 100s of
disciples.Actually there was none at that time.
A person who feels the presence of God,sees his own faults magnified
while others' are ignored. But it's also the quality of a pure devotee
to feel compassion for the suffering souls&help them rectify their
faults&attain Love of God.
Devotees are flexible to take up austerities. But
care should be taken among devotees so that the flexibility of the
devotees is not overstretched to the extent that breaks the heart of
the devotees.
Initially a sadhaka has to be fixed in following the process of
Devotional Service until he gets spontaneous Love for God. Attachment
to the process is required until attaining the natural state of being.
Forget all good that we do for others.Remember all defects of the
self. And work on fixing the defects of oneself-anartha nivrti to
attain steadiness in the process of self and God realization.
--
Yours
Dinesh
Blog:http://dinesh-krsna.blogspot.com
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