Hare Krishna!
We all know that there are some tremendously talented indivisuals amongst the devotees of Krishna in ISKCON. Srila Prabhupada attracted the best of men and engaged their talents in the service of Krishna. He taught the sublime principles of Yukta Vairagya to the whole world. And who but the bitterly envious will question the one-pointed focus of the devotees in using all the available resources and talents in the service of Krishna? Who but the openly envious will point out the opulence of ISKCON as against the highest principles of devotional service? Who but the totally ignorant will say that all this opulence is not being used totally in Krishna's service? These people dont know that all that is, belongs to Krishna and its only proper use is to use it in His service.
Coming to the title of this article.. Dynamism. I'll give you my own humble example. Kindly pardon me if I sound immodest. That is not my intent... Now, before coming in touch with the devotees and taking up the Krishna Consciouness process more seriously, I used to play a lot of sports, used to go for treks, write poems, sing, do well in exams, and so on.. So, in the worldly terms, quite a dynamic person. However, now-a-days I have lost (almost :-) ) all interest in these activities when they are not related to Krishna. However, its not that I have stopped enjoying myself! Its not that I have become a dull guy. On the contrary, I have opened up even more! In the service of Krishna, one has to do all kinds of activities. And in fact, that only adds to the dynamism of a person!
A devotee can pretty much do everything under the sky expertly :-) He can cook, he can sing, he can play the kartals and mridangam, he can speak philosophy, he can preach, he can dance, and so on... How many non-devotees can claim that they can do all these things?
Therefore, Krishna Consciousness enhances ones dynamism to unthought of levels. Just see, that by the grace of Srila Prabhupada, I have been inspired to start writing again! I have not had to stop writing, but in fact have now a real purpose behind my words! To glorify the Holy Name of Krishna!! To glorify Lord Chaitanya's movement! And it is so purifying. Earlier I used to write for myself, now I write for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari! Isn't there a difference? And which is more dynamic? :-)
One must not be afraid of giving up lower attachments for higher goals. Thats what common sense teaches us, right? Then why are we attached to things that give personal sense gratification? Arent we convinced of the utter hopelessness of our existence? Arent we fully convinced that only the Holy Name can lift us out of this hopeless situation of repeated cycle of birth and death punctuated by birth, old age, disease, and death?
Lets rise from being an ordinary dynamic person to being a Super Dynamic person by applying our dynamism in the service of the Supremely Dynamic person Krishna and thus not only increasing our dynamism, but also the field of activities in which we can display it! Just like iron after coming in contact with fire aquires the qualities of the fire, any person who comes in contact with Krishna through His devotional service, starts aquiring more and more dynamism from the Supreme cause of all causes -- Krishna!!
Your servant in Krishna Consciousness,
Abhijit.
We all know that there are some tremendously talented indivisuals amongst the devotees of Krishna in ISKCON. Srila Prabhupada attracted the best of men and engaged their talents in the service of Krishna. He taught the sublime principles of Yukta Vairagya to the whole world. And who but the bitterly envious will question the one-pointed focus of the devotees in using all the available resources and talents in the service of Krishna? Who but the openly envious will point out the opulence of ISKCON as against the highest principles of devotional service? Who but the totally ignorant will say that all this opulence is not being used totally in Krishna's service? These people dont know that all that is, belongs to Krishna and its only proper use is to use it in His service.
Coming to the title of this article.. Dynamism. I'll give you my own humble example. Kindly pardon me if I sound immodest. That is not my intent... Now, before coming in touch with the devotees and taking up the Krishna Consciouness process more seriously, I used to play a lot of sports, used to go for treks, write poems, sing, do well in exams, and so on.. So, in the worldly terms, quite a dynamic person. However, now-a-days I have lost (almost :-) ) all interest in these activities when they are not related to Krishna. However, its not that I have stopped enjoying myself! Its not that I have become a dull guy. On the contrary, I have opened up even more! In the service of Krishna, one has to do all kinds of activities. And in fact, that only adds to the dynamism of a person!
A devotee can pretty much do everything under the sky expertly :-) He can cook, he can sing, he can play the kartals and mridangam, he can speak philosophy, he can preach, he can dance, and so on... How many non-devotees can claim that they can do all these things?
Therefore, Krishna Consciousness enhances ones dynamism to unthought of levels. Just see, that by the grace of Srila Prabhupada, I have been inspired to start writing again! I have not had to stop writing, but in fact have now a real purpose behind my words! To glorify the Holy Name of Krishna!! To glorify Lord Chaitanya's movement! And it is so purifying. Earlier I used to write for myself, now I write for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari! Isn't there a difference? And which is more dynamic? :-)
One must not be afraid of giving up lower attachments for higher goals. Thats what common sense teaches us, right? Then why are we attached to things that give personal sense gratification? Arent we convinced of the utter hopelessness of our existence? Arent we fully convinced that only the Holy Name can lift us out of this hopeless situation of repeated cycle of birth and death punctuated by birth, old age, disease, and death?
Lets rise from being an ordinary dynamic person to being a Super Dynamic person by applying our dynamism in the service of the Supremely Dynamic person Krishna and thus not only increasing our dynamism, but also the field of activities in which we can display it! Just like iron after coming in contact with fire aquires the qualities of the fire, any person who comes in contact with Krishna through His devotional service, starts aquiring more and more dynamism from the Supreme cause of all causes -- Krishna!!
Your servant in Krishna Consciousness,
Abhijit.
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