Dienstag, 9. September 2008

the confidential heart tester

this is from srimati matajis japa seminar.

it will help us, to see, from where we are actually starting in our endevaour to chant hare krishna purely. don t worry, if the result is disgusting...;-) it s just about the reality, we are facing.

best is, you print these questions out, and make a tick for every answer you consider YES, that would fit to you.


do you see any of the following in yourself?

a)

1) indecisiveness,

2) envy,

3) attachment to things not related to krishna,

inability to keep vows,

4) no programs, rules and regulations

5) desire for recognition

6) iconsistency in your endevaour to become krishna conscious

7) a tendency to enjoy material facilities

8) regular struggle with the mind and senses

9) false confidence and enthusiasm

10) inability to overcome bad habits

11) desire for material facility

12)propensity to cheat and find fault

13) desire for liberation

14) a taste for sensual pleasure

15) interest in mystic powers

16) desire for heavenly comforts


b) do you ever comit

nama aparadha?

seva aparadha?

vaishnava aparadha?

offence to other entities?

c) do you somtimes wonder, who you really are, what krishnas position as the supreme personality of godhead really is?

do you somtimes feel unsure about the goal and process of bhakti, what is favourable and unfavourable for your advancement in krishna concsciousness?

when you chant, do you somtimes feel sleepy?

experience distraction?

feel indifference, disinterested, not pay attention?


Then please answer yourself the following:

is your score five or less?

ten or less?

fifteen or less?


when i went through this questions, i thought: "ghee, i am not an absolute beginner, i am somthing like a maha absolute beginner.

that s just, how things are.....

still feel happy about it. when you start a journey, there is always a place to begin.





Gebloggt mit Flock Browser

Keine Kommentare: