———————-Being Focused – Novi Sad, Serbia – June 29_2008———— The question was also raised about association with devotees. We might find that certain types of association; even with sincere devotees diverts us from our focus. The key is to strengthen our focus, and to help others understand that their needs are not really being met read more>>

Being Focused, Novi Sad, Serbia-June 27, 2008—– One other item I forgot to mention that contributes to the “mission creep” that I mentioned previously is equating big projects, big buildings, big festivals, and sophisticated management with the mission of Krishna consciousness. These can certainly be accepted as tools in advancing the mission, but if these read more>>

Being focused-June 24, 2008-Split Croatia Those of us who were around when Srila Prabhupada was on the planet remember that the movement and its members were extremely focused on the mission. The mission was also very very clear to us (becoming Kcon and bringing others to Kcon). Why were we so focused and how have read more>>

Emotional Freedom-June 26, 2007 In my travels I have noticed many devotees suffering from the effects of emotional dependency or attempting to free themselves from emotional dependency. I am impelled by my desire/need to help devotees to write about this subject. Emotional dependency can affect GBCs, Presidents, Gurus, brahmacaries, householders, disciples, authorities, preachers, husbands, wives, read more>>

June 22, 2008 Split Croatia. Before continuing with my thoughts about being focused I would like to address the concerns of a devotee who communicated with me after reading the first portion of this present topic (Being focused). She has some very interesting points that I would like to address. The comment was that some read more>>

Our Need for Autonomy Autonomy is an interesting concept. It is defined as: “independence or freedom, as of the will or one’s actions.” It is a basic need of the soul to be autonomous, which basically means the soul needs to be free to express itself. Outside of Krishna consciousness autonomy is not possible for read more>>

Love Yourself!!! That’s an interesting title for a Krishna conscious blog-“Love Yourself.” Many devotees are under the impression that we should love Krishna and denigrate ourselves! It is understandable that they think this way because there are many statements that one may misunderstand such as: 1. Thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street read more>>

June 5, 2007 It’s been a few days since I wrote my blog, and I have really been missing the writing. For the last few days I have been at the GBC meeting in New Vrindavan so time has been short. But I have learnt a lot about myself during these meetings. Some people picture read more>>