Read Read Read

When you are stuck inside on a rainy day, all one can do is either chant more or read for most of the day after service is finished.

One thing about me when I was younger, I always loved to read stuff. I could read anything I could get my hands on. But in 2007 was when I started getting my hands on to transcendental literature that Srila Prabhupada wrote. I guess after I kept reading more about George Harrison's spiritual life from the book Here Comes the Sun by Joshua M. Greene, inspired me even more about Krishna Conciousness. So I randomly ordered books from the library by Srila Prabhupada. And till this day I am still reading them even more so now that I am an initiated devotee.

Today I started off reading a bit from the Bhagavad Gita. I am on Chapter 4 now. And then later in the day I picked up The Nectar of Devotion, and then read from The Path of Perfection just this afternoon. Yesterday and the day before I was reading the Teachings of Lord Kapila. Not sure which book is really my favorite. I just like them all. That is what I've been doing a lot lately or trying to do is read Srila Prabhupada's books when I am not doing service. The Teachings of Lord Kapila and the Path of Perfection both explain the importance of Bhakti-Yoga which is the highest yoga because it helps one to return to Krishna in the end. That is what I've been studying lately on how to improve it. I've been trying to a little extra service here and there even though what I can do is limited due to my bad back at the moment. I am not sure if I should attempt to do gardening because that's a lot of bending over which hurts my back after awhile. More devotees are coming in to do service so there may not be a whole lot to do once they come in. Hopefully when my guru Maharaj gets here I can help him with some service in whatever he needs done to keep me busy.

What I am trying to do is to control my senses like feeling sleepy and stuff like that. Krishna says the mind is difficult to control due to maya or illusion. I pretty much have everyhing else controlled like following the 4 regulative principles. That's easy for me to follow. Sleepiness is the biggest one Im working on right now. Even after I go out walking I still get sleepy. Maybe it's because of my diet. Eating here in New Vrndavan is difficult for me so maybe that is why I am having trouble. So that is why I sort of picked up The Path of Perfection to see what I can do to conquer this feeling.

My guru Maharaj told me to do some extra reading so I am taking in this opportunity now to do a lot of reading and I don't mind it. The Teachings of Lord Kapila and the Path of Perfection seem to get my attention most of the time now not sure what it is about those two books, but there is probably something in there that I am trying to find the answer to. Soon as I figure it out hopefully I'll have more realizations to share. but for now Im just going to read read read.  :D