I had to go to walmart today to pick up my new glasses. And on the way back while waiting for the bus a lady handed me a paper that is about God when I got back I gave it to my guru Maharaj for him to read and see what he says about it. And I read the back of that paper and it said Jehovah Witness on it. And it had five different questions on it and one was "Do you want to know the Truth?" And it's funny I was shaking my head as I already knew the answer to that question. The Truth is Krishna because He is the Absolute Supreme Truth, the Supreme Lord. And there was another question in the paper about what happens to you when you die. Simple the soul is eternal and there for it accepts another body until it becomes purified enough to return back to God(Krishna) What's sad is that I have read that reincarnation was taken out of the bible and most people now a days do not believe in reincarnation. I do however. Because since reading the Bhagavad Gita most of my questions have been answered why I my life was not a happy one when I was a child. It was due to my past life and as a result I must have had some really bad karma. We cannot remember what our past life was because Srila Prabhupada says that when we accept a new body we forget our past life. Krishna however remembers all of His pastlives because His body does not change even when He appears on this earth.
There were some other quotes in the paper too that I can't remember but I automatically thought of the Bhagavad Gita.
People wonder why bad things happen to good people, what happens to us when we die, who is God, what does God look like, what does God want from us, and how can we approach Him?Well just read the Bhagavad Gita. It's all there. It teaches one to be more humble and not want material things. The Bhagavad Gita is more than 5,000 years old. Krishna says he spoke the Bhagavad Gita first to the sun god Vivesan who is a demigod an eternal servitor of Krishna.
In the Bhagavad Gita Ch. 2 explains about our soul what it is, who we are, and where it goes after death. Ch. 8 explains how you can return to God, Ch. 12 explains how you can serve God with love and devotion without expecting anything in return from Him. Ch. 11 explains what God really looks like. His form is unlimited and universal. Ch. 9 pretty much explains what God wants from us and how we can come to Him.
The Srimad Bhagavatam is also another good source about God as well and answers all those questions. One has to have faith like in any religion. I have no fear in being in the Krishna Conciousness movement. Even if someone comes up to me and condemns me for being Krishna Concious I would not be fearful of them or let them try to convert me, as I know Krishna would protect me from people like that. Krishna gives protection to His devotees and His devotee never vanquishes even during hard times in their life. Srila Prabhupada said that whatever one does in this life for Krishna, he is not the loser but the gainer, he can continue on in the next life to serve Krishna with more love.
I have felt myself spiritually advance more and come to learn to love God more through Krishna Conciousness. I will be talking with my guru Maharaj before he leaves about what he wants me to do when I go to LA and how I can serve Krishna better with more love and devotion. :)
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