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Getting One's Bearings

yes it was

real
that
pain of knowing

the worst

of stress goes

just

so

on
and on

with an ignorant
state

of mind as

though there is nothing but
an

emergency and
nothing
but useless connections to work
around
God

only

knows
what imposition

as it

stifles
so

realistically
and how

and God only

knows
how

one perceives
imposition
in nothing

but

a stressful way

around

and
around
and around still
unlike
the false
ego one has

never believably experienced

the

sounding of

God's own

mantra as
an imposition however

no

yes no the
mahamantra

only

attracts attention

naturally
yes

no one
wants one to
think

one is

insane for some
strange
reason but yes
it
was real
that

pain of

knowing the
worst

of stress
the mad

imposition
it is

having

such

a

false
ego that is

so

similarly

bearing

false witness to
how

one does

this quite

simply
as one is

getting

one's bearings dear
to

one
as one is
even
now yes you can tell
the

truth in
other words but
nothing

about

the

artificial
taste
yes the very
poor
taste the

lies

or the life of a

liar
is
true and
that
is a

pain
that is

the
matter

as
one is getting

one's

bearings like this so no
doubt
i

am going

to
sound a little

as sound
in the most

original form goes
high

more

high

higher than it

sounds
i am going to sound like

anti-matter

so

suddenly but that's alright it is
time
to go
anyway you know
we all
have

to go

ahead and chant Hare Krsna
anyway

sometimes
yes
even as one

is

getting

one's bearings so
suddenly

so

suddenly
so suddenly

Hare Krsna !

Govinda-hari

yes yes the
mind is a sense sincerely
dedicated to someone else friend

or no enemy

or
no the mind is on the go
sincerely dedicated to the Original
Supreme
no dear no
not
D. Ross the thing is the mind
has always been dedicated yes

dedicated

to the Original Supreme Personality of Godhead
unstoppable
you and i have no way of stopping
it and thanking it for the
memories already yes yes the mind is
a
friend to the conditioned soul and one
enemy as well there are others of course but the mind
is
fairly obvious if
one
has access to the intelligence one finds
interesting in Kṛṣṇa
consciousness yes Kṛṣṇa consciousness is new to us all
of course originally
things were no different in a sense we were
inexperienced to begin with and must remain so in
Kṛṣṇa consciousness yes
happily
one who is not too experienced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness
is not too
experienced in anything else either
nor
do we want to be too experienced dear naturally
i want to say Kṛṣṇa

consciousness
gets to be interesting even
more than false
ego
for instance although things like
false
ego can be
something

extraordinary

naturally one relates to Kṛṣṇa
yes i mean to say one identifies with Sri Kṛṣṇa and
chants Hare Kṛṣṇa very nicely because
in His blissful identity can
be
found His pleasure

potency
yes
now
let's get back
to

reality

the
inevitable shall we you know

like
back checking the spelling and

all

that

which is not

this like this
we will be glad for

the
impersonal effect one has on
nothing
at least to say the
least

as there is always a first time for nothing dear you start
over from where you left off as this is
next like there is always a first time for nothing else
yes you start over from
where you left
off

i am busy
being
yes simultaneously one and different
but the difference makes one
out
to be next
to
nothing like this
dear
hold on tight now let
go

does
this

hurt by the way no
i
don't think so you know

what

hurts
at

any rate i am busy
yes
dear

yes
dear one has to be
transcendental
in the life of Srimati
jaya Radhe
jaya Radhe Radhe jaya Radhe jaya sri
Radhe
jaya Jayasri jaya Jayasri Jayasri
jaya Jayasri jaya sri Jayasri
jaya
Radhe Jaya Radhe
Radhe
jaya Radhe jaya sri Radhe

Extra Extra

reviled
in the mind from my
lack of chastity i felt
Kṛṣṇa
being rather impartial
about
my going
to
the
temple
in a sorry
state

so how can i say
i am
sorry
and more patient without going
in

going anyway you know Krsna
likes one to
go

to the temple

more

patiently and scholarly than a
bit

frightened dear mind at the

moment

i am not
the
best

person
to ask about the temple like this
is
of real concern
to
one so far as i
am

concerned

Krsna consciousness self manifested in
the form of the Hare Krsna
mahamantra

prior to the
fall
of mid 1958 of which i am
remorseful
enough to say
sorry
that is none of your
business
so suddenly dear
mind
but after

all
one rehashed that enough in
'58
and chanted very
nicely
the Hare Krsna maha mantra
round
about time for another round
of life as
we

know it goes
on

no
matter

how you split the difference
between that which
is
acceptable and that
which
is

rejected
it

goes

on as i
am

dear as my
enemy
you accuse me of being an impersonalist
like a fool
as
my

friend

you accept and reject whatever
is
in your own
best
interest

yes

i do solemnly
swear

in the meantime

i
am

not
mental as much as all
the
senses including the mind are
ready
for

the
intelligence dear listening to you
know
who is top
priority

for all in this meantime

in other words if you
are unsure about who you
are don't even bother with the controversy
as there is
one
only the purity of bhakti-devi can resolve on an
individual basis in that
case

Listening

Direction Of Life

In essence the Vedanta-sutra consists
of
four inspirationally sweet and wholesome chapters

the first chapters discuss the relationship of the living

entity with the Supreme Personality of Godhead

this is known as sambandha-jnana
or knowledge of that dynamic relationship

the third chapter describes how one is naturally active in a relationship
with the Supreme Personality of Godhead
this is called abhidheya-jnana.

acting in that relationship one has sadhana-bhakti, or prescribed

duties in favour of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
naturally
yes
naturally
this is called abhidheya-jnana
the fourth chapter describes the resultant
means of devotional service such that it is yes

prayojana-jnana

the ultimate nature of life is to always return to a
refreshing
focus on whatever one intuitively knows as it is gracefully confirmed
in those chapters
and all the other chapters of one

story
yes we know
we know how to be

home

back away from any impersonal conclusion remembering the
Original Supreme Personality of Godhead
at

any
rate

the

words
anavrttih sabdat in the Vedanta-sutra indicate this

direction of life

naturally

as all disciples
of
Srila Prabhupada

move

on

Kṛṣṇa

will
do

yes as

per

usual Kṛṣṇa will

do as He
pleases

Hare Kṛṣṇa

The Full Compliment

yes you can
hear
all about it here there
from time
to time the extra Kṛṣṇa
one

is conscious of as i
am

wondering

whether
or not there is an extra Hare
Kṛṣṇa for one
you
know

i
could stand for an extra Hare Kṛṣṇa
and count my
blessings
to

boot

does that make
sense there is an extra
Kṛṣṇa
at any rate most likely for you
dear yes from
time

to time there
is an extra Kṛṣṇa when i am
chanting
the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahamantra rather
more

solemnly

than
this
even

though you are
kind

of under wraps still dear
mind
yes you can hear an extra Kṛṣṇa

what

can i do to stop

you
you are obviously dedicated to hearing

an
extra
Kṛṣṇa
and i suspect it is
not
just me that has experienced this

extra

Kṛṣṇa on your behalf so

to speak really yes really
you

must wonder too though what

if

yes what if there is an extra Hare
Kṛṣṇa or even
a whole mantra yes a whole maha
mantra around here
somewhere
like this dear
mind wouldn't that be special more so
than

out

of
the ordinary a self manifested Hare Kṛṣṇa
maha mantra yes extra extra

free
to

go

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

sounds
rather more solemn yes do

you

know

why
dear mind what is it you are
actually missing or
should i
say

who

are

you
who
are you who

are

you

missing
here as there

is

from
time

to time an extra Kṛṣṇa sounding so
to speak extra
specially
extra on your
behalf so
to speak yes who are

you

dear speaking of
an extra Kṛṣṇa as it were

in the middle of this tendency for
one
to give one pause in the form
of an extra
Kṛṣṇa simply by keeping under wraps
what or who you are

missing

there must be an extra

Hare
yes that is how i
feel about listening to an extra Kṛṣṇa sort of
sub
consciously dear mind you are
no

doubt not missing
one
at all you are no doubt missing an extra
Hare somehow or
other from time
to
time
now
in a weak

state
like as if you don't know how

to make the

best
use of the bargain yes
that doesn't sound very nice to me there must be
an explanation dear
mind

tell the truth are you using

a little independence

in some kind of imaginary
way
you should know by now

in this age

of quarrel and chaos there is no
other

way to self realization apart

from the wholesome

and
sweet chanting of the complete Hare Kṛṣṇa
maha
mantra dear no extra you
know

who necessary yes

nothing no one
is

missing since or as all those question

marks were only as rhetorical
as
the equally missing
question
no question about it nothing is missing and
no one
in their
right

mind misses the very same

thing or one dear mind
together

they are one
without
a
second

to lose no
extra

Kṛṣṇa

necessary but one
would
be

nice

you say well

yes

one would hope so
one
would hope so dear and you who
are
you

again
no wait we haven't established
who
you are as
yet
once have we not once
have
we

established
who you are dear not
even
once in all
the times we have been
together not even
once

have we established who you
are
tell the truth are you

using

the imagination in some kind of little

independent
way
you

should know by
now
there is no other way to self
realize
in
this
age of course
you are going
to
say you are
ageless i mean to say
that
is what i would say if i were you
dear
mind so what

else is there to say to say then we are done
right
yes done like dinner wherever one goes
in
the

end
ashes to ashes so to
speak
dust
to

dust
some speak flow
to
flow who speaks dust to dust if not you
dear
extra extra dust
to

dust
read all about it until
you
are
nervous
what can i
do

to stop it i am
just

a mouth piece chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa so
to
speak yes no
extra
whatever

is
necessary so far as one
can
tell
space

makes sense that's all space makes

sense
yes in a sense this
is
space making sense
of
the same thing no extra
extra

can you hear
the
same

thing
dear yes do you hear
what
i hear no
extra
extra who is that speaking now saying
no

extra extra dear
sounds
like

you
know who doesn't it wow

i wonder what you know

who
knows about you

now

and again you know well
kind

of you know
what
i

mean
don't you yes and who
i
mean extra extra
indeed

that's like saying extra extra
extra
extra extra extra
free
to

go

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
is this the
direction
of
life by the way no i don't
so

you know what

is the direction of life
at

any
rate
i am busy yes listening
to you dear
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
hold

on tight now let go
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
that

was number nine by the
way yes yes

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

we'll count up to 108
16

times
and let it go at that okay like you

know
i

mean

it

is
not

like
you

don't

know
what i am

saying

is
it

no

one

is
not the mind
though God given

senses
are

great
yes no no

no
one is

not
the senses which
include
the mind paying
attention now

and
again now and

again by

the

look of it no no

one
is

not
very intelligent trying

to

open
the mind first yes i

remember
one
being

different from the false ego
as well yes
yes
different not
that

body

no not
that changing
body
no
one

is not that

body
but first

one

is first yes
one

comes first
one
might say you

and i

might
say
first one opens
first
one

opens

first yes we
are

not
to
be fooled by the way

one
is

not

yes we are not to

be fooled by
maya
that

which

is not by the sound
of
it one

opening that which
is

not

opening

first like this

one
yes

or

any other one you can
tell

we can all
tell
one

can

tell one first
first
one

opens

though

God
given senses are

great
first one
opens

Hare Kṛṣṇa !

First One Opens

do you mind

going

the
distance only

to

realize one has a long
way to

go
always

always nice
always nice to know who

is

anxious to
please

you

know
you know
you
know
who doesn't

imagine
one

God is
all

mixed-up in what i
am

doing with this

paper

bag metaphorically
speaking
at

any
rate
you don't

say
i am quick

to

fight

my
way
out of it from one
perspective
you

just
say one

is

all

wet under the
circumstances
yes you

know

how
to

be

abusive just
like
that in

other
words
but do
you
mind

i

can only wonder

yes
under

the

circumstances
like as

if

there
is

no

other
way to

fight back

so

suddenly i

can

only wonder
about

you

do

you mind do
you

mind all

that

much
going

the

distance
only

to
realize one has

no

other way

to

go
about this
so
suddenly like this when one
is

nice

enough to
chant

Hare Kṛṣṇa Hare Kṛṣṇa from

one

perspective honestly

do

you ?

do you
mind

chanting

Hare Kṛṣṇa a
little

louder

i

feel like a pest under

the circumstances
yes from one

perspective

but won't you

chant

Hare Kṛṣṇa a little louder

really
you

seem so far

away

Do You Mind

simply

unauthorized

not a

patient
one

chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa
nicely

not

a patient one
no
simply
unauthorized
toxic

as any

sinfully
active

pimp
who is
there

to posit

all

nonsense
who

is there
to

succeed in

confusing
the self with
forms

of
intoxication
simply

unauthorized
so

impatient
toxic
yes not an

authorized

one
forever

funny that
way
fool

of

a doctor doctoring
the strange to
suit

the

stranger agency

of
intoxication

who

is there stranger
than
ever right

now
you ?

i am

not a doctor

who

is

there

that does
not
realize how

i

am not a doctor surely

to
God everyone
knows
that
no

one thinks i am a
doctor

we

simply must
go

on being in

character
yes being in character
as
spirit soul you and
i

go

on
and on

right ?
that is our character in
eternity

right ?

i

mean to say
it

is

in
one's
character to

be

spirit soul so

far as we can tell
right ?

anyhow

you know
that

is

how
the eternal spiritual master
advises
us
right ?
yes

as

spirit
soul Hare Kṛṣṇa !

Haribol it is
the
business

of the mind to accept
and reject
usually

both

at the same time like
rejecting that only

to accept
this
yes and all

that

is

happening
on time

can be
delineated
in a detailed fashion

as

more

or less like this
or like

that
under
control like it

or not
as
human

beings we do

realize
the value of

being
in control
at
any
rate yes to

varying

degrees
we must

be

controlled as well

and
we have proven to be

more or less

self

controlled
in
circumstances that are
from
one

perspective mostly

beyond
control but

of
course we need

not

be confused
as to

who

has this perspective in
mind

or that

perspective in mind in any

circumstance

no

although it
is to say the very

least

difficult
for us
to
properly
maintain
more than
one perspective at

all

times
Krpasindhu
yes the Personality of
Godhead who

is

known

as Krpasindhu
the ocean of mercy
the
ocean
of

mercy Krpasindhu has

a different

perspective

so

it follows that

since
Krpasindhu has an
omnipresent omniscient
characteristic
we
might

as well get used to

having a

different
perspective
all around

us

all
at the same

time
being

conscious of Krpasindhu as
such
one

is satisfied with whatever one
needs
to

share with
one

perspective in mind

indeed

Perspective

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not
depressed

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