Re: Diary of chanting aspirant

 Nityananda, Gauranga, Hare Krishna.
Jaya Guru Parampara, Jaya Swamiji Gaurangapada.
Dandavats to all the Vaishnavas. 

Dear Bhakta Igor,

 

As for the struggle of your job, well, I do understand what you’re saying. I myself write many lines of computer code per day and to what end? With the recent food and fuel prices, extra taxes and so on, there’s not much left to make a ‘decent’ living. We work for a consumer driven society and suffer the consequences of it. At least, that’s one way of thinking about it. The other way is that whatever I do, I offer it to the Lord. If I don’t know the real utility of the work I’m doing, He’ll know it for sure and will sort things out. If I just walk from point A to point B, I offer it to the Lord. This way, ‘walking’ always makes sense. Whatever tiny the thing you’re doing, offer it to God first and be content with the rest.

About the family members: it has to be their choice if they want to follow you on your quest to God. Lord Caitanya Himself told his disciples to just spread the Name, go from door to door but continue to spread the Name. Whether the people accept it or not depends on so many things. But, after all, it is their choice and they have to live up against the consequences of their choices. I talk about God to my children. But right now, they have different phases to go through. If they don’t listen to me now, perhaps later on they’ll remember what I’ve told them and continue their own quest… But that doesn’t mean I’ll love them less if they choose a different path.

I suppose you’ve already read Svalikhita Jivani? If not, please read for yourself about Shrila Bhaktivinoda’s quest to God. He too had to find a balance between spiritual and material life while he had to go to work. And as a householder, I try to do just the same…

 Humbly trying to be a true devotee of the Lord,
Damodara Svarupa dasa 

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