See the world through the eyes of the soul?

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I wrote:

 

> > That is a daring statement; do you think you can see the world in the

> > eyes of the soul? I am personally still very much on the bodily

> > platform, even if I am practicing a little KC.

 

You wrote:

 

> Sorry, I really dare to say that. I am one of the lowest beings in this

> material world but in *my position* I really *HAVE TO* do that, otherwise

> I couldn't deal with other people and animals every day. Otherwise I

> couldn't have worked at every departments at hospital without becoming

> crazy.--To see birth, death, sicknesses and oldness every day learned and

> forced me to practice the philosophy of BG and opened my eyes.

 

In your previous text, it sounded like you are criticizing the other devotee

that he is not able to get off the bodily platform. That was what I reacted

on, and that is what I call VERY daring. Do you really think that you are

steadily above the platform where you identify yourself with your body?

 

If you really are on that level, you are far from a fallen servant any more,

and you are far from being one of the lowest beings in the material world.

 

Personally, I am sure that I am neither off the bodily platform, neither am

I one of the lowest beings in the material world. I am probably better off

than average, but I am still a complete neophyte when it comes to devotional

service. When it comes to being off the bodily platform, I am sorry, but

there is a long way to go for me. And one of my realizations after my few

years in ISKCON is that I am not alone about these things... (Most of the

devotees in ISKCON are probably more advanced than me, but that does not

mean that very many are above the platform of identifying themselves with

the body. A Prabhupada disciple who was seriously following everything for

20 years, being sannyasis for 10 of them, who then fell down with a

pornographic movie star, and who then supported himself by collecting

garbage from garbage cans is just one out of many examples...)

 

Ys

Jkd