the story of the cooked frog

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This is the stody of a scientific experiment they did with some frogs. It

was to test their reflex reactions on heat, so they took one frog and they

have thrown it in to hot water. It immediately jumped out as soon as it

touched the hot water. So, then they lowered the temperature, and they have

thrown him again inside, so it again immediately jumped out. So they

repeated this experiment and everytime they lowered the temperature of water

a little bit, so on the end the frog remained in water.

Next part of experiment was they put the frog in one big glass container.

The water in the container was very cold So the container had nice green

leaves, nice humidity, etc. So the frog jumped into water and out, it was

too cold, then when they increased the temperature the frog became happy

Then when it was sitting in the water they increased the temperature of

water and air. The frog still feeled comfortable. They increased more and

more so then the frog became nervous, it jumped in and out. The water and

air became more hot. So the frog feeled more distress and first was trying

to find relief in the water and then outside on the air. So finally he was

so exhausted that it just remained in water and was cooked to death.

The moral of this story is that when maya strongly attacks the devotees they

react immediately, she may attack more and more but the devotee is able to

react immediately again and again. So then sometimes maya is causing very

heavy distress as the frog feeled in the cold water and the devotee is

trying to find some shelter, then maya is providing a nice environment for

all kinds of material sense gratification. Hmm, then we think actually I was

fighting against maya, so let me accept just a little bit of maya, so that

she will be happy and she will not push more, I am still a fixed up devotee

and I am still chanting, I will only watch tv, some nice movies. Then I will

also associate with some nice people and talk mundane topics since they are

also devotees only they dont know yet. I will go to cinemas and disco, since

there I can also met people for preaching, and I can still think of Krishna.

When the lady sings:" I need you, I love you!" I will think she is singing

this for Krishna, so no problem. I can eat some nice vegetarian food, pizza

in restaurant or some nice cake. I eat all the years prasadam, and I am big

devotee so I can offer also this to Krishna. I will rather chant with taste

then just 16 rounds mechanically. I will not be a beginer devotee and just

look on sadhana, I will start to love Krishna. I will practice the

spontaneous sadhana. I will read Radha Krishnas intimate pastimes. Also here

and there I can have some sexual activities since this is normal for a

human. Like this we feel very comfortable in the shelter maya is providing.

The temperature of lust, greed, material desires is increasing and we are

trying to satisfy them jumping here and there like the frog was jumping from

water to the land. But the material energy is increasing her influence and

so the bewildered devotee tries to find the shelter in so many material

things. Due to attachement to material things and forgetfullness of his real

shelter he suffers exceedingly. Completely bewildered of his purpose of life

he starts to criticise his well wishers his spiritual master and the

vaishnavas and the pure philosophy of Krishna Consciousness. He becomes more

and more angry and cultivates the hatred towards those who want to help him.

He rejects his guru and takes shelter of duplicity and insincerness. Finally

the poor fellow finds his end cooked in the fangs of maya in the same way

the frog was cooked due to his follishness.