Krsna in everybody

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An individual person is important to us because he is a part and

parcel of Krsna and especially if he is a devotee. When we see

devotees, we should be friendly with them and deal with them in a

loving way if they are not envious and are not improperly acting. If

one is a madhyama adhikary and he sees a kanishta adhikary he can

respect him within the mind but most likely will not develop a

friendly relationship with him, although he will be friendly. A

relationship implies a deeper connection which might not be

appropriate in some cases.

 

As far as whether to see everyone as a temple of God and then deal

with everyone in a loving way, this is the vision of a maha bhagavata

and is not possible for you (yet). Therefore when you try to come to

this platform it is simply imitative and thus it can become

impersonal. But a true maha bhagavata will never be impersonal and

will always care for the well being of the different spirit souls he

meets.

 

The balance is to make friends with devotees who are equal with you

and to render service to devotees who are superior. By friends it is

meant that one shares the six kinds of loving exchanges as they

appear in the Nectar of Instruction. Dadhati pratigrhnati guhyam etc.