Guest guest Posted January 31, 2004 Report Share Posted January 31, 2004 In a message dated 1/29/04 6:38:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dasgopal writes: "Krishna, who destroys the pride of his devotees with his beautiful smile"..........Gopal wrote a long very excellent letter. I definitely identified. I'm highlighting for those with no time to read... > Elitism.....I know it to be the greatest form of Maya, a direct > manifestation of Kali Yuga within the heart; again, it is a burning bitter feeling. > > This is something that every human being should work diligently to weed out. > It only serves to destroy the interpersonal relationships and cooperative > spirit of one who lets it grow freely. > > pride..... turns people away faster then any other thing. The only company > that will tolerate you are others of similar bitter mentality. It is also > impossible to hide; > > We should not go into this service(any service) thinking to become a martyr. > Of course we may be willing to be a martyr, but our goal is to be > successful and cooperative and to have everyone's assistance. >>>If things go right > and the project flourishes, one who seeks to be a martyr will need to find > another battle to fight and will possibly turn it against the project or others > who are involved and out of envy destroy anything that been created. > > for those who I have seen angary, burned out, and blasphemous (the burning > comes from within and is the bitterest poison I have ever known). > > the only thing is to become the type of person that Srila Prabhupada > expected us to become -- honest and sincere in all of our dealings, happy > (positive), humble, satisfied and cooperative. This is the big trick for every > conditioned soul.s > > ...it is OK to be fiery for the cause (and we often must), but we have to > remember that it is Krishna who is presenting the challenge for our own benefit > to drive us further toward Him. > > we will never need publicity -- people will see it in our face and hear it > in our talk and only the envious will not take notice > Gopal, please excuse the editing, I'm hoping others will read the full version if they haven't yet......good for an article as usual.... not so humble obeisances from Bridge Burner (aka ekaBuddhi) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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