Find Your Japa Inspiration

July 14, 2009

Hare

Krsna my dear devotees. I hope your week of chanting has been nice and

you have been able to concentrate. I know sometimes it's difficult to

forget all our duties and responsibilites and just chant, especially

when you are a parent and have to take care of kids or go to work and

the grhasta life has a lot of concerns that are also necessary to

solve. The Lord for sure sees all our efforts even when we try hard to

be with Him having so many other things in our minds, He blesses us so

much for these efforts because He knows how difficult is and also how

we dedicate our little time to Him. I understand that for me it's

impossible to be engaged in service all the time since I have to work

and do other things. When I am on the streets walking from one place to

the other, I pray to the Lord....I am grateful for having this job so I

can use the results in his service and offer Him nice prasadam and also

not to be so worried about things while I chant.Good

health....good relationships....nice prasadam and also a very good

place to live sometimes helps our japa, making it proper and more

peaceful. We may have to protect our bodies and we need to be happy so

we can have good japa, but at the same time if we don't have any of

these things we can start from chanting and everything that is

necessary to improve our chanting will come to us and the Lord will

bless us in many different ways. The main aspect is faith and faith

develops when we see the purifying effects of chanting which are

revealed by Krsna each day in the life of the chanter. The one who is

concerned about chanting with attention and meditating on the lotus

feet of Srimate Radharani and Krsna.Today I looked

at Sri Sri Gaura Nitai's face and felt Their mercy coming through this

association, I started to pray and be grateful for every detail of my

present life....how They are protecting me every day and how I need

Them near me. This weekend devotees in Japa Room sessions expressed

their own improvement and showed how important association is. We could

notice their desire to chant nicely and interest in dedicating to

achieve pure chanting.I am lucky to have such nice association which inspires my spiritual life and makes my chanting more focused.I

don't know what inspires your japa, maybe you could find out like I

did....it's very helpful to have good sources that lifts you up when

you need.May your chanting be peaceful and constant this week.your servant,Aruna devi-- Take advantage of this rare opportunity of this human form of life. There are 8,400,000 different species of life through which we are rotating lifetime after lifetime. So getting a human body is not an every day affair. This most auspicious opportunity only comes after many millions of lifetimes in the lower species. Anyone who does not utilize their human life for self-realization is making the greatest mistake. When this happens it is the greatest tragedy, and unfortunately today this neglect of the human form has become the standard behavior for the entire human society. What can be done? We must first ourselves become solidly situated in Krishna consciousness and then do the highest welfare activity of spreading to everyone else all over the world.

Chant:Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare HareHare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare