Don’t Minimize The Holy Name

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must be attentive and control your mind. Don't chant unconsciously.

That implies that you have an intellectual conception of chanting: " I

just can’t get into it. It's not important. " Sometimes people will read

directions how to operate something, but they have so many other

responsibilities that they just can’t pay attention to the directions.

It doesn’t mean anything to them. It's not important to them. They may

say, " Somebody else can do it. I can't concentrate on it. It's just too

trivial. " So don't minimize the holy name in the back of your mind.From Japa Reform Notebook by SDGIn this material world the conditioned soul is very much distracted from his original all-knowing, all-blissful nature as Krishna's eternal servant because he is carried away by the so-called taste of material sense gratification. This artificial taste is encouraged and exploited by the materialistic propaganda mongers who make a handsome profit by misguiding the people in general promoting cigarettes, liquor, prostitution, meat eating, etc. The foolish sense enjoyer tries to become happy by squeezing as much pleasure as possible out of these things, but because there is no factual pleasure in sense gratification, the poor soul is ultimately left in a state of frustration and bewilderment. If, however, he will reconnect with his original transcendental nature diving deep into his eternal identity as the servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he will taste a pleasure that is unlimitedly sublime and will go on increasing forever.

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