Friday, August 7th, 2015
Finish It Up
Here's an excerpt which I read at 5 a.m. at "ISKCON of
Western Canada" to a group of eager bhaktas, devotees. It's taken
from the book "The Perfection of Yoga" by our guru, Srila Prabhupada.
"By virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous
life, he automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles - even without
seeking them." (Bg. 6.44). In the material world we have experience that
we do not carry our assests from one life to another. I may have millions of
dollars in the bank, but as soon as my body is finished it is also finished. At
death, the bank balance does not go with me; it remains in the bank to be
enjoyed by somebody else. This is not the case with spiritual culture. Even if
one enacts a very small amount on the spiritual platform, he takes that with
him to his next life, and he picks up again from that point.
When one picks up this knowledge that was interrupted, he
should know that he should now finish the balance and complete the yogic
process. One should not take the chance of finishing up the process in another
birth but should resolve to finish it in this life. We should be determined in
this way. "Somehow or other in my last life I did not finish my spiritual
cultivation. Now Krishna has given me another
opportunity, so let me finish it up in this life."
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