Living Bhakti

With the help of Yoga-maya, Krishna makes sure that his associates don't understand that he is god. When Trinavarta, the whirlwind demon came to kill Krishna, but Kirhsna killed him insted, Krishna engaged Yoga-maya to not let Mother Yasoda discover that he is god. 

Sometimes we may thing, "Why can't I be Krishna conscious without having to get up early and do other austerities?" It's like the mentality of a criminal! We want to steal Krishna consciousness but we don't want to pay for it. 

If our material life is unstable, then it affects our spiritual life. 

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta was a lion guru who defeated the caste goswamis to establish Lord Caitanya's mission

Balance means you don't get good at something at the cost of getting bad at something else. And when difficulties happen, it's a good time to realize, "I'm not God."

We should always appreciate all the realizations we get as Krishna's girfts. We tend to forget our realizations, but if we apply them in our life then they won't be lost. 

Some transcendentalists, even after renouncing the material world, still try to imitate Krishna instead of surrendering to Him. 

Srila Prabhupada said that our worst day in Krishna consciousness is still better than our best day in the material world. 

Srila Prabhupada said to think that no diversity is impersonalism, to have diversity is normal. We should appreciate diversity (as long as it does not contradict siddhanta) because it helps create balance. We should respect everyon. Respect means that others have a right to think differently than us. 

Become established foundationally in your relationship with Prabhupada and that will give you the strongest foundation in Krishna Consiousness. 

We can do a lot of service....with the wrong consciousness...