what you meditate on - that you become / surrender & the language of love / young Raghu questions an old person / why we shudder at the thought of service / subordinate to truth / fine-tuning ourselves to the Divine / God revealed from within / the terms karma, jnana & yoga in context - juxtaposed with bhakti / For those whose minds are attached to the impersonal feature of the Supreme, advancement is very troublesome

SB 3.5.3-4

3 types of happiness from Bhagavad-gita / qualifications for transmission of spiritual knowledge - the potent speaker and the fertile hearer / Vidura was gentle & content / God will send you sacred relationships - keep them sacred / yoga is a culture of descending knowledge / Shanti mantras - let there be no animosity amongst us / a healthy dose of material pessimism / we don't need to endeavor for material happiness / Kaustubha witnesses crushed dreams for happiness at Yankee Stadium

SB 3.4.32-3.5.2

can I chant my mental health issues away? / do we really want to be normal? / self care as regulating the nervous system / overstimulation / trying to convert our spouses / my lifestyle determines my death style / when is it ok to quit a marriage? / understanding boundaries

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how to navigate the different types of relationships with God? / what does it mean to surrender to God? / can the great teachers of the past hear our prayers?

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am I a puddle or a pond? / the spiritual separation paradox - like dry ice / the double perception of simultaneous separation and meeting / the order of the Lord and the Lord Himself are identical / knowing about the modes of nature is helpful, whether you believe in God or not / the yogi is the only one that's free / snipping the strings of our puppeteers / our worldly struggles are the exact recipe for our rectification - we just need to realize it

SB 3.4.27-31 (& BG 14.21-26)

Momma Cappo's attitude of gratitude / Uddhava gets ready to depart to the Himalayas / maryādā-vyatikrama - crossing the line of etiquette / the following of etiquette can serve as a yogic practice that not only demonstrates, but also cultivates a deeper awareness or sensitivity towards the hearts of others / one should not be eager to become a spiritual master cheaply for the sake of profit & fame / how to see fallen gurus / kindness towards juniors and respect towards seniors serves as the conduit for the flow of transcendental knowledge

SB 3.4.16-26

Adrian Eagle putting out positive soul / cultivating a burning desire for pure bhakti - leaving behind the minutiae / fanning the spark / Raghu's dream of Vrindavan - you just have to want it / sitting in New York but being in Vrindavan / the blessing of kind souls who share their desire / the greed for pure devotion / dharma, artha, kama, moksha / 3 reasons why materialism always fails / prema pumartho mahan / no amount of wealth, romance or followers can fill our God-shaped hole / back to our friend Francois de La Rochefoucauld

that disgusting liquid beauty story / based on beauty, love soon dies / Raghu's experimentations in meditation on the non-cartoon Krishna / Maitreya enters the scene / depersonalization precedes abuse / man proposes God disposes / super consciousness vs partial consciousness / "Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it." / refining our desires vs curbing our desires / our material desire is but a spark of Krishna's splendor

SB 3.4.1-11

writing people off / mind your own business / Jara the hunter returns to the spiritual world / even to date there are many prostitutes in great cities of India who are sincere devotees of the Lord / tricks of chance / why are we so judgmental? / the dangers of chardhama yatra / a heart is completely devoid of the propensity to criticize others / Krishna is a thief! / this is what I am

vigilance to deepen spiritual life / the love that can transform any circumstance / seeing my karma as my responsibility and yours with compassion / the ease of the master / being at ease in the stretch zone / money & art / shifting during COVID / the highest dharma / racism & our shared responsibility / expressing our internal practice externally