past bad decisions become valuable realizations through bhakti / when doubts set in, pull yourself back / think it through / in separation the love goes deeper into the core of the heart / on the spiritual platform love is not determined by physical proximity / Srimad Bhagavatam trains us to the stage of perfection / melting the heart / how to we know it's real - because it still works

locked down with the Bhagavatam / collective karma / leadership with ethics / consumer culture tells us we'll be happy by getting things and we're successful when we are consuming more / simple living - high thinking / those ridiculous leaf blowers / What have we done! / the earth kicks back / we've become sociopaths/ Vaishnava etiquette is for cultivating a disposition of respect and affection

chip away at illusion / progression of Vedic literature leads to divine love / shedding the exoskeleton / if I merge I can't serve / hearing is most important / working with detachment is true mysticism / stereotypical yogi vs karma-yogi / karma-yoga - according to one's nature, with detachment, as an offering / you gotta serve somebody / re-integrate

my external is draggin down my internal / the morality of Krishna & his girlfriends / there's a driving force constantly saying upgrade your life / knowledge matures to wisdom through reflection / when we are free from attachment, fear & anger we can absorb the mind in meditation / it's not about converting, it's about remembering our identity / spiritual vision makes us happier / fish out of water / food for the soul / what's the definition of good / jaundice analogy

seeing the working of the Divine Hand in hindsight / Bhishma's perfect death scene / the motions and smiles of the Gopis / the progression of Vyasadeva's spiritual literature up to the Rasa Dance / the glory of the Gopis' love / mukti / aversion to service / 5 types of liberation / the "equal footing" of the Gopis

the final moment / attaining our original form (sva-rupa) / mechanical mystic yoga vs spontaneous devotional yoga / Wilson in Cast Away - why do impersonalists fall from the divine light - they get lonely / getting your head dunked under water - material pleasure is just relief from suffering / should we pray for health / compassion for body, mind & soul / Raghu's death plan / you can't cheat the system

prayers for Hana / civilized warfare / Arjuna's pure intelligence / Bhishma's love for Bhagavad-gita / Bhishma's melting heart / love is the highest principle / Krishna's absorption in divine play / Krishna's "enemies" / understanding that Lila is beyond mythology by understanding rasa

everything is trying to kill something - minimize it & make your life an offering / fear snowballs in the mind / in bhakti, it's all good / the body is a gift - it's not even ours / Krishna is all-attractive / the perfect beautiful vision of Bhishma / the lover's bite is welcome / the esoteric side of bhakti / love in the heart brings out service / Krishna makes it all good