Wisdom of the Sages in New York City Schools / coping with destitution / HELP ME! - we're drowning / the ocean teaches us how small and dependent we are / a little virus is meant to wake us up / the strength of knowing our weakness / Krishna is the soul of the universe / bhakti is kid friendly / Krishna gives life & beauty to everything / nature provides us with plenty, but then we break nature's laws /

lockdown in a holy place / life comes from life / wherever our mind goes is meditation / bhakti fundamentals - hearing leads to remembering / lesson 1. we're made to serve / lesson 2. by serving the root of all existence we connect with every living being / happiness & meaning are found through giving - not taking / Krishna appears in different ways, according to the state of our heart

livin' under lockdown / it can be hard to sit alone with the mind / regulate news consumption / lets come out the other side better people / media is our mind's food / the separation between you & what you present as you / dharma / battling with the demon inside / good dog bad dog / priest vs cop - who more embodies the spiritual essence

bhakti's not fear based / purifying our spiritual intention / gradations of prayer / Day by Day - Raghu's into Godspell / the wild devotion of the Banke Bihari Temple / understanding Krishna's fear / intimate love surpasses awe and veneration

there's no stability in the material world / "offensive chanting" / understanding the demigods in relation to Krishna / bhakti means love without material motive / anxiety + Bhagavatam wisdom is a great recipe for progress / money mantras / manasa puja - worship in the mind / make God your soulmate / you have incredible value so don't sell yourself short /

learning discernment through the Bhagavatam / universe is the impersonal way of saying Krishna / yoga is for connecting with the "Higher Power" / love requires more than one / Krishna is the root / devotees own Krishna & Krishna owns them / fear of a person / the material world is a warped reflection / pure bhakti is free from the desire to exploit, or escape, the material world / whatever it is, there's always a person behind it / the esoteric vs the exoteric

wisdom keeps us steady / at the point of boredom we start to grow / the problem of evil / good comes from suffering / we cause our own suffering / misapplying karma theory increases ignorance & suffering / properly applying karma theory fosters compassion / accepting suffering to relieve that of others is the highest worship / karma & reincarnation snaps everything into place / why me? / when we are sick of it all we can chant with feeling

maybe we could use a day of rest / what I will and will not allow myself to worry about / avoiding the negative loop / control vs hysteria / another perspective from Sri Isopanisad - everything is perfect & complete (except perhaps our understanding) / Siddharta's enlightenment - ॐ perfection / the good and the bad seen as one from a higher perspective / we will all be challenged to stand tall - to be raised

crucial times / seeing through the lens of love / seeing a benevolent hand behind everything / the privileged suffer too / The BIG VERSE - SB 1.8.25 - Kunti prays for more calamities / the duty of the sane person is to be undisturbed by worldly calamities / suffering in the dream world / when we know we are dreaming it changes the experience / we create our own suffering BG 13.21 / manifested and unmanifested karma / we can't judge based on manifest karma / the rain and the seeds / Krishangi's story of growth through suffering

the power of the Beatles / illusions that create the space between us / the Person beyond the oneness / qualitatively we are one - quantitatively we're not / relationships make life worth living / the soul is a person / George's shift / George's love for Srila Prabhupada / karma is intricate / viewing karma from a different perspective / always coming from a place of compassion