My Spiritual Journey

Krsna Guru teaches me to understand the importance of my human birth. The human experience is one of suffering and that suffering is connected to the body itself. Even while in the womb there is suffering and once the child is expelled from the womb (even when born healthy), it is quickly and keenly aware of the worldly sufferings of hunger and environment. While many people believe the soul reincarnates and has birth after birth, after birth, not all of those people understand that rebirth as a human is rare. It is an opportunity to progress and learn the esoteric lessons to reach the Self. When one only sees himself as the body, he may experience incalculable sufferings between birth and death. But, liberation from worldly suffering can begin with just a spark, whereby Destiny gives you an inkling that there must be more to this life. Conditioning is passed from generation to generation starting at birth. The conditioning tells the child that he is only the child of his p...

KrsnaGuru’s lessons outwardly seem to be simple worldly life lessons, but the lessons are much deeper and profound. KrsnaKnows gave a lesson on what seemed on the surface to be about gift-giving, but in its depth, it was considerably more. His words were similar to these: Why don’t we always give the best to everyone? When sending items to a charity, sadly we may look to give that which we do not want. Maybe the item is old and out of fashion or maybe it’s somehow imperfect, yet we think we should give it away while keeping the newest and most perfect items for ourselves and those dearest to us. If you were giving away even a used garment, can you not give away the one you cherish most? If you were offering a gift to God what would you give? Our growth comes when we see all beings as the same–as the One God. When giving, always give the best that you can, and always give from the heart. Your gift doesn’t need to be the grandest on earth, it only needs to be your best offer...

KrsnaGuru teaches me to live in Faith. These blogs are of my personal journey and while I may often express a bright and cheery picture, there are those times when there is no light and I cannot find my way. My challenge on this path is to have Faith. And knowing this, His Maya stands ready to test me. For me, it can occur at a time when I feel there has been growth, then—BOOM! Just like that She rocks me. Just recently, She sent me spinning. Riding high the thought, “This is under control,” rose up. It all felt comfortable, and then in an instant, it all seemed to fall apart. The weight of my emotions seemed oppressive and any sense of clarity went away. Just that quickly it felt like everything had changed. For a couple of weeks, the energy and flow that I identify as my heart chakra had been waning and I began to entertain the idea that maybe my kundalini died, lol. This was not alarming in any way and I simply continued my practice. All was moving along fine. Guruji w...

KrsnaKnows teaches to become spiritually perfect one must have control of their mind. Time and again Guruji let me know that spiritual growth requires a controlled mind and through sadhana one can gain that control. For me, it began with first taking notice of my reactions to the outside world. All the ups, downs, and in-betweens were drawing a reaction from my mind. When some would speak, my mind would form an opinion. Next came noticing that people will go round and round on an issue even when there is really nothing happening. In addition, other people will join in and it just goes on and on. Then came noticing that in my own mind I was doing that very same thing, going round and round relentlessly on a given issue. The mind can entertain so many unreal scenarios full of what-ifs, one right after another. Only through my Guru’s Grace and His countless lessons was there finally an opening through which some knowledge seeped into my awareness. Armed with this understanding...

KrsnaGuru teaches that it is the mind that keeps us apart from God. How powerful is the mind? Take a moment to select any one object of focus, and now try to hold only that one object in your thoughts. Focus! With the exception of only a few people, most will have quickly moved from that object to many more in just moments. This happens when we try to focus on God, too. In the Satsang given by Guruji of the Srimad Bhagavatam ; Canto 11, Chapter 29, v37-v40; He clearly tells us it is the mind that is between us and God—between us and Truth. He states that we use the organs of the eyes to see, but our sight is tainted by the mind. We make judgments on everything we perceive. Can we practice to see without the mind? KrsnaKnows teaches that if you put God first and live in the world shielded by Him then you will not be deluded by His illusory power (Maya). This does not mean you live in a panaceaic bubble. It means you live in this world, but not of this world. Guruji states ther...