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Desire Good Things For Others And Good Things Will Happen

So, the person who is desiring to get a negative. In other words if we are
new sports car, beautiful wife, etc. is contemplating giving up this or not
simply exhausting the fruits of his thinking about that we will develop a
previous pious activities. If he knew stronger attachment to this or that by
this he would be more careful about his that negative contemplation.
desires! This is the same concept Krishna After contemplation of Krishna in a
describes in the Gita when he describes positive way we enter the stage of
the plight of the souls who go to the feelings. What does that mean? We picture
heavenly planets because their good karma ourselves the way we want to be. Just
has bought them a vacation there. like the person who really wants a new
When their good Karma runs out they get sports car will envision himself seated
kicked out of heaven and have to come at the driver's seat zooming down the
back here. But, what about the devotee's highway with the top down.
desires? A devotee has no bad or good So, we picture (visualize) ourselves
karma. All karma bad and good is performing the nine processes of bhakti
eradicated even by namabhasa chanting. with great attention and devotion. We
Krishna reciprocates with devotees' visualize ourselves as enthusiastic
desires, but He will only fulfill those preachers. We visualize ourselves as
desires that are helpful to the devotee's humble servants of our spiritual master.
spiritual progress. So, it is important Of course when we come to the stage of
for devotees to have proper desires and Raganuga Bhakti the visualizations and
the stronger the devotional desire is the meditations change. But, the principle is
quicker that desire will be fulfilled. the same. When you picture yourself in
What is a desire? Oftentimes we confuse this way, the intensity of your desire
thoughts with desires, or we confuse will increase. Not only can you picture
wishes with desires. A desire is yourself in this way, you can also
something you really want with your heart picture others as advanced Vaisnavas.
and soul. Of course there are degrees of Your expectation for them will shape them
intensity of desires. When someone wants too. Not only because the expectation
something with great intensity that is will be communicated by you, but also
called in Sanskrit laulyam (or intense because if you are a real Vaisnava and
greed). you desire some good fortune for someone
Tatra laulyam ekalam mulam; Prabhupada else, Krishna will reciprocate with your
describes this intense greed for pure intense desire.
devotional service as the "best path One example of this can be found in Srila
available." How do we develop this Prabhupada's pastimes is that when he
intense greed? In the material world arrived in the United States he had a
greed is developed by the process of vision of 108 temples. His meditation was
thinking, feeling and willing. In other so intense that he understood that these
words we think of something (take some temples already existed. He expressed
food like pizza for example). this very clearly when he stated: "We
The more we think about(contemplate) that have 108 temples. Only time separates
sense object the more we get attached to us."
it. Then we begin to feel that object of He also envisioned devotees, books,
our senses. In the case of pizza we begin sankirtan parties, and the rest. His
to salivate and almost taste it as we are vision became a physical reality. Krishna
visualizing our interacting with that fulfills the desires of His pure
object. devotees. We need to develop an intense
Then the stage of willing comes where the internal vision and an intense external
desire is so intense, we act. In Krishna (the entire world taking up Krishna
consciousness, we contemplate Krishna, consciousness) vision of Krishna
His Pastimes, His devotees, and His consciousness. These wishes will come
service, etc all in a very positive true. Krishna will fulfill them. When our
joyous way. This is very important. meditation/vision is harmonious with
If we are negative we are meditating on a Krishna's desires, success is sure.
negative and this is what we will get-a




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