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Desire Good Things For Others And Good Things Will Happen

So, the person who is desiring to get aa negative and this is what we will
new sports car, beautiful wife, etc. isget-a negative. In other words if we are
simply exhausting the fruits of hiscontemplating giving up this or not
previous pious activities. If he knewthinking about that we will develop a
this he would be more careful about hisstronger attachment to this or that by
desires! This is the same conceptthat negative contemplation.
Krishna describes in the Gita when heAfter contemplation of Krishna in a
describes the plight of the souls who gopositive way we enter the stage of
to the heavenly planets because theirfeelings. What does that mean? We
good karma has bought them a vacationpicture ourselves the way we want to be.
there.Just like the person who really wants a
When their good Karma runs out they getnew sports car will envision himself
kicked out of heaven and have to comeseated at the driver's seat zooming down
back here. But, what about the devotee'sthe highway with the top down.
desires? A devotee has no bad or goodSo, we picture (visualize) ourselves
karma. All karma bad and good isperforming 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 thosepreachers. We visualize ourselves as
desires that are helpful to thehumble servants of our spiritual master.
devotee's spiritual progress. So, it isOf course when we come to the stage of
important for devotees to have properRaganuga Bhakti the visualizations and
desires and the stronger the devotionalmeditations change. But, the principle
desire is the quicker that desire willis the same. When you picture yourself
be fulfilled.in this way, the intensity of your
What is a desire? Oftentimes we confusedesire will increase. Not only can you
thoughts with desires, or we confusepicture yourself in this way, you can
wishes with desires. A desire isalso picture others as advanced
something you really want with yourVaisnavas.
heart and soul. Of course there areYour expectation for them will shape
degrees of intensity of desires. Whenthem too. Not only because the
someone wants something with greatexpectation will be communicated by you,
intensity that is called in Sanskritbut also because if you are a real
laulyam (or intense greed).Vaisnava and you desire some good
Tatra laulyam ekalam mulam; Prabhupadafortune for someone else, Krishna will
describes this intense greed for purereciprocate with your intense desire.
devotional service as the "best pathOne example of this can be found in
available." How do we develop thisSrila Prabhupada's pastimes is that when
intense greed? In the material worldhe arrived in the United States he had a
greed is developed by the process ofvision of 108 temples. His meditation
thinking, feeling and willing. In otherwas so intense that he understood that
words we think of something (take somethese temples already existed. He
food like pizza for example).expressed this very clearly when he
The more we think about(contemplate)stated: "We have 108 temples. Only time
that sense object the more we getseparates us."
attached to it. Then we begin to feelHe also envisioned devotees, books,
that object of our senses. In the casesankirtan parties, and the rest. His
of pizza we begin to salivate and almostvision became a physical reality.
taste it as we are visualizing ourKrishna fulfills the desires of His pure
interacting with that object.devotees. We need to develop an intense
Then the stage of willing comes whereinternal vision and an intense external
the desire is so intense, we act. In(the entire world taking up Krishna
Krishna consciousness, we contemplateconsciousness) vision of Krishna
Krishna, His Pastimes, His devotees, andconsciousness. These wishes will come
His service, etc all in a very positivetrue. Krishna will fulfill them. When
joyous way. This is very important.our meditation/vision is harmonious with
If we are negative we are meditating onKrishna's desires, success is sure.



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