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I enjoy all of these posts....the length of them doesn't bother me...please keep posting them.

I'll keep looking.

Can someone please tell me what these 150 most important verses from the B-G are and also list the 27 very most important verses from the B-G? thank you!

What is the kalki avatara advent?

I agree with what you've said. The idea that it doesn't have to make sense totally to me at this point in time is ok with me...I can understand that. My question was simply HOW to deal with my mind when I come across the 'seeming' wild claims. Thank you for your response it makes sense to me. What does not make sense to me is to be called a 'demon' by one person in here...where did THAT come from? And if it's true that I am a 'demon' what hope is for me then?

Yes, my mind has to be open to things that inconceivable to me presently....but my mind also wants to bring up to that Galileo suffered much persecution because of his proof that the earth isn't the center of the universe, as the Bible claimed....which leads on to the point of, 'if there's one error in the Bible, then you have to suspect there may be more, so how can you have faith in it?" The same thing might be said of the vedas, and the thought that the moon is farther away than the sun?

Hare Krishna, All of me tells me this knowledge is correct and if followed will do what it says it will...liberate us, and position us in our rightful position as eternal, loving servants of God. But at times as I read I come across what 'appear' to be outlandish claims, such as the moon being farther away than the sun, gaurada, and many more. How should I approach these things when my so called logical mind wants to reject these claims?

Hare Krishna, I recently had a qualified vedic astrologer read my chart and it seems to be right on....it explained many things that had puzzled me for so long....along with a lot of other information that was valuable. My question revolves around HOW can this information be so accurate and is the information ever requested or looked into by your spiritual master?

Thank you......it all makes sense to me, I just need to trust myself and begin the TRAINING seriously.....the problem I have is that I'm far away from devotees and a temple and left to myself I tend to deteroriate and assume my habitual impure way of doing things.

Hare Krishna, At times I feel that if I'm experiencing any kind of discomfort or pain that I must be on the wrong track, and need to change what I"m doing....maybe even the 'practice' I follow.... This was helpful because the need to stay the course despite the impediments.

Hare Krishna, Why are we drawn to this krishna consciousness movement? How can we be sure this is the way anymore than all of the other religions are sure their way is the way? What evidence do we have that this information is what it says it is? How can we be sure we're getting accurate information, from God, and pure?.........just because someone tells us it's so?.........don't the other religions do the same thing? All I can say to most of these questions is that this feels right most of the time? Is that the only way to really know; how it 'feels' to us? Thank you for any thoughts you offer.

hare krishna, At times I get depressed and think that everything I've worked for is for nothing now after beginning to practice. Does this stage pass?......I feel so alone and listless at times.

Hare Krishna, Thanks everyone...it all helps very much.....sometimes I get depressed and lose the will to continue and slip back into doing things that don't give me TRUE happiness. Part of the purification process?

Hare Krishna, Why is it necessary that we have to sacrifice to know God?

Hare Krishna, Thank you for the responses! I will set a more realistic goal for now.

I've just been chanting for a couple of months and I was so excited that at first I was able to chant the min 16 rounds per day. But many times I couldn't do it and this led to more fear of letting myself down, and the practice. Slowly my chanting has dwindled and I've felt more and more fearful with each passing day.

Hare Krishna, At the moment I am unemployed and looking for work. During this period of time I'm finding it hard to chant because I'm worried and anxious. I keep thinking that once I get the job, then I'll not worry and I'll be able to chant more effectively. So how do I stay focused on Krsna when in a state of anxiety and fear?

Hare Krishna, That helps to clear up some of the confusion and I realize more and more that a lot of this information has to be accepted as it is. That's a tough one for me at times:)...but I'm working on following the regulative princilples, and chanting. Sometimes I forget what we're doing, and the reason we do it. This is a gradual process, patience and perseverance is needed...more characteristics to be cultivated. Thank you all for the thoughtful responses!

Thanks Govindaram! Hare Krishna I understand what you've said, but something seems to still be missing. 1. If we are perfect....then that means there's no possibility of choosing to be non-perfect. Perfect by definition would rule this out, right? 2. God is not so cheap, you say? But on the other hand why make it so difficult that very, very few people even begin the work? Again, why does God need to make is so difficult? 3. Why does God NEED us to love and serve Him? Thank You, I'm not trying to be confrontational, I'm just wanting a more indepth explanation if it exists. I understand the point you make about us being envious, and that makes a lot of sense to me....thanks

Hare Krishna, Thanks for the responses, I'm still trying to understand further.

1. If God is a person, and if He can create all this......why didn't he just create mankind perfect to begin with? 2. Why all the mystery covering the TRUTH? Why does God not make Himself known to people in ways that they can be sure of....why make it such a mystery and have the TRUTH so shrouded? If He's God...obviously He could've done it another way. Hare Krishna!

Is anyone here familiar with the 'Course in Miracles'? A lot of what it says is very similar to the Krishna consciousness movement. If you have any understanding of how the 'Course in Miracles' differs from what we study in KC I would appreciate your thoughts.

Hare Krishna, Recently, I came across a website talking about Krishna Consciousness, Shrila Prabhupada and the Vedas, in this article they were talking about how we never landed on the moon and how it was all lie. In the article in cited that it was impossible for us to land on the moon because of the fact that in the Vedas it states that the moon is actually further away than the sun by a million miles or so, and how it would be impossible to travel that far and back again in the 7(?) days or so it took for the supposed moon landing. My question is this: Do devotees of the Krishna Consciousness movement agree with this view that the moon is farther from us than the sun?

http://www.gaurangadharma.org

Hare Krishna, The absolute importance of association with devotees is mentioned several places in what I've read. This was my question previously, is it possible to really make anything more than superficial spiritual advancement if you're NOT in association with devotees and others seeking the similar goal? This relates to HOW to live with a family that has ZERO interest in KC and not be influenced negatively by their association. If association with devotees is ABSOLUTELY necessary for faith to grow it would seem that making an all out change to get in the presence of devotees is required. Am I missing something?