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We are all a servant of someone.

A servant of our parents; our siblings; pets.

A servant of our partners; our friends.

A servant of our teachers; classmates.

A servant of our bosses; co-workers.

A servant of our plants.

A servant of our senses and mind's demands... the urges are endless if we don't have awareness or control.

We get so much pleasure from serving others or even ourselves but that pleasure is fleeting.

We might not get the kind of reciprocation we're expecting from others and become totally depressed or upset.

We might not be able to actually give ourselves what we want because it

What would it mean to be a servant of Radha and Krsna?

sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa- sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate

“ ‘Bhakti, or devotional service, means engaging all our senses in the service of the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all the senses. When the spirit soul renders service unto the Supreme, there are two side effects. One is freed from all material designations, and one’s senses are purified simply by being employed in the service of the Lord.’

Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya lila 19.170

When we become servants of Radha and Krsna, we begin to remember our real Selves. We remember our real identity.

If we're thoughtful, we might question, "who am I? why am I here? what is my purpose?"

The Bhagavad-Gita As It Is offers the answers to these questions and allows us.

We are hankering and grasping in so many different directions trying to come up with the answers in so many ways through our mental speculation and follow whatever makes up "feel good and right". Yet are still left with so much mystery.

The Bhagavad-Gita has told me who I am - an eternal spiritual, perfect and complete, full of knowledge and bliss, part and parcel and eternal servant of the Supreme Lord.

My ultimate purpose - Offer every thought, word and deed to the Supreme Lord through loving, devotional service.

Why am I here? Because I desired to enjoy in such a way that I could be the center instead of God. But that isn't our eternal position. Our eternal position is to be in love with God and serving Him and loving His servants and devotees and serving them as well.

Having these bodies that are temporary and due for disease and death is a result of envy of the Lord and wanting to try to be the center and enjoy life unrestrictedly.

The Bhagavad-Gita offers us guidance on how this world and the influences of goodness, passion, and ignorance and how to navigate through different obstacles of this world so that we can ulitmately return to being eternal and blissful again.

By giving, we grow.

By serving, our love spreads beyond us.

Being humble and not trying to be the center and identifying as a servant of the Lord allows us the grace to achieve things we never thought were even humanly possible.

Thanks for reading.

Hare Krsna (:

your servant,

Radha-Sthali dasi

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Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

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Gratitude is the key to beginning any journey gracefully.

I am a collection of loving instructions from all of my teachers.

Who am I without you but a useless screw misplaced and detached?

Thank you dear Gurudeva for creating a shelter for us through your loving instruction and guidance; by engaging us in service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna!

Thank you dear Srila Prabhupada for expressing your love for the Lord by loving us, guiding us, and sharing transcendental knowledge with us.

I pray that I may even be able to reciprocate your love through all that I do. May my words be an offering of love to all those that may read them. May I be able to serve all those around me as they have God in their hearts.

Until then, I will begin my days with, "thank you, thank you, thank you - please tell me what is best to do" and

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

your loving and grateful servant,

Radha-Sthali dasi