Krsna's Teachings

Everyone needs motivation. Reading about Prozac today, I was wondering how come there aren't any drugs for motivation? The world needs motivation constantly since a person can become demotivated even before you could spell the word.  To get into a state of depression and demotivation is the easiest thing for a man to do. The toughest thing is to stay highly motivated all the time. We are prone to feeling in the dumps more often than feeling great. The euphoria of any achievement lasts for a very short time. Once you get the medal and celebration time is over, what do you do except sulk? You know you have reached the end of the enjoyment and there is none thereafter. Similar is pain. There is a threshold of pain and once you have reached it you exult. Take the case of a woman undergoing delivery. The factor called pain is at it's peak but once the child is delivered she goes in relaxation.  The same goes for sex. The drive for sex is very high till the ejaculation happens and t...

In the battle with tamas and inertia, you say, I want to win! I want to see light and victory. I need that desperately!  Do you really want to get out of the shrift you are in? Are you ready to do everything possible in this world to win? You will surely answer me that you want to and that you are ready!  Next what happens is a repetition of the old. You get up and get going. You tell everyone that they should help you get to your goals and they should encourage. Then you make resolutions and lay ground rules to achieve that impossible goal. You set the alarm clocks, buy new stationary and set new timetables, get a new tool kit or a computer program, decide on a diet plan, create funding, start exercises, et al. Everything is raring to give you the ultimate thrust towards victory.  While on the planning page, you sit and dream about the money you will make or the glory that you will have. You think about public profiles, publicity, honor and accolades you will get. Your d...

The fairy tale ending always appeals to our child like mind. The truth could never be told, you say! There are many times in life when you have to tell lies for a greater purpose. But there are times when you have to be brutally honest with your answers. That time you should know that you are talking to an adult, whereas otherwise you are speaking to a innocent child or an ignorant human!  Like the time your kid asks you when is the tooth fairy coming? Or the time when she is expecting gifts from Santa Claus. Do you think you can tell her then that there is no Santa, no Harry Potter, Bugs Bunny, Superman, Spider-Man or some such mythical creature? Do you want to break her heart by telling her these are only unreal things? No! At such times even you have to tell her simple untruths.   Just imagine telling her that all these are stories and there is no real such person. You may just destroy her spirit or belief in beautiful things. Her faith will be shattered and she may be a bo...