Life without the association of devotees is very terrible.10/20/13

Very dear devotees .

We just finished a tour of a large part of the Vrinda Mission , from Europe and South America. First I want to make one thing very clear : I am grateful for all these kind attentions from the devotees, their great efforts to spread Krishna Consciousness in the most diverse ways and I am very happy to see how they care for our programs, and the visitors who come to the temple, or as they strive to organize many different aspects and progress of the mission. This has been a wonderful experience because at the end of this tour 2013 we celebrate the 60th birthday of being together on this planet .

I have one very special reflection , especially on the subject of the association of devotees . The association of devotees is so precious that it allows one to remember daily that life is more beautiful than one might have wished. The association of devotees keeps one in the right path, without their association and the mercy to serve, life is not so happy . At this point I believe that life is unbearable without devotees. Something was said by Ramananda Roy, that life without the association of devotees is very terrible. They allow one to have a chance again to remember the Srimad Bhagavatam , Bhagavad Gita and all spiritual messages .

The messages of the scriptures comes directly from the spiritual world, just as there are images that are like windows to the spiritual world, in the same way the messages that fall into the category of "revelations " are mystical transmissions from the spirit world . This occurs when there is an honest intention to serve. When one wants to serve Krishna these transparent transmissions occur. Although one is not so deserving of this nor very qualified, when you want to deliver the message of Krishna , He appears and inspires the devotee to say things that are enlightening about the Supreme Lord and His sankirtana movement .

I'm happy to be back in India, in the Holy Land , continuing projects like Vrindavan cleaning, for that reason I brought a team of artists and painters to make many artistic projects. As long as Krishna wants, He manifests in a most merciful way because he wants us to go to His home . He is interested in this, He invited and instructed us how to get there. He sent his devotees to rescue you. He manifests His Dhama in this world so we feel attraction to be with Him and for this reason He also gives us different services.

At the same time, now that I was in the Eco Truly Park, in Coroico or Eka Chakra, at Varsana or Vrindavan Ecological Gardens, I also felt in Vrindavan. I do no feel as if something is missed there because they are wonderful places and when I see the beautiful devotees who are serving  I feel happy, but we're still struggling with the mind. It's a pleasure to see the devotees who are making plans to preach Krishna Consciousness, such as mother Gopala, who is stepping up for Govindas  Ecological Gardens in Plamponita. Also I am thinking of the Coast, in this land that was donated for the University of House of Wisdom by Kirtan prabhu, mother Vrinda , Prabhu Jagannath and mother Radha Damodar.

And at the same time I think about prabhu Uddhava and his wife Priya Nama who transformed downtown Barranquilla into a dynamic center of Krishna consciousness. Sure, the whole movement of the mercy of Krishna is Krishna's mercy. One should not think it's mine. But mercy is manifest when one proposes it, I also think of Maha in Bogota ,in the temple of Cali , Medellin, in Bello mandir, everything is absolutely a surprise of love. So much love that the devotees are putting into the different programs. In their magazines, the Eco Yoga Festival, in their publications such as the surprise that we're going to give tomorrow. The surprise for Vrindavan . And so, all the devotees work projects,that too, because we want to serve fairly . We prepare and give people all the nice things we have received. Similarly, Vrindavan in India or wherever devotees gather is one thing. If we want to think more about Krishna , he will enlighten us in more ways , and always has and always will. For anyone who wants to deliver Krishna Bhakti , Krishna makes all arrangements for that to be possible. So Krishna manifests the ways in which we may be associated with His devotees.

The association of the devotees is the least expected of mercy. As beautiful as Maharaj Ashram program in Concepcion or downtown Florianopolis in Brazil . Here are some devotees who just surprised me with a center in Villarrica, one of Chile's most beautiful sites. Sure, you do not know what you have until you lose it and you always fall into this story thinking that the grass is always greener on the other side. You think there is better prasadam on the other side, etc. . but not really.

I ask that you to tell all the devotees not to be sad if they can not be in Vrindavan now and we will soon continue with the preaching tour, because while this body allows I will continue to follow the example of my gurus and preach all the time. Just ask them to bear with me if I can not be in all places at the same time, as projects continue to grow and time remains the same, so to be on the road at times I have to change a bit the way and the process how to visit, for example, perhaps devotees gather in one place and then I do not need to go to all the cities, but even though I like to visit the devotees in all corners, it is not always possible.

Recently I was in Cordoba and before that I was in Uruguay seeing all the beautiful things they are doing. So devotees everywhere are making beautiful things . Now we have a new sannyasi who will visit the temples of Paraguay and Bolivia. Krishna has many surprises .

On the other hand, when I'm not traveling we are doing work for you, for all the temples and so news is sent constantly, like this Chat now which we are sending from the Garden of Radha Gopinath which we just cleaned. A place where they had only stones and is now completely green and beautiful.

So , I ask you to bear with this old man who is traveling with the pleasure of his heart to visit, but if I can not get to all the places I ask you do not get angry because that hurts me. Sure, Prabhupada solved this problem very easily, he said he was going to the temples where more books are being distributed, and so began the marathon spirit, and indeed in that time we won the marathon of 76 in December with the most literature distributed. It was a wonderful experience. At that time Prabhupada had departed, but in those transcendental games we won, even the group of USA, but Brazil Yatra enthusiastically was born in that year. It was very sweet. Sure, I do not want to make a competition to make someone sad, but the more devotees do nice things the more you want to run to visit them, and at the same time one wants to go to places where things are less developed to help them grow.

prithivite ache yata nagaradi-grama

sarvatra pracara haibe mora nama

"In every town and village of the world, My name [the holy name of Krishna] will be preached."

That is a task that Srila Prabhupada gave all his disciples and that I have conveyed with the addition that you have the ability to open a temple where you want, but do not have the right to close any temple. Thus , we are committed to open many centers for Krishna and fight to keep them . So I was very happy with Goura Sundar and mother Laksmi to open a temple in Baños or Puyo , where centers had closed but for different reasons. All that is done in this sense is a special mercy of Krishna. To those who I can not visit constantly asked them to forgive and try to stay connected with these messages and all regional projects, the chaski fests, Vrinda pages, services to the ancestral communities and environmentalists, all this is for nothing more than a service to bring joy to all people and yourselves. Well, I have no other aim than to please the devotees of Krishna .

- What we do need are your blessings in the form of making the best effort for service and to never be defeated by Maya ; when Maya wants to disturb you then go be with enthusiastic devotees and everything will be better, because where there is Krishna the darkness of ignorance can not manifest .

krsna surya-sama maya haya andhakara

" Krishna is like the sun and Maya is equal to the darkness. "

With these words I leave you from this beautiful garden of Radha Gopinath.
By the grace of Srila Prabhupada we have access to Sri Vrindavan Dham and to worship the deity . We pray that they stay forever in our hearts, for when we pray meditating in Sri Vrindavan Dham, we are in Vrindavan .

I thank each of you who have come up here with great effort to be together during this month ... and to all those in the West struggling to keep small Vrindavans, save us from the darkness of this world.

These days we have two meditations for Kartik , one is the question: Who is Srila Prabhupada for you ? and the other question is : What is it you're willing to give up in order to attain the divine position of being able to please Lord Caitanya and His associates ?
- You can reflect on them and answer them ... this month is a period of much meditation and introspection.

I leave you all my affection from here .
Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Your ever well wisher,
Swami B.A. Paramadvaiti

The Divine Mother Chile Yatra. 9/29/13

Topic : Divine Mother . From Chile Yatra . 29/09/13

                                                           
                                               Conference from Chile.

My dear devotees , receive all my affection from Eka Chakra.
We had very nice days visiting devotees in different parts of Chile.

Continuing the Ikwashendwna connections , we found many activist friends who are putting force in protecting Mother Earth. It's part of our mission to spread this, and as the native peoples have always said, we are all visitors on this earth and we should not exploit it without reason, because we are only passing through. Rather we should be grateful and give a hand to Mother Nature and make payments of appreciation.

I want to acknowledge the Divine Mother, the mother of our heart, Srimati Radharani, who is awaiting our progress and who manifests in different ways.

We created the concept of chaskis, contemporary conscious artists that travel to different places promoting awareness and respect for Mother Nature. They are also part of, sometimes directly or indirectly, of the movement of Mahaprabhu to spread the message of Universal Love. They hold events and festivals in different cities and Eco Villages to promote positive culture and vegetarianism .

That female force of Divine Love which constantly inspires us to sing the Holy Names, to preach in every place, to make chaski - fests , events, vegetarian , etc. .

Srimati Radharani expands in the form of Mother Nature and allows us to worship her and to work to protect her. Our Mother Earth is too sweet, too kind and too generous and she is an expansion of the Universal Mother, the Divine Radha, Radha who is dearmost to the Divine Lord, the embodimen of loving sentiment Radha.

There are many clues that we can not ignore and that remind us that the ancient culture comes from a great mystic, mysticism of seeing the Divine in different ways: in the masculine and the feminine, in Nature, in the elements, in the universal cosmic energy, in the localized aspect of Divinity, in the aspect of omnipresent and omniconscious, in his personal appearance in His Divine Abode ... I mean, we can not pigeonhole Divinity and say : "Divinity is so and so and if you do not believe in that you go to hell and finished. " That is the macho tendencies of Western mentality which is not positive and is totally against the Universal Love. So, our task is to revive the responsibility of the individual conscience.

So, inspired by the culture of the Vedas, which is our Initiating School, and other ancient cultures, we learned that mystics should love everyone ... if you are not striving to love all then you cannot be called mystical or a practitioner of Yoga.
Now we have to think, who are those who give "love to all " and who therefore can be considered mystics.

" For he who harms no one and does not seek to deceive or exploit others , then you can say he or she is a real mystic who love others ." Otherwise there is no sense in being called a protector of living beings, if you eat animals or are exploiting nature, it does not make sense . Well we must be consistent in this and be true representatives of our tradition of universal love. That is the reason that Srila Prabhupada  has inspired us to create different Eco Yoga Villages where people can learn to practice responsible and conscious life, spiritual life, ecological and organic living, totally vegetarian .

One of the offerings we have done, under the inspiration of Srila Prabhupada, which is meant to restore the faith in people is the Oidatherapy . It's a recent offering that studies the original conscious levels where the being to plant the Truth of " I know ", which means " I believe " because everything that we know needs to be believed.

It is the basic step in the consciousness of a person. When studying consciousness and the origins of it , we can realize something very interesting which is that faith is the basic and fundamental resource that has to be defined itself and helps project one's path. And that faith is  very nice because through it we may find ourselves. Therefore, faith must be directed towards the positive and we can discover that we all have the same rights to have our own opinion and sincerity to approach the Divine. The Divinity itself urges us to develop faith and connect with the source.

What is Divinity? It is the same Divine Mother. Those who have any doubt about God can focus their faith in the worship of Mother Nature. What is essential is the development of the link with the divine through positive faith . That wonderful mystical experience we can be gained through contact with elderly grandparents of ancient cultures ... they have always remained connected with the Divine and mystical things discovered in this connection. All those who want to connect with Mother Nature should listen to her and those who are linked to it.

In this sense, today I offer my respects to all ancient peoples and their beliefs, as long as they have followed the path of universal values ​​and respect for all beings.

With these words I say goodbye for today ... remembering that the essence always remains, purified in service by singing the holy names of the Lord. Hope to see you soon in the Mela. Remember that we are organizing special presentations such as costumes for the purpose of preaching so each temple can bring the best  costume and be rewarded . Also bring your special gifts for all the devotees, for the dadati ceremony .
Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Your always wisher,

Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti .

The Importance of Education 8/4/13 From Mallorca

* From Mallorca, a lecture on the importance of education that His Divine Grace gave in Imbabura, Ecuador, some weeks ago. *

All of us are looking for an alliance that provides us the guidance to become true guardians of Mother Earth and all its beings. By searching for answers to the questions of how to improve education, we can realize the reality in today's society is: Plagued by consumerism and materialism that only causes suffering in the people. That's where the proposal for a conscious and holistic education based on people's faith arises; for faith is the basic mechanism for consciousness to function properly. If a person's faith is misguided, so is his conscience and his actions, an example:

-For the body to live you need air, water. If the air and water are polluted, the person can not have good health, in the same way, if a person's faith is contaminated, it is impossible to have a good conscience. The air and water must be pure, must be kept protected in its natural state. Likewise faith must be protected and kept pure. We're not talking about fundamentalist impositions of religious belief, but to appreciate the glorious and beautiful lessons that we have received, for it is only through appreciation that we feel the natural enthusiasm to become good citizens, responsible persons, guardians of those who surround us.

All this must be considered in the basics of education of the people. And when the system fails at some level we must stop and analyze what these failures correspond to and  cleanse or "purge" these failures. For this, the Oida therapy has worked in "purging of ill consciousness" which are tests that people can do in order to decontaminate faith or remove the distortions of faith. Such distortions of faith also physically manifest themselves in stress, which is the result of a unhealthy competitive mind. That competitive mindset is not healthy nor does it promote the welfare of all. But if we apply universal values ​​seeking the benefit of all beings, one can begin to correct all errors that the neo-colonialist system has permeated into society.

Here is a very important issue. Someone might ask:
 How can we measure faith?

-It's very simple, you just have to assess your happiness and that of those around you. The happiness of the people in your environment means: The happiness that you produce for the people who are around you. The basis of our analysis is an essential way to improve education now and in the future. Personally, I'm just a humble pilgrim, but I've been linked to education in different ways over the past 40 years.

Speaking of education does not only refer to young children in schools. While that is the basis for being responsible in the future, we must think about educating children today. Education also applies to the different stages of life, especially in a society like ours where we can see the lack of education in fundamental and universal values.

The term "educator" is therefore not only the profile of a school teacher, history, geography, etc.. But a teacher who is able to guide others in learning to be complete. The educator is someone very important. Teachers should be of the highest level of spiritual and emotional balance, being harmonious and consistent people.

The term "spirituality" is very broad and it is important to clarify. It refers to an understanding of the environment and the interaction of the environment, which is free of materialism and where a spiritual model applicably meets life in a harmonious, conscious, creative and constructive manner, which is carried by the appreciation one has for everything in their life.

The term "appreciate" is based on the principle of having the capacity to see and appreciate all that is surrounding oneself and receive the beauty that pervades everything: The river, the waterfall, the mountains, all that nourishes us with inner values.

A "guardian" is a spiritual being away from the materialistic concept of life, who is interested in everything around him and appreciates all and not just that, but who works to protect it all: protecting people from the lack of awareness and to educate them about protecting the planet from the impact of all the damages that are caused to Mother Earth today: Chemicals, GMO, exploitation, trash, ruthless killing of animals, etc..

Education in this profound educational model is based on the observation of the great and generous phenomenon that we have received and it is through having a connection in faith with the Infinite.

We have a connection through the physical realm through the air, as we discussed in the beginning, how important is air? It allows us to have a connection with life, just as the same happens with water, the earth ... basic elements of physical life. Just as the air is essential for physical life, faith is essential to the development of consciousness.

-Without faith it is impossible to walk, without faith a baby cannot be fed from the mother's breast., I can not learn without faith, without faith I can not accept responsibility ...
Even people who say they do not have faith, they have faith that they have none. It's just a mental mechanism nothing more, faith is the tool that allows you to connect both the relative, the rational, and that which is essential.

The rational consciousness, emotional, and spiritual, corresponds to the three areas that makes a person complete and become aware. A teacher or teachers who do not develop these three aspects can not fully educate others. A teacher who does not have a good moral conduct, which goes hand in hand with the universal values ​​can not be called an educator. Someone who only focuses on material achievements, in selfishness, money, etc.. can not encourage others in the joy, the hope, the confidence, the spirit of sacrifice, etc..

Education is a new paradigm which proposes to deal with faith in the same way that we deal with air and water ... What does this mean? -That water and air are vital, and must be kept pure, for contaminated water and air can kill a person. Therefore we use water purifiers or air purifiers. Do we not? Then, in the same way that we ensure that the air and water remain clean, we must work so that our faith is pure, clean of the materialistic influences.

There are many variations in contaminated faith: Faith distorted, misdirected faith, etc.. but nevertheless we cannot say that faith is bad. Just as we cannot say that air is bad because in a city it has been contaminated. The air is pure in nature, but man has been responsible for its contamination. Faith by nature is also pure.

The possibility of making a quantum leap from matter to spirit is through faith. We're talking about basic faith: in the male or female divinity, on Mother Earth (or Pachamama, Mother Bhumi), in the wisdom of our ancestors, the Faith education is a response to three streams:

1. - A secular education which was born in submission to the materialistic and consumerist system.

2. - At fascist fundamentalism that imposed an ideology of fear, where people are not able to think or create because they must adapt to a specific model.

3. - The educational sectarianism and the religiousness posed: My concept of God is the best of all and those who follow him are saved or go to heaven and those who do not go to hell.

This is an approach that divides all to such an extent that people have decided to live without religion, to the point of denying even faith, regardless of how essential it is for the development of consciousness, beyond any religion .

Humanity needs to find this new paradigm of purification of faith, so it is not fanatical, not sectarian, a non-institutionalized concept of power ... a faith that brings appreciativeness of the results. As Jesus said, "The tree is known by its fruits", in the same way we must think:
 What fruits do we want to bring and teach to humanity?
 What should be the goals of a healthy education, a healthy faith?

-The basic purpose of a person's interaction with others and their environment are: Act in the same way that you want others to act with you. Do not do to others what you would not like done to you. The educator must be able to deliver to others all the wisdom he has received in the same way that someone would teach them. This is a point that does not exist in the interests of a fascist education, as an educator or teacher in a fascist line should refer only to teaching a curriculum that has been received in advance which is full of faults and critical errors.

A single employee is not an educator. A true teacher is a servant of truth, love, law, spirituality, free from contamination. For this, we have the right to question, analyze, understand ... if we do not have that right, then we are only part of a system that is unable to satisfy ourselves as a human society  and who have to follow paradigms that are not fulfilling but are required (consciously or unconsciously) to be practiced, and now comes the errors:

'People are intoxicated, they become indifferent, lazy, criminals ... etc. We need to educate people in happiness, to realize that all members can be valuable to the world so that our children can leave school full of positive expectations, so they are cheerful, enthusiastic, grateful, motivated to help those who have been fallen, to support the afflicted ... to make everyone feel real and useful as members of society. There, the Education opens a new subject: Appreciation of Universal Love, or rather: Appreciation of all the beauty that exists. Educate them with love and not fear, so that people can appreciate the incredible gift we have received with this human life.

The Indian sages say brahma athāto jijnasa. "That this human form of life should be led to inquire about the knowledge of the Infinite and thus, love for everyone else." In the theistic concept is said because of the love of God, the person loves everything that is inseparably a part of God's creation ... however, on the contrary, people try to appreciate and love each person individually, and this can only generate exclusivity and limiting concepts, competence and separation. There is no appreciation that we are a great universal family, let alone is there talk about identification with the problems of others.

Faith education promotes growth and advancement, but never harms others.
The growth and advancement of a person based on the suffering of others (whether they be human, animal or the environment) is part of a selfish concept where nothing matters more than material achievements of a few. We deeply understand the main point of education: The responsibility of each one of the people for the welfare of humanity. How can we educate others on this responsibility? On based teachings such as the "natural law of action and reaction": That every action of a person has an equal and opposite reaction.

The accountability to our actions and reactions is critical. If someone commits a bad action, naturally there is a reaction coming from that very action which will have similar characteristics.

So when a person is educated on the concepts of unfair competition, who is opportunistic and ignorant of the law of action and reaction, the result is loss of common values ​​and happiness of oneself. The goal of each competition is increasing the positive virtues of the people. Vying for the cleanest, the kindest, the protection of animals, that which promote healthy values the most ​​...

The children are so enthusiastic and capable that automatically they can be involved in healthy competitions where they feel like a responsible party in benefiting society. Today's society is in great danger from all the chemicals that are poured into the mother earth after unfair competition, materialistic and selfish needs. Only education and the development of consciousness on these issues can save us from the reactions that are coming for the damage to our Mother Nature.

it is never too late to start changing the future, the base is in education which allows us to reclaim faith in its pure state. Everything is in our hands.
I appreciate the participation of all of you today, I hope you feel a part of this great task of promoting education in faith for the people.
Jay Srila Prabhupada.

Your always well wisher,

Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti

The Character of Universal Love From Colombia 9/6/13

Conference.

Dear devotees
Receive all my affection from Medellin.
Jagannath Baladeva and Subhadra Ki jay!
Greetings from this beautiful land with beautiful devoted preachers.

Today I want to send a special message. It's called "The character of Universal Love"

The universe is governed by laws that apply equally to all its inhabitants. If we do not follow those laws, or worse, ignore them ... then we're going to be involved in conflict and suffer the consequences. It is then that the message of Universal Love will increase our understanding of the laws of nature and substantiate a universal vision based on the fact that all people can be friends and well-wishers for each other. If we follow the message of Universal Love we can better understand our relationship with humans.

We should respect other people, regardless of faith, race or gender, because every human being has special skills and anyone can become spiritually advanced. We must abandon all dislike and contempt for strangers, rather we should embrace them all in our hearts. The message of Universal Love teaches us that it is much more beautiful to serve others than regard ourselves as the masters of them. Envy, malice, exploiting the weaknesses of others and indifference to others is the breeding ground in which crime grows. Anybody involved in the benefit of others, deserves our respect.

Service to others is a unique experience and only by that service can we feel protected and useful in our lives. The desire to control and dominate other people will only produce an aversion in them and increase our loneliness.

The message of Universal Love corrects our relationship with animals.In order to be food for us, animals have to suffer indescribably. If we consider all the measures of violence that are practiced on animals, we will realize that we can not close our eyes to the consequences in front of us, whether they be short or long term, to humanity and the environment. Meat, fish, eggs are not at all necessary for our health. The message of universal love exposes the violence and exploitation that is hidden behind the consumption of meat, fish and eggs. It teaches us a higher taste which is part of the freedom that lies beyond the prison of addiction and gratification.

Without a vegetarian lifestyle, this topic will look just like a theory. If we understand the message of Universal Love we can perceive the connection we have with Mother Nature. The Earth keeps air, water and food in large quantities for all living beings. We thank her for her generosity and at the same time, we must humbly acknowledge our dependence on her presence.It is because we are dependent on the kindness of Mother Earth that we should use our wealth constructively and learn to maintain forests and clean water and the earth and protect seeds.

The compassion with those who suffer shortage gives us the ability to be generous.
The message of Universal Love gives us eyes to see the Great Power that is keeping the Creation intact and providing us the basics to live on Earth. That is the connection between the Cosmic Energy and origin. The message of Universal Love enables us to become tolerant of people with different faiths. Many cults teach faith and appreciation to Mother Nature and its Creator. We respect them. Whoever mistreats humans according to their faith is far from the message of Universal Love. Universal Love shows us the responsibility to our children. Children are easily influenced and easily abused. They need security. We must become a living example of the message of Universal Love and at the same time, we must protect them from all that is controversial for its values.

The influence of the message of Universal Love enriches the relationship with our partners. We must be constantly alert to maintain a healthy family life, for a happy marriage is the natural protection for children. If the values ​​of the message of Universal Love is in the center of the family, then the selfish interests will not be able to stay between the parents. Universal Love provides a deep understanding of sexual power within each of us. Through this sexual power the ability to father a new life in this world is relevant.

This is the gate of our birth, but it is a very serious fault if we replace love with sexuality, as it is only going to lead to mutual disagreements, accusations, loneliness and the desperate feeling of being used and contaminated. Unwanted children are the sad result of misunderstood sexuality in which none of the parties are giving true love, but rather just waiting for something in return.

The entrance of Universal Love in our lives gives us a better understanding of ourselves. If we look carefully bodies change from childhood to youth and from there to old age, we recognize that our consciousness is not subject to the aging process as if it is our body. We have to admit that I, myself, am independent  from the shell of the body and so we must become aware that there are tasks larger than the mere preservation of the body. The message of Universal Love gives us a clear answer to the question of whether our life begins with birth and end with death.

The traditions of ancient cultures, the journey to the past lives through hypnotic regressions, the phenomenon of child prodigies, etc.., Are a clear example that proves the existence of the living entities independence of the body conscious. So one thing becomes very clear: If we move from one body to another we must bear the responsibility of allowing the Universal Love to grow within us. The message of Universal Love allows us to recognize the source of our own existence. We are individual personalities, therefore we are fully aware of our own existence. Thus, our origin must also have the same attributes: individuality, consciousness, personality. Call it the Living Entity of higher consciousness. The source cannot be less than His creation, therefore, chance cannot be the origin of life.

The influence of Universal Love makes us aware of the fact that we are responsible for our own actions, words and even thoughts. If we recognize that every action produces a reaction, we can easily understand the Law of Karma. Thus, for our own welfare, we should avoid all things that cause negative reactions. Rather, we must act in a way that allows a positive future for the world and therefore it to us.

The message of Universal Love intimidates the origin of the false ego. This realization will help us to question the false ego consciousness and leave all identification of its covering. The attachments to the temporal coverage appears in the shape of our body, our family, our land, our faith, our ideology, our social status, etc..Emerging as the most important for us. Thus the ego along with the desire become the origin of evil, hatred and fighting. Universal Love sharpens our view of the influence of the media. If contribution of the media are encouraged  then  intolerance, lust and violence increases. We have to realize that being uncontrolled results in the above influences within children and adults, so we must avoid this influence at least to prevent degradation.

Universal love opens our eyes to the consequences of intoxication. Addiction to intoxicants freezes our most important skill: the ability to love. This is the reason that drugs are so dangerous (individually and collectively). Instead of artificial intoxication, Universal Love allows us to feel natural pleasure. Universal Love shows us the dangers of gambling and all attempts that aim to increase the gratification of our body. And accumulate material wealth and gain fame. Casino games end in misfortunes and leads people to self-destruction, while ruining others ambition. So we must move away from gambling and everything that is an obstacle to really be useful for our family and society. The greatest gift we have received from the Living Entity of Highest Consciousness is more freedom. Universal Love teaches us to use this freedom properly, then there starts the mystery of our life.

Universal Love allows us to recognize the opportunity for the development of our work. No work or the individual nor society can maintain itself. If love flows into our work, then this occupation becomes a celebration, a sacred sacrifice.

The message of Universal Love explains the mysticism of our inner voice. Each perceives the inner voice that warns us of the actions that could cause harm to others or ourselves. We should be grateful that there is such natural mysticism in all human beings. This inner voice has received different names in different cultures. We consider this inner voice as an aid of higher consciousness from the Living Entity in highest consciousness to each of His children. Universal Love is the reason that we can see the death of the body as natural and strive to develop our consciousness. We do not really know when we have to work. But our consciousness is preserved and it is very important for the purpose intended. If we are able to address this objective to Universal Love, then our life will be successful, because death is just a door that leads us to the next area of ​​growth and learning.

Universal Love teaches us to be loving. Humanity is looking for love. They are hungry for love. If a human being does not guide his own life to love and only sees the value of relationships based on the satisfaction of his own desires, he or she will be unable to feel love and everything will be destroyed. If Living Entity of Higher Consciousness is located in the center of our love, our search for love will be successful and our relationships will be healed, even become sacred.

Universal Love teaches us to pray. It is through sincere prayer that we open our mind to the sacred. No matter which way each human takes to pray, prayer will help you to internalize the Universal Love. Oh My Lord, let me be an instrument of Your love. Universal Love inspires our understanding of sacred sound. Each sound has an influence on our consciousness and we can clearly feel the harmonizing effect or disturbance. Spiritual and meditative sounds strengthen our consciousness and allow the Universal Love to grow within our hearts.

The World Organization of the United Nations has the function of protecting the rights of those who can not do for themselves. Similarly, the values ​​of the Universal Love enrich these efforts, as they develop sensitivity to the fundamental rights of life, which means that they improve the situation of the world to follow.

It is the nature of Universal Love that reveal the richness of life: be loving, honest and fair, servers, generous and merciful. So with all the pleasure, we must allow the message of Universal Love influence our activities and take care to protect the ideals, regardless of the natural position and the task we have in society, or even if we are children or adults.

That, my dear is the essence of Universal Love. Now I ask you to practice and share. Make this manifest of love your own manifest of love in the way of service.

Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Your always wisher,
Swami B. A. Paramadvaiti.