while I was a lay believer of the SGI-USA it gave me the opportunity to learn about reincarnation but during some of the workshops that I attended my questions about reincarnation were never answered.( I am grateful to be able to have the opportunity for all my questions to be finally answered now that I am a disciple of Lord Krsna)
...You are right!
I did learn a lot about human revolution but it was always a superficial human revolution that involve achieving material possessions and recognition by institutions in order to bring prestige to the organization. It was a revolution that consisted in friendly competition. Although, this was the direction that was given to the practitioners (lay believers) of the SGI-USA when I chanted Nam Myoho Renge Kyo it opened up my life to a deeper purpose that was contrary to the teachings that I was being taught while being a Buddhist. Following this believe system would of only kept me locked within the cycle of reincarnation. However, I will always remember Nicheren Daishonin' teachings in particular this one "earthy desires lead to enlightenment!". I can now understand what he meant, after lifetimes of fulfilling ones earthly desires I am now ready to go home to Krsna. (enlightenment!) having said this, I know that there are a lot people who want to incarnate again and there is nothing wrong with this. Afterall, there is chance that by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo you will incarnate into another Buddhist family and be born a fortune baby and this is lord Krsna's mercy for Buddhists! for all the living entities and although I find myself having to be very clear about boundaries and the reality of life. Krsna is an ocean of mercy to all of his children meat eater or not.
During my profound studies of Buddhism I studied the lotus Sutra and it was through my reading of this holy book that I became aware that although Buddhists do not want to acknowledge god/ krsna. In the Lotus Sutra Siddhartha acknowledges the existence of god. Lord Budha is an avatar of Visnu and Krsna makes everything perfect.
Everyone has a different journey in becoming self realized and my journey always included being of service to others and using mantras as a form of meditation. The first mantra that I chanted was "OM" and I was introduced to the mantra "OM" during a meditation class that I went to with my best friend Dana tucker, who was very interested in Alternative medicine she was very gifted and father was supportive of all her gifts even if they were weird.We were 20 years old at that time.
Meditation with mantras was my favorite thing. In order to be able to chant the Maha Mantra Hare Krsna Hare krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare was not an easy task for me at first because the sound of the Maha Mantra Hare Krsna Hare krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare is completely different than any other sound in this world and I kept being distracted by what was in front of me or not being able to chant the entire mantra. Once I became initiated by Gurudeva Srila Bhaktialoka Paramadvaiti Maharaja I was finally able to become focused in the chanting of the Maha Mantra Hare Krsna Hare krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. After chanting and reading the sacred texts Srimad Bhagavatan and the Bhagavagita and hearing gurudeva;s lectures I am now clear without a doubt that gods and godesses exist and that through the chanting of the Maha Mantra Hare Krsna Hare krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare I show reverences and eternal love and appreciation to all of the divine . This realization makes me feel complete.
when one starts to chant the Maha Mantra it is a clear indication to Lord Krsna the supreme controller that the disciple is ready to go Home. In this process it is important to be around loving people who understand kindness and compassion because as a devotee or disciple one becomes very sensitive to the feelings of other living entities one becomes more loving more empathic and extremely merciful. This virtuous qualities are every human being qualities and It is only in this way that one can truly be merciful to all living entities without distinction in the eyes of a devotee a disciple of Lord Krsna there is no difference between a cow and human being or whether a person is of Chinese origin or African American , or indigenous Hawaiian woman or a KoGi woman from the Sierra Nevada is South America or whether a person is 90years old or 12years old, in the heart and perception of the disciple everyone everything is the same. Having the faculty of being emotionally intelligent and being extremely loving is not overwhelming to god and it does not smother Him. There is no reason to waste your love in just one person. Wasting your love and time in Krsna is a very intelligent thing to do.
being empathetic is not a mental disability, neither is being detached or not reacting to an attacker or an aggressor in a violent or disrespectful manner. being unattached does not make you mentally disabled being loving, kind, respectful, and generous is not a mental disability. Observing someone's body movements, the way they speak, write and read in order to make psychological assessments of that person's state of mind is just another tactic used by materialist and western doctors and scientists and business people, or other religious people to psychologically harass someone they perceive as an opponent in order to compete and submit another person to their believe system and in this way sentencing the living entity to reincarnation into lower species. Fortunately, it is harder for these money making people to burn simple people who want to have a good life at the stake for being in love with Krsna, or being healers and not Catholic/Christian otherwise most Hindu holy people and Buddhist and others would of already been dealt with in the same way the money making Catholic Church has dealt with other spiritual people through the ages. people that are not Christian, people who alternative thinkers and healers. Although, there is nothing wrong with being a money making religious institution it does become a problem when laws are created to oppress people's right to choose and continue to then spiritually poor and ignorant. I must remind you that we devotees/disciple are taught to respect and love everyone including Christian people but the proof is in the pudding and one wrong does not make a right.
If a person opposes killing this is not a reason to diagnose this person with a mental illness in order to continue to reinforce killings and wars. If a person opposes the use of pharmaceuticals for illness this is not a reason to put alternative doctors out business by promoting fear about the use of natural remedies and holistic medicine. Moreover, if someone like myself believes in the power of chanting and prayer and a vegetarian diet for healing and opposes the corporate take over of everything that Krsna created this does not make me a prostitute or a drug addict or a terrorist threat but there is no need to argue with you about this because you insists that is either your way or the highway, and you are train to lie and cheat and steal for the good of the nation; and I am just trained to chant Hare Krsna Hare krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krsna Hare krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare HareHare Krsna Hare krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
If you are one of the people who get depressed because something inside you tells you that this world is a "hell hole!", You are Right! this is the era of Kali Yuga don't forget. Regardless of this fact there is no reason for you take meds or drive yourself crazy, or to allow other people to drive you crazy, there is tons of ways to be in this world without medication or alcohol use. If you commit suicide you will turn into a ghost, this means that you will be floating around without a body while still being conscious of this reality and you will remain in this form for many years. killing yourself will not alleviate your suffering it will only make it worse. I did not believe in ghost but after studying the sacred texts I do believe that this phenomenon exists to serve another karmic purpose. So, please don't kill yourself. It's a waste time, literally. this is a fact of life, I can't change that even if I wanted to change that, I can't because is written in our sacred scriptures our "sastras"
(Madhava Krsna has a very detailed explanation of the existence of ghost and how they come to be and how long they are meant to realm around in this reality before they are allowed to incarnate again and pick up their karmic lesson right where they left off. I will share more about this when Madha Krsna gives another lecture)
Today, I will madidate in the two paragraphs below, so if you happen to see me standing out there staring at a wall with arms crossed across my chest please know that I am thinking about god; and that is the only important part of my life that I am concern about. I've had enough loving physical relationships with beautiful partners. I've had already experience different things and traveled all over this world in other lifetimes. I am just here to serve Lord Krsna his devotees, and Gurudeva.
"A devotee of Lord Krsna automatically realizes that different principle, because he never thinks, "I am this body." He thinks, aham brahmasmi -- "I am spirit soul." The first instruction given by Lord Krsna to Arjuna in Bhagavad-gita is this: "My dear Arjuna, you are very seriously considering the condition of the body, but a learned man does not take this material body, either dead or alive, very seriously." This is the first realization on the path of spiritual progress. Everyone in this world is very much concerned with the body, and when it is alive, they take care of it in so many ways. When it is dead, they erect grand statues and monuments over it. This is body consciousness. But no one understands that active principle which gives the body beauty and life. And at the time of death, no one knows where the real self, the active principle, has gone. That is ignorance!".
- the science of reincarnation - AC bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
"The active principle is the soul, and the soul transmigrates from one body to another at the time of death. The body may be different, but the self remains the same. We can observe this change of body even within our own lifetime. We have transmigrated from babyhood to childhood, from childhood to youth, and from youth to adulthood. Yet all the while, the conscious self, or soul, has remained the same. The body is material, and the actual self is spiritual. When one comes to this understanding, he is called self-realized!:.
- the science of reincarnation - AC bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
