Everybody
Should Go Back
to Godhead

From Kaveri devi dasi

Posted Dec. 21, 2004

Hare Krsna. Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I'm 23 years old, and homosexuality and promiscuity were not considered amazing in my youth. So after reading the articles posted by Hridayananda das Goswami and Umapati Swami, I can't understand what the problem is.

We are part of an already degraded society. We shouldn't forget this and act as if this has nothing to do with us. As devotees we don't want to water down the standards or principles, because we understand that the result won't be the same. But what's the object of all the rules and regulations we have? What's the purpose of ISKCON?

Please, correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know, it is to help people to get close to God and reestablish that relation which already exists between the jiva and Krsna but has been forgotten by us.

Every living entity has a relationship with Krsna, and if someone has developed enough intelligence to appreciate this, then the people in a more advanced stage spiritual life should first of all be amazed because today it is really hard to find a soul like that, and second, help him the person along this path of self realization. (The self has nothing to do with the different illusions that come with the body.)

In order to reestablish this relation, one has to undergo a process of purification. Promiscuity, like gambling, drugs, and so on, is a sign of an uncivilized society and should thus be left aside.

There's no difference between dog stool and cat stool, and in the same way, gambling is not better than promiscuity, and a person who controls his genitals but not his tongue is not free from the material modes.

But can we force somebody to do it? It's supposed to be spontaneous, but we're confident that people can do it.

Why? Because we have something better to offer. Why will a person stop eating meat? Because prasadam is better. And he can understand this because he has accepted that this food is a remnant left by Krsna. This is the process of personal advancement.

Krsna Consciousness is the best we can offer to anybody. If we can see over the weakness and truly help a sincere person, what's the problem with this?

It doesn't matter—our own perception of how things should be, what we like, and what we don't. The absolute Truth is absolute because it is one. Everybody should go back to Godhead.

Thank you very much.

Please excuse my English. I'm from Argentina. Please excuse my offenses.

I'm your servant,
Kaveri devi dasi

© dipika.org Dec. 21, 2004