How can we be humble enough to recognize the necessity of changing our habits?

Anwser Podcast

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So how can we Be humble enough to learn That we have to change our habits Otherwise we just go along with our life One major way Is by Associating with others Especially associating with devotees Who are doing a lot In Krishna’s service We feel okay I have this challenge I am doing so much But when we associate with others We find that there is so much more And nobody in the world has more than 24 hours The wealthiest person The most powerful person Everybody has only 24 hours So I may become complacent If I am just looking at myself I am doing so much But I look at others and say Okay these devotees are doing so much for Krishna’s service Why even devotees? Sometimes we can look at materialistic people also Bhaktivinoda Thakur says that By seeing how hard the materialistic people are working for their sense gratification I feel inspired And I should work harder for serving Krishna Sometimes some materialistic people They have 2-3 jobs And they are managing so many different portfolios And it makes the mind How did you do this? How can you do this? I have written some 15-16 books So I may become proud But I look at I just was searching Google And there are something like 75,000 authors Who have written more than 100 books More than 100 books How much labor it is required for doing that? So if I look at that I could be doing so much more I should be doing so much more for Krishna’s service So that means In the Bhagavatam 9th canto Somewhere there is an There is an anecdote There is a king, I think Mandhata is involved He feels very proud of his opulence But then he sees another king Who has so much more opulence And then he thinks Actually I am not that great He is actually dharmically proud Thinking I have done so much dharma By which I have got so much artha But then he says he has got so much more artha He is so much more dharmic So basically By looking at others who are doing much more than what we are doing We can get the inspiration To reform ourselves That is from the positive perspective From the negative perspective I can say, we can also see That some of our undesirable habits They can lead to Terrible consequences They may not have led to it Right now But they may lead to in future So one small indiscretion It can sometimes Cause catastrophe Somebody, from the material world point of view Somebody may just drink a little bit more And then they drive a car I think nothing happens As long as the police don’t catch me and give me a DUI But sometimes they drink a lot And they run over someone, they kill someone And then they regret Like what did I do So our unhealthy habits They can actually lead to Disastrous consequences also So We have to find out From both perspectives That becoming more self-controlled Having more positive habits Can help me to do so much more for Krishna’s service And tolerating Or indulging in some undesirable habits That can create me a lot of trouble So from both perspectives We can inspire ourselves to serve Krishna And ultimately Our goal is that Krishna is not so much concerned about What I am doing Krishna is primarily concerned about who I am So in my heart If I am still having conditionings Then how much am I pleasing Krishna I want to offer my heart to Krishna And if there are unhealthy conditionings in my heart Then I am not making a pleasing offering to Krishna So From both analytical, positive and negative analysis Contemplation As well as devotional contemplation We can inspire ourselves to change Does that answer your question? Thank you very much