Is our intelligence destined – does it determine when we take to spiritual life?

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Answer your question? So, we all choose based on our intelligence. But then, some people take to spiritual life early, some people take to spiritual life later.
So, is it that Krishna gives different people different intelligences based on their destiny? Based on their karma? And that’s how it works out? Yes. When you talk about intelligence, we all have different levels of intelligence. Some people can remember so brilliantly.
Some people can’t remember what they remember. I memorized something! What did I memorize? That also they don’t remember. So, we all have different memories like that.
So, memory is one function of intelligence. So, we do have different levels of intelligence. But again, what we have is not as important as what we do with what we have.
Some people may have just brilliant memory, and they may use it to manipulate things, manipulate people. Brilliant intelligence, they may use it for that purpose. So, the important thing is what we do with what we have.
So, this is in general with respect to intelligence. Specifically, with respect to spiritual life, we have to know that we have our free will and there is also… we are also going through different stages in our own spiritual evolution. So, at some points, we are ready.
At some points, we may not be ready. So, yes, it would be nice if we could have been introduced to bhakti earlier. But whenever we have been introduced, now from onwards, let me take it forwards.
So, why some people are introduced earlier, some people are introduced later? It could be both that they are more intelligent. It could also be that they may have done some spiritual activity in their previous life because of which they are attracted to bhakti. It could also be simply the mercy of devotees.
The devotees came to them and presented them the opportunity and they took the opportunity. So, when devotees came to us and gave us the opportunity, we took the opportunity. So, Sri Prabhupada says that now for a person to receive the opportunity for bhakti, that is fortune.
For a person to take the opportunity for bhakti, that is intelligence. That’s okay. So, for a person to take the opportunity is intelligence.
So, sometimes, if we did not get the opportunity only, then we can’t say that we are not intelligent. So, we have to see, if we got the opportunity, we take it and we move on in our life. And Krishna is so expert that whatever situation we are in, we can always practice bhakti and move closer to Him.
We may not be able to do the same kinds of services in all situations. But the principle of serving Krishna, principle of connecting with Krishna is something which we can do in whatever situation we are in and we can move towards Him. Thank you.
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