If we are broken by many past hurts how can we overcome that casting?

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So based on How a person has been treated throughout their life They They just get cast in a particular way Yeah, it’s not the broken person Yeah, some people might just be broken because They have experienced so many Maybe broken relationships Or whatever Yes, actually speaking Brokenness is often The best condition for redemption When we are broken eternally That is the time When we are most Receptive for healing by Krishna So For healing by Krishna For healing by Krishna So Although Krishna says there are four kinds of people Who come to him They are the distressed, the wealth seekers The inquisitive And those in knowledge In Kali Yuga, most of Mostly four kinds of people come to Krishna The distressed, the distressed The distressed and the distressed You know The people in the other three categories Are very very few So Frustration Is not the qualification For emotion But frustration is Often the propulsion for emotion A frustrated Person is not just Automatically qualified to something But a frustrated person Is that frustration Propels us towards Krishna Krishna has no shelter other than you When nothing Is left Krishna alone is left So if we have some Association of devotees If we have done some past Spiritual pious activities Then when that Brokenness starts Breaking us down, that time we take Shelter of Krishna So That’s the first thing that We don’t have to see our past Even if it has Shaped us in a particular way As necessary Krishna can Bring good even out of the bad Bhakti is not about Imagining that everything that happens is good Bad things do happen in life But Krishna is expert enough That he can bring good even out of the bad So we take shelter of Krishna Now After taking shelter of Krishna also Remember yourself Krishna So at that time We can’t We can’t deny The track record of our life That’s what it is But In Bhakti We learn to focus Not so much on our track record But on our potential Our potential Our potential Is that we are souls We are parts of Krishna Krishna wants us to Grow in life Krishna wants us to come to him And Krishna will Give us what it takes For us to grow So from this perspective From that perspective I don’t have this I don’t have that Yes we may be disqualified in English But in Bhakti We are never disqualified In Bhakti we are unqualified But we are never disqualified We are never qualified to serve Krishna But Krishna doesn’t disqualify Krishna always is there for us So we focus on our potential That I am part of Krishna And For my growing towards Krishna Whatever it is that I need Krishna will provide Yogakshema bahamya So rather Krishna says I will provide what you have A lakh and I will protect what you have 9.22 in the Gita So rather than looking at our track record We just see that When I am practicing Krishna Bhakti Let me make a new beginning Yes even in Krishna Bhakti we may go through Negativities but still we need to understand That those negativities Are in the past And if I want If I connect with Krishna wholeheartedly I can make a new beginning From now on And we will have to Within devotee association Seek the relationships That are more Affirming Than demeaning Some devotees are very critical That is just their nature Some devotees are more encouraging So the devotee association is not just Like one monolithic unit Even among devotees We find those devotees We find that association Those devotees who are like one Who in the association We feel encouraged We feel inspired Even one or two devotees like that That can help us to know So essentially Brokenness is actually Is the time when we can take Shelter of Krishna the most And for doing that we must turn our mind From the past Our mind in the material world is in the past Or the future Many people say stay in the present But bhakti is not just about looking back Or looking ahead It is about looking up Look towards Krishna And then look at the present Whatever happened in the past is fine I don’t know what the future is going to be But Krishna is with me, how can I serve Krishna So rather than Worrying about the past Focus on the present potential How can I serve Krishna And take one step forward We find that Gradually Krishna will direct us in a New direction And Krishna knows better than us What is best for us So if we just keep taking steps Towards Krishna, Krishna will bring us To a better, richer, sweeter life