What to do if we feel like being in the temple constantly but can’t?

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Jai Krishna. So, when you come to temple, you get late going home. Then you sleep late, you wake up late, you get late to school.
Actually, when we enjoy something, you want to do it more and more. And I can see that you enjoy being in the temple. So, that’s very nice.
In fact, many children at your age just want to go home. When they come to the temple, parents have to pull them to the temple. So, you are in a very nice position that you want to be more and more in the temple.
Oh, is it? Good! So, whenever there is something which we like to do, and when what we like to do is more than what we can do it, then we are very eager next time. So, you can see this as Krishna’s arrangement. You want to be more time in the temple, but somehow you don’t have more time.
So, then you can be eager. Next day, when can I come to the temple? So, see this as an arrangement to be more eager. Instead of delaying it today, what you could do is, okay, I have to go back on time from home, from the temple to home.
But then, you keep that same desire which makes you want to stay on in the temple. You can use it to cultivate eagerness. That means, oh, tomorrow when will I come to the temple? Tomorrow when will I come to the temple? Now, what happens? Especially, this particular age is called Kali Yuga.
So, Kali Yuga has one special advantage. The advantage is that actually, whatever good activities we do in the mind, we get the benefit of having done those activities. If you do some bad activities in the mind, we don’t get the punishment for that.
So, if in your mind you are thinking, oh, when can I go to the temple? Oh, I am in the temple. I want to be in the temple. That desire is a very good desire.
So, even if you are not in the temple, you are going home on time. But just that longing to be in the temple will actually purify you. It will give you spiritual benefit.
And who knows? Krishna sees how eager you are. So, maybe Krishna will arrange in future for you to have more and more time in the temple. Okay? Thank you.