After practicing spirituality we feel less materially insecure – does that mean we are spiritually advanced or are irresponsible?

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Thank you So if our material insecurity is decreasing Because of our spirituality How can we know Whether that is because of our deepened spiritual consciousness Or that is we are simply becoming Irresponsible See the difference Between detachment And irresponsibility Is that detachment is After the action Irresponsibility is before the action That means If a student doesn’t study for the exam And Oh why are you not studying I am detached That is irresponsibility You are meant to study After doing the study What marks will I get What will happen after I get this many marks Constantly obsessing over it Worrying about it That is attachment So we are meant to be detached but not irresponsible So I would say that When material problems are coming We use our God-given intelligence To decide what all we can do to solve it Say if I lose my job Then ok I have to search for a job And I do this, this, this, this And I am doing that I am putting in substantial amount of time Searching for a new job But I don’t have to let that not having a job Constantly burden So That becoming constantly burdened That is undesirable And that constant burdening will not happen if you are practicing bhakti But if I don’t look at all for a new job Everything is alright That is a responsibility So I give that example of public speaking Depend on Krishna but after you are prepared If I don’t prepare that is a responsibility But if I prepare also Still I am worried What if I forget this, what if I forget that Forget all those, just focus on Krishna Just try to serve Krishna So in a sense Detachment Actually helps us become more responsible Why Because when we are attached Our mental energy Is Distributed between The effort And the worry about the result Or the craving for the result But when there is detachment Then Our mental energy can be fully concentrated On the endeavour itself Ok the result is in Krishna’s hand Therefore let me focus fully on the endeavour So in that sense detachment Won’t make us irresponsible Detachment, especially if the detachment Is complemented by attachment to Krishna Then detachment from material things and attachment to Krishna Then it will actually make us more Responsible Because we want to do the best we can for the service of Krishna And we know that Krishna is pleased With the efforts itself, not necessarily the result The world will judge us by the result But Krishna will judge us by the effort So if I am putting in my efforts, Krishna is pleased by that And that way we can actually Put in more wholeheartedly the efforts Even when the results don’t seem very likely Does that answer your question? Yes sir The point is so nice Short time left Before the action.