Does the Lord become fed up with those who commit offenses repeatedly?

From: sccd In your beautiful class on prayers of Prahlad M  you were telling that there is nothing a living entity can do so that Krishna will say “I am fed up with you”. In one of the lectures of HHRNSM he was telling that one who does Vaishnava Aparadha Lord generally gives him punishment. But if one is continuing doing Aparadha and not getting reaction that means Lord is so much fed up with him that he is not giving him any reaction also. How to understand this.?

Thank you. … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … verse and the second verse is about the ocean, about fire.

So that just as fire burns away wood, similarly the power of spiritual knowledge culminating in bhakti burns away the sinful reactions. And then further just like a boat enables a person to cross over the ocean, similarly no matter how sinful a person may be, that person can cross over the ocean of existence when that person takes shelter of the boat of devotional service. Again, spiritual knowledge that culminates in devotional service.

So the important point that I was making is that there is no such thing as eternal damnation that is talked about in the Vedic tradition. No matter how terribly misled a person may be and misdirected that person's actions may be, still that person always has the chance to be elevated by the grace of God. Now when a person commits offenses to the Supreme Lord, at that time the person surely displeases the Lord and there will be appropriate punitive measures on that person so that the reformation of the person can be brought about.

Now when we talk about being fed up, it simply means that the reactions may come at a different period of time. Just like if in a family a son is very outstanding, then or if in a class a student is extremely good, then even a slight drop in the grades will immediately be brought to the attention of the teachers and by the teachers to the student, what's wrong? Why are your grades going down like this? And then the student will be helped to be corrected and stay on the track of academy excellence. On the other hand, if a student is regularly bunking classes and flunking exams, then the regular misbehavior may not be immediately corrected because that is just the habitual pattern and then the teachers also for a period of time understand this is the way the person is and this person is not really correctable and the person will have to bear the consequences in terms of not having a good career in the long run.

So this is not to imply that the law of karma varies, that the better we are, the more stricter or something the law of karma is. No, the point is that Krishna's actions in our life may vary depending on the level that we are at. So a person who commits a slight act of displeasing a devotee, even unintentionally, may immediately experience a lapse in the taste of devotional service and that may cause the person to reform immediately, to at least investigate the cause and to correct himself.

So Rupa Goswami was absorbed in remembering the past times of Radha and Krishna and at that time suddenly the vision disappeared and that was because he had unknowingly offended a Vaishnava who was just walking along, that Vaishnava was lame and the way he was walking in a crooked way, he was quite self-conscious of that, a little bit self-conscious of that and the very moment when he was passing in the front of the cottage of Rupa Goswami, Rupa Goswami in his vision of the divine pastimes of Radha and Krishna saw something which caused him to laugh and this Vaishnava thought that this person is laughing, that Rupa Goswami is laughing at me and he felt displeased by that and immediately as a reaction to that, that vision disappeared. So now this is not a karmic reaction, it is an aspect of the internal aspects of the Lord's reciprocation with his devotees, with his internal potency. On the other hand, somebody who is grossly insensitive to the Lord and to devotion to the Lord, that person has no spiritual vision at all and no spiritual inclination or taste at all.

So the reaction to that person may not be immediately obvious at all, but the consequence of the aparad will come, but the point which I am making is that the way the consequences of the offenses will come can vary depending on what is best for that person's reformation and correction. So for some people who are very refined, just like a top-class student, a slight deviation may immediately bring a prompt reminder and an immediate correction, but for a person who is extremely deviant already, even a major misdeed will bring a reaction, but that may come gradually. So the point of the Lord being fed up conveys the idea that the Lord doesn't take any direct interest in the lives of those who become offenders because then he allows the illusory energy to take charge of them.

This doesn't mean that he abandons them. The illusory energy is also his energy only and he entrusts his offenders to the illusory energy so that they can be corrected accordingly, but there is no person who is forever rejected by the Lord.