If a person is born mad and to abuse god is his habit then how he can be elevated to KC?
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rather than speculating whether they have come back or not. Thank you.
Hare Krishna. Soft devotional teachings in the background, or just giving prasad without telling that it is prasad. And slowly this will have its effect.
So actually, sometimes by our past karma, we may be put in a situation that makes it more difficult for us, or for some specific person depending on the karma of that person, to turn towards Krishna. Certainly those people who are in the situation of being mentally challenged and then being devotionally inimical, their obstacles are Herculean. But the rest of us also have our own obstacles.
We may not be mentally challenged in the sense of having some biological basis to our mental improper behavior. But we all know that our mind also behaves improperly. And from our standard, the behavior of these people may be abnormal, subnormal.
But from the point of view of what is the standard behavior of the soul in terms of spiritual reality, the behavior of all of us is also abnormal. And we are also in that sense, mad. Of course, we still have the capacity to exercise our rational faculty and thereby choose Krishna based on our intelligence.
That faculty gives an advantage. But sometimes even people who have that faculty, if they are too infatuated with materialism, they are unable to exercise that faculty. That’s why they stay trapped in materialism.
So they are also in a sense having a lot of obstacles in turning towards Krishna. All of us have obstacles. Some people may, by their past karma, have more obstacles.
And it may require more efforts from others and a greater amount of mercy of Krishna coming to his devotees for some people to come towards Krishna who are in these situations. And we need to understand that this life is not all of existence. And sometimes, some people may need to go through some purification which may extend for a very long time.
And then, later on, after that, they may get the inclination to turn towards Krishna. But still, we can definitely pray. And praying has a great potency.
So if we pray sincerely, miracles can happen by the mercy of Krishna and devotees. And even such people can give up their abusive mentality towards God and take shelter of Him. Often, it is due to, they have their own way of thinking and within their way of thinking, somehow they have got an inimical attitude towards God.
But if that can be changed somehow or the other by Krishna’s mercy and by the kindness of others around them, then they also have an opportunity to take to Krishna Consciousness. And they are already disconnected from the world because of their mental challenges. And in one sense, they are disconnected from illusion already.
Because this material world is also a form of illusion. If somehow they can get connected with the reality of Krishna Consciousness, then their overall withdrawn existence can become an advantage for them to connect with spiritual reality. So, rather than trying to use our own intelligence to think of all the obstacles that come in the path of such persons becoming Krishna Conscious, we can try to do our best in terms of prayer and practical help to help the person come closer to Krishna.
And Krishna can work miracles which are far beyond the capacity of our intelligence to conceive.