If a person is not interested in spiritual world and is interested only in material enjoyment, what should be done?
From: Piyush
what if a person is not much interested in going back to spiritual world even though he knows that it is wonderful beyond one’s imagination. he is more interested in enjoying in this very life he has got in whichever way he can even though he knows its temporary happiness.
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Question from Piyush Prabhu. What if a person is not interested in going back to the spiritual world, even though he knows that it is wonderful beyond one’s imagination.
He is more interested in enjoying in this very life. He has gone in whatever way he can, even though he knows it is temporary happiness. Answer.
If the situation is unfortunate, such a person will most likely have to learn in the school of hard knocks. That means the person has to get the realization of the miseries of material existence. And when the person understands that how horribly, unbearably, unspeakably miserable this material world is, then one comes out of the fantasy that one can enjoy in this world.
And then maybe one will develop the desire to return back to the spiritual world. Of course, it is best if such a person can open-mindedly and objectively observe the world around and see how the reality of misery in this world is so chilling. And take lessons from that and realize that even if he wants happiness, that happiness is also available even in this world in spiritual life.
It is not that only when we go back to the spiritual world we will be happy. Even in this world we will be happy if we keep practicing Krishna consciousness nicely. So if one is not ready to learn by hearing and inference from hearing, then one will have to learn by experience.
And that is an unfortunate and painful way of learning and it is best if one can avoid that. Thank you.