If the expansion of our consciousness stops with humanity will it reach Krishna?

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so in the expansion of our consciousness the expansion of helplessness it goes to humanity and stops there will that reach Krishna whether it reaches Krishna or not will depend on two things first is our intention and second is our conception intention means why are we doing it conception is what is our worldview what are our thoughts see if Arjuna can fight and kill in a mood of selfless devotion if bhakti can be so inclusive that even killing can be done in a mood of bhakti that’s not the mood of bhakti which we recommend for most of us if that can be so inclusive then can bhakti not include the act of giving food to hungry saving the lives of those who are dying so if somebody is doing that activity in a mood of devotion it’s glorious now the challenge however is that for some people the the good can become the competitor to God see for most people it is the bad that is the competitor to God most people feel that if I go to God then I will have to give up my so many worldly pleasures so many sinful activities and I just want to enjoy this so I will not go too close to God so for most people the bad is the competitor to God bad is what keeps people away from God for some people it will be the good that keeps them away from God there is a there is a humanist charity organization, humanist means basically it’s an atheistic organization and their slogan is what God in double quotes God sends calamities we send relief this is a demonic idea now offering relief is actually a very good activity those who are distressed, those who are devastated offering them relief is very good but what is their intention? their intention unfortunately is demonic so we shouldn’t just see the activity we have to also see the intention, the mentality so for some people it can be a progression that means that means there are three possibilities somebody may already have pure devotion and they may do humanitarian activity as a service by which they can help people by which they can attract people to Krishna for some people that may be a step up from where they are and that selflessness will gradually get them to Krishna, it may take either many years in this lifetime, it may take a future lifetime also but it’s in that, it’s largely in the mode of goodness to think of others, not just think of one’s own sensual pleasures that is good it’s in mode of goodness at least but for some it can become an obstacle to Krishna if they start looking down at God and looking down at bhakti, what are you doing? you are not doing anything practical, we are doing something practical what we are doing is valuable what you are doing is simply sentimental so if they start looking down at bhakti then it becomes not just a just a point at which they stop it’s a point at which they block themselves that means with pure devotion one can do humanitarian work one can do humanitarian work as a way to expand one’s consciousness or one can do humanitarian work by which one’s consciousness gets constricted so it can vary depending on a person’s intention and a person’s conception so what we should do is we have to see the spark of higher consciousness that is manifested in anyone so Krishna says that I am victory and I am adventure so everyone’s deepest experience is their experience of Krishna everyone’s deepest experience is their experience of Krishna when an artist does painting and the artist is completely absorbed in it many artists just get transported to some other realm so actually they are experiencing something divine over there they may not understand it is divine but they are experiencing something higher over there so now whatever is their highest experience it is our creativity in outreach to connect their highest experience with the highest reality so for a humanitarian worker their highest experience is their experience of say a person is starving and they give them some food and they see the smile on their face they feel I get such fulfilment yes they are getting that fulfilment over there and they are experiencing something higher so Krishna says that whatever it is that is attractive in this world that manifests the spark of my splendor so when the social welfare workers do some humanitarian work do some humanitarian work and experience some fulfilment they see the smile on a starving person’s face and they are attracted by that they want to see that again and again so what is it that is attracting them it is a spark of Krishna’s attractiveness now we have to find out how best to connect them with Krishna Prabhupada was so inclusive Prabhupada said that if a drunkard cannot give up drinking but if the drunkard thinks that the taste of that alcohol is Krishna because ultimately the taste of everything is Krishna so Prabhupada said by thinking about Krishna in this way that alcoholic will become a great devotee Prabhupada is not saying that drinking the alcoholic will become a great devotee no, drinking is doing but if they can somehow think what is this alcohol that is attracting me so much that taste is actually a taste of Krishna by remembering Krishna thus the connection with Krishna will be established Monday they will become a devotee so what we have to do is whatever is people’s deepest experience we have to help them see that this is an experience of Krishna and when we can do that then they will be attracted towards Krishna does that answer your question?