If we fight against obstacles to serve Krishna in a particular way are we not dependent on Krishna?

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if we feel inspired determined to serve Krishna in a particular way then it can appear as if we are attached we are passionate and we are not dependent yeah actually Prabhupada for many people it appeared like that when he was at the age of 65, 70 saying I want to go to America why do you want to go to America at that time India, America was a very glamorized land why do you want to go to America many people thought of him as is he just materially adventurous or what is this they just couldn’t make sense of what he was trying to do but Prabhupada was perceiving it so if we are inspired to do something then we can use our Gaudiya intelligence to to assess how important it is and how much we are capable of contributing and we consult senior Vaishnavas our spiritual master, our spiritual guide and if we have their blessings then persevering even in the face of obstacles that is also a sign of that is also a sign of devotion in 9.14 Bhagavad Gita Krishna says my devotee is constantly glorifying me and for that they endeavor with great determination so perseverance in the presence of obstacles is also a sign of devotion now we will have to be in the mode of goodness and sometimes being in the mode of goodness means consulting, requires necessarily consulting those who are in the mode of goodness because we always see things through the filter of our mind so I start something and how much do I persevere in that that we will have to decide based on time and circumstances sometimes you may decide that this is what I am going to do the purpose remains fixed but the process may have to vary Prabhupada was always fixed in trying to say come to the rest and preach, preach in general but Prabhupada was very flexible about how he tried to do it, in India first he tried to start B.T.G then he tried to work with his god brothers then he tried to make up devotees then he started writing with Bhagavatam then he started traveling to get some permission to come to America in America also he came, first he stayed at Butler, Pennsylvania, then he stayed at the Yoga Visha studio he was trying various things to see what would work so even when if he decided I am going to fix this purpose the way we try to fulfill that purpose has to be always the same you have to see what works this particular way of approaching this goal is not working maybe I have to try something else the standard example for this is just as the Ganga flows towards the ocean the Ganga is determined to move towards the ocean but the way it will move if there is no path like this then move like this or sometimes it creates an entirely different channel it does get blocked but by this channel it moves on so the difference between determination and obstinacy is in terms of our seeing the bigger picture obstinacy is when you just hold on to one thing no matter how terrible is the cost for everything else like Duryodhana is holding on to the kingdom in spite of losing the gurvishas of everyone who were the gurvishas antagonizing very very big people that is obstinacy but determination means that this is important for me not just because this thing I am attached to but in the big picture also this is important and when you keep the big picture in mind and then we persevere in a particular thing then that is determination Sri Prabhupada writes in 10th chapter the Bhagavad Gita purport intelligence means to see things in their proper perspective so if we can see how important is this particular thing for me in my broad service to Krishna and then we persevere next to that do you want to ask a question?