​Is a goal-oriented approach in bhakti in the mode of passion?

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so in spiritual life if you focus on targets and measurable things will that lead to advancement or not? see even when we practice spiritual life it is not that we can change our attitudes overnight that means if I am in the mode of passion and that is the way I normally function then even when I am spiritually binded I will function in the mode of passion only, which is ok but as we keep practicing bhakti our consciousness evolves, the consciousness evolves we rise to higher consciousness and then we start practicing those devotional activities with greater calmness within us so for example initially if we decide you know ok I want to do some service I want to distribute books or I want to do this, you want to do things in a quantified way that’s fine initially the principle is somehow or the other fix the mind on Krishna so even if initially it is through the mode of passion it doesn’t matter, important thing is connect with Krishna as we connect with Krishna it is that connection which will purify us so it is not that we have to be in a particular material condition to practice bhakti, however we are materially we start connecting with Krishna and by that gradually we will become purified, we will be able to function in a more stable, more sustainable way it doesn’t matter right now just focus on trying to add Krishna into your life it is not necessary that your material life has to be reordered for that purpose the reordering of our material life it will happen naturally, organically as Krishna becomes, as our connection with Krishna becomes more and more stable so there is no need to put material conditions on our spiritual practices just start practicing bhakti and whatever material harmonious conditions are there they will organically come