Is serving according to our nature lower than serving as per instruction?

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thank you is resentment is perception of mind about the consequence of present of reality or is our mental perception that we perceive from our nature in each case whatever it is how can we change or eradicate it by focusing on Krishna don’t go first of all in paralysis see first of all try to understand what is happening in the mind ok ok if I understand this question if you feel if you feel resentful towards something now what is the reason for that resentment is it because is it a perception that is there in the mind if it is a perception in the mind is it because of the consequence of something going wrong with the outer world or is that perception in the mind because we have a particular kind of nature and because of that we perceive things in a particular way so usually it can be any of all three the resentment in the mind can just be because of a perception alone some people are habitually negative every situation that we bring people can find problems with our situation they are habitually negative similar to people so we might have that kind of resentment sometimes the problem is the perception there is really a big problem out there and third is there is a big problem out there and that big problem is made bigger by our mind so the resentment can be purely in the mind really in the world or really in the world plus aggravated by the mind whichever way it is the important thing is that machittah santurgani mat prasadah trishasi become conscious of me you will pass over all obstacles by my grace sarva dharmarai whatever be the cause of the problem it can go on and on so when we feel resentful about some situation if we try to practice bhakti try to remember krishna by that remembrance of krishna we will get some calmness and then we can observe if we find that in certain situations again and again we become resentful then although the problem is not very troublesome but we become disproportionately resentful then we can understand the problem is more of my nature sometimes there are really big problems out there and you don’t deny that there can be really big problems or distressing situations even in devotees lives so resentment can also be just a natural human response and to feel resentful it’s not we don’t have to feel guilty about being resentful or because of your resentfulness you are not aware of what’s happening it doesn’t matter focus on how you can return back to Krishna so by the practice of bhakti as we raise our consciousness upwards we will be able to see what is actually happening and then we can deal if the situation itself is a problem we can work out a solution if it’s a node in the mind then analysing it helps that means we talk with someone and then that devotee we talk with our counsellor that devotee has to say it’s not as big a problem as I was making out or sometimes journaling ourselves helps we write down in the journal mis-express our thoughts we are just getting the thoughts out of the head onto a book that creates some space in our head otherwise thoughts in the head they congest our head we can’t think clearly just getting those thoughts out then we can evaluate more objectively we can observe this is a thing to get over this I can deal with this way then it’s okay then I find out how to deal with this way and just getting things out gives you a sense of distance and perspective then you can deal with the situation so whichever way the resultant has come the first step is that you take shelter of Krishna and by the calmness that comes from that you can deal with the situation appropriately after this sometimes