To anchor our consciousness in Krishna do we need external calm or can we directly get inner calm?

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so when you talk about anchor for a boat are you talking about taking the boat itself to a calm territory where there will be anchor or the anchor can be there within the stormy sea also both are true our spiritual essence is something which is at our core so whether we are in an external stormy situation or whether we are in an external calm situation that anchor, the source lies inside us so in that sense it’s accessible everywhere but at the same time although the spiritual core within us is accessible everywhere in principle in practice it’s not so easy to connect with ourselves spiritually because our mind gravitates towards external so that’s why those who are serious about spiritual growth they take time out on a regular basis preferably on a daily basis for connecting with their spiritual core so if we take time out on a daily basis to meditate that’s like I intentionally take my boat to a calm territory and then so when we have a time, a place where externally things are calm and we can go inwards through that regular practice of meditation when we get habituated to connecting with our spiritual side then even when we are in a stormy situation externally we will be able to connect ourselves so we do need peaceful time by which we connect ourselves with that habit then even in stormy times we will be able to withdraw to our spiritual core, get strength and then re-emerge strengthened to face that stormy situation any other questions?