When bhakti practice hasn’t yet changed our disposition how can we take sound decisions?

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So when we have When we are connected with Krishna Even then we have certain disposition Even then our decision making ability is not sound So how do we Make wise decisions in that situation There are two different things when we talk about our disposition When I talk about Dissatisfaction becoming a disposition or greed becoming a disposition I am talking about something that is Changeable and that needs to be changed So there is also an aspect to our disposition Some of us May be more intellectual Some of us may be more musical Some of us may be more introvert Some of us may be more extrovert These are dispositions which need not be changed They can be used Say if I have Apple computer Somebody has a Windows computer Somebody else has Some other OS or whatever Those are just there And they all can be You can use the machine that way So we can say that There are certain aspects Of our psychophysical nature Which are a given And they need not be changed They can be used as they are But for using them also There are certain settings which need to be changed So it is not that everything about us Needs to be changed Certain things just need to be channeled, used properly And certain things, as I said There is greed, there is selfishness There is anger These are kind of things which are Emotional drives which need to be curved So it is not that everything needs to be changed That is the first thing Some things can just be used We accept that this is what I am And I use this in Krishna’s service Second thing is that with respect to Deciding whether a particular thing Should be done or not done It is always good to decide When we are in the mood of goodness That means In the heat of life I am running from one thing to another To another to another In between, in few moments in between One thing and second thing I try to decide Should I do this or should I not do this It will not work Because in the course of the day We are running around doing things We are in the mode of passion And the mode of passion means There is the urge, the drive for action When there is a drive for action There cannot be Serious contemplation We just be pushed towards acting It is like If our car is moving at a speed of 140 Now how much of the surrounding Scenery can be taken Zooming past here So like that in the mode of passion We are just zooming past At that time we can’t really think There are times in our life When we are in the mode of goodness When we are calm Or we can do some reading, some prayer, some meditation Some journaling By which we calm ourselves down And we take major decisions at that time So when We are in the mode of goodness At that time Sarva-dvareshu dehe-smin Prakasha-vupajayate Jnanam yada tadavidya Divrtam sattva-vityuta Krishna says that At that time our inner doors become illumined with knowledge That means we can see within Understand This thought, this desire This Is important for me This thought, this desire, this is a circumstantial Because someone said this Because this happened, that’s why I am feeling like this But it is not really important So when there is The mode of goodness We can understand what is central for us And what is circumstantial for us And that is circumstantial It doesn’t require much attention But that is central That requires attention So that way When we are serving Krishna also When we are connected with Krishna At that time also we need to use our Intelligence to To Differentiate between what is central and what is circumstantial And then act accordingly But if we situate us in the mode of goodness While taking such decisions And we Prelude such decisions with a prayerful attitude Then we will get guidance By which we can make wise choices Okay, thank you