When we are unable to practice devotional principles are we hypocritical – how to overcome it – Hindi?

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in life. Thank you. In reality, deceit is a very harsh word it is a very harsh word when does deceit happen? when a person is showing something from outside and is not trying to change anything from inside if he is trying from inside then it is not that he is deceitful in a way in a way our thoughts from inside and actions from outside are never the same now we can see each other that God has made such a plan creation has made such a plan that we can’t see each other’s thoughts if we can see each other’s thoughts then none of our relations will last because such thoughts come in our mind you think about me like this you want to do this you are like this God has made such a plan that thoughts from inside may come but we don’t use it so this difference is a kind of protection for our relations because controlling our mind is very difficult we have to do it but it is very difficult thoughts will come and go so if we want to work on a standard but we are not able to live on it then it is not deceit when is it deceit? when we are promoting it but inside we are not trying anything we are doing the opposite and we think that we are deceiving everyone but there is a struggle so that is the life of a seeker but second thing is if this is happening then how can we get out of it first of all we have to understand what is the main thing in bhakti and what is the second thing the main thing in bhakti is to connect with God and the second thing is to get out of bad things sometimes we give more importance to the second thing I am not able to get out of this I am not able to leave this that is why I am in bhakti no, if we are trying to connect with God then we are getting attracted to bhakti we will get out of it it will take time but we can get out of it like if we have a desire if we make a graph of our consciousness if we make a picture of consciousness then if we have a bad desire it can be anger, ego, lust so what happens it will be on this level and in the middle it goes up and later it comes down and in the middle it goes up so when that desire increases then it becomes difficult to control and then we can do something that we didn’t want to do but what happens after that and before that after that before that we can do bhakti but what happens our mind is so clever that first it makes us a culprit do this, do that and then when we commit a crime then that clever mind becomes a judge you are so stupid you are so stupid you are going to be in trouble you fell, now you are falling don’t get up means first so this double role of mind first it makes us do bad things and then later it scolds us for doing bad things and in both in both times what we are doing our consciousness is not about mind is not about Krishna and in this way we are scolding ourselves why did you do this, why did you do this we feel that I am repenting that is not repentance that is actually Vishad, Vilaap and what will happen because we are living in consciousness of mind so next time when desire will come then we won’t be able to do anything that will happen again so first we do bad things then mind scolds us why did you do bad things and then mind does bad things again and scolds us again and in this way we are stuck in mind’s web so what we have to do whatever happens we have to do bhakti we have to do bhakti so when desire comes then whatever happens after that we have to do bhakti and when we do bhakti then what happens we are getting purified and with that our inner power increases and when that desire increases then also we will be able to bear it so whatever happens we have to do bhakti even if our attachments hold on to us still we should hold on to Krishna we are meant to be hopeful devotees of Krishna we are not meant to be frustrated devotees of renunciation we are meant to be hopeful devotees of Krishna we are meant to be hopeful devotees of Krishna then it is very difficult to leave it.
It is impossible. Because what is it? The desire has come and it is close to me. But if its home… Now I will give an example from a distance.
A person wants to eat healthy food. I don’t want to eat any other fatty or unhealthy food. So if he will keep such food in his home, then when the desire will come, he will not be able to leave it.
But if he will not keep such food in his home, then what will happen? He will have to go out, buy, eat. So the mind is very lazy. It is natural that the mind is lazy.
The mind always tries to choose the easiest way. So what can we do? If the thing of desire is easily available, then the mind will take it. But if we keep the thing of desire away, then the same mind’s laziness will help us.
So if there is some food and the shop is half an hour away, if it will take half an hour to reach, then who will go and leave it? We will leave it. So what is it? In this way, we bring changes in our life. Like I was telling you to change the flooring, the direction of the flooring.
In the same way, if we bring such changes in our life so that we do not get that thing so easily, if we put some restrictions on that thing, then it will help us. So if we do these two things, whatever happens, keep doing bhakti, and in that wrong thing, if we bring some restrictions on us, then our ability to do the right thing will increase.