Why do we take shelter of Krishna more in difficult times like exam period but not during sadhana and service?

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Hare Krishna question why is it that in times of trouble like say exams we take shelter of Krishna more intensely and pray but during our normal services and sadhana we don’t take shelter of Krishna so much answer generally we feel the need for Krishna when the stakes are high when something matters a lot to us and also we feel that getting it is not in our hands then we feel the need for Krishna that means there are two factors something is important but it is not in our power to get it done so when both these factors are there then the stakes are high and it’s not in our control we feel the need for Krishna now if we are philosophically well versed then we will know that far greater than the stakes in our exams are the stakes in cycle of birth and death if we become purified we live an eternal life if we don’t become purified we continue on cycle of birth and death so even when we are doing our sadhana and seva the stakes are very high however we don’t feel that because there are no immediate consequences coming if I fail in my exam there will be disgrace in my social circle or I may not get a job immediately my future will darken but if I am lax in my sadhana if I am negligent in my service it’s often likely that there is no immediate consequence that is going to come so therefore with respect to the difference between material life and spiritual life is that in material life we ourselves feel and the society around us makes us feel that the stakes are very high and that’s why we put in our effort also more wholeheartedly and then when it is required to pray to Krishna we pray to Krishna also more intensely whereas in spiritual life we ourselves don’t feel that the stakes are so high and often the social circle around us also doesn’t make it feel very important that’s why we have to do both these things we have to put ourselves in the association of intense devotees those who through their actions and their words remind us that in our sadhana also the stakes are very high Shri Prabhupada would say that if at the time of death we have a desire to eat one gulab jamun just to eat that gulab jamun we may have to come back to the material world of course we will not have to come back for that if we are seriously practicing devotional service Krishna purifies of the desire but Shri Prabhupada is reminding us of how urgent and important it is to purify ourselves of trivial desires and we ourselves should also study the philosophy regularly, remind ourselves and then when we remember that the stakes are high then we will feel the need to take shelter of Krishna and it’s all the more true that with respect to our services and our sadhana we can’t purify ourselves on our own we need Krishna’s help so our recognition of the importance of what is at stake is vital in creating an impetus for taking shelter of Krishna and we can create that through our social circle and through our intellectual contemplation both.
Thank you.