Properly remain within the association of devotees ...

Properly remain within the association of devotees ..….... Nectarean Mellows

Sometimes we slip, sometimes we are inattentive, sometimes due to our previous conditionings, even if we are sincere, maya overcomes us. If we simply learn how to properly remain within the association of devotees then however times we may slip and even fall, by the association of merciful vaishnavas, we will again be picked up and we will again continue on that path. Like children learning to walk, we may fall many times, but as long as we are in the atmosphere of properly associating with devotees, we will continue to get up and proceed forward. But without that association, without that satsang, when we fall down, we stay down. When the seed of bewilderment enters into our heart, if we simply remain in that association, even if that seed starts growing, it cannot grow very long. That association will cut it down and ultimately uproot it. It is because of what you're saying that Maya is so strong and we're so weak, that we absolutely have to learn how to associate with devotees; because without that social atmosphere around us, we have absolutely no hope of continuing on the path of Bhakti. And if we think that we do, we're in the greatest illusion. So Maya may deviate us 100000 times, but if we're properly associating, if we just don't let her take us away from that satsang, if we can just avoid letting her do that to us, then we will go Back to Godhead in due course of time.
H H Radhanath Swami Maharaj
guru-mukha-padma-väkya, cittete koriyä aikya, är nä koriho mane äsä
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