Thrive in Bhakti

Hare Krishna

To truly be a person and to live every aspect of being a person or a spiritual being is that we must dream. Do not use the propensity to dream is to deny part of our personhood. Somehow we can stop dreaming in the name of spiritual advancement thinking it is advancement. But the power of the dream is what makes magic happen.

Living with the mind also means living with another person so to speak. That means you have two voices. Your own and the voice in the head. What is your say when you don't succeed or get what do you want? Many devote have very negative self talk and this needs to be addressed if someone wants to be happy and Krishna consciousness.

There is a myth that if I can rise above pressure or stress I can perform better. Actually pressure is our arena even in the spiritual game. By changing our thinking we can change our level of performance. The most famous team in sports historically have been successful due to embracing pressure as their arena. If we do the same in bhakti we will also increase our performance. In fact love itself...

This podcast introduces and dispels the myth that life is about balance. " I must live a balanced life", we say. If you want to be successful you actually have to be okay of having a life out of balance, and learn the art of counterbalancing the less important areas of your life. People are highly successful know that in order to focus on priorities one has to accept being out of balance...

Often we have the idea or belief that we have to be hyper disciplined in order to maintain our spiritual practices. Actually this is not totally true. You just have to be disciplined enough to develop a habit. Yes once a habit is formed, it doesn't take as much discipline anymore or as much effort. Having the belief that I have to be a disciplined person can often work against you and demotiva...

In order to handle your responsibilities material and spiritual, although we will have the same time 24 hours in the day, the secret is to increase your competency and capacity. This is the way to get unstuck and to thrive in bhakti. Don't use Krishna consciousness to stay incompetent and have low-level energy in capacity. Don't use humility to keep you stuck.

Forging and building emotional resilience is key and a foundation to any kind of success. Using our emotions as the compass in our life is a sure way disaster. Your days must be ruled by your mission not your mood.

Often many of us struggle when we are doing book distribution or while trying to give Krishna consciousness to others for long periods of time in one day, or overtime. This simple mindset shift can change your whole experience and make it an energetic and enjoyable activity you want to do all the time.

In this episode we discuss important ingredients in order to grow spiritually. The theme stresses how any kind of growth begins with personal growth.

If you want to know what is thrive in bhakti, then in 15 minutes you can get an overview and hopefully an interest into diving into practical spiritual solutions to common spiritual challenges and problems.

Our inner state is a measurement of our success on our journey to be happy material and absolutely necessary for our journey to success spiritually. Consciously monitoring our reactions and embracing hardship is something we can all do with every stage of our bhakti to some degree. Wanna know how healthy you are? Understand the modes of nature.

In this enlightening episode of "Thrive in Bhakti," Bhadrasena delves into the intricate relationship between the material and subtle bodies in spiritual practice. Using the analogy of a pilot navigating a plane, he explores how understanding the mechanics of our physical and mental faculties can empower us on our spiritual journey. Discover how the Bhagavad Gita and other sacred texts p...

Take these three tools, put them together, and off you go on an immediate growth journey beyond your current situation. These three tools can be picked up and used by anyone. And the growth and change can start tomorrow! No more excuses

This is a great episode of an example of a student in the program who threw patience and persistence earned the magical rewards of the compound effect. Sticking ingredients of thrive in bhakti the student has transformed from the inside out. A great testimony

How is it that so many devotees were set up to fail in regards to consistent habits when they came to spiritual life? I offer some relief from those bodies who were just blaming themselves it wasn't entirely your fault. Find out why and a way to get back on track!

This episode focuses on four types of intelligences that we need to develop. It simplifies different areas of our spiritual journey so we can identify very easily what we are lacking and what we need to improve. You'll be surprised when you hear them so be prepared.

It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing material or spiritual goals, all success is built on inconvenience. Also what you ate yesterday Will not nourish you today, so getting your mindset right every day with these podcasts is key. This is why many practitioners drift and go back to old habits because the old thinking returns. You have to love and like inconvenience especially for the pleas...

It's very important that we accept our human experience and elements of being broken. Trying to be perfect when we are broken as a recipe for disappointment and slow progress. Accepting the brokenness that we have and in others, including the leaders, will allow us to mature and progress in a healthy way.

Please don't forget your strengths. Often, when we're trying to improve and develop ourselves, we focus on our weaknesses and areas that we are not doing well. However, it's so important that we focus at least half our time ,or actually more, developing our strengths. Remember, what you focus on the most ,you get more of. So, it's so important to know yourself well and leverage you...

This is a live overview presentation at the Recharge Festival December 2024 in New Zealand. It is an overview of the whole program, where i talk about the mindset and skillset for overcoming our struggles, and the 3 ingredients for manifesting our goals and dreams in devotional service. Please like and subscribe to my channel if you like what you hear. If you would like to have a free 30 day exper...

This podcast is with my God brother Vilas Sindhu das who is at a mature age like myself, and is a great example of how we should look as we go on in our spiritual journey towards old age. Health is really key and so important as we age. We need to question some of our beliefs, and dietary habits in our movement if we want to stay healthy and fit as we age! there are key fundamental things we shoul...

Often when we are trying to improve and better our lives we primarily focus on the problems all the things we are not so good at. Yes, those things should be addressed, but not at the expense of not knowing your strengths and not having a focus on developing them, as well. You must see the strengths and the good that we are doing alongside the areas we are trying to get better at

It's really imperative, as stated in the nectar of instruction, where the first three favourable items are all about attitude, that we develop a fighting warrior spirit if we want to progress in our spiritual life. Like a mongrel dog attitude of fighting to survive at all costs .. As Prabhupada says in the 10th Canto - You simply have to remain alive in KC in order to inherit the kingdom of Go...

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