The poet says, “Do not go gently into that good night. — Rage! Rage against the dying of the light!” — Why not “Rage! Rage!” against the wasting of the time? — If you start raging right before you drop dead, that's not the best program. That rage ain't gonna last very long.
How do we use a Puranic description of the Universe to take us in the direction of Krishna conception? — Because if we don't — what is the use?! — We are not here to say, “Yeah, here's an interesting way to look at things... By the way. ” No. It must take us There. Otherwise, it's not being properly understood.
In separation everything reminds one of Krishna.
There is not anything in the spiritual world that is not serving.
Krishna wants to experience what it's like to be a devotee. “Krishna consciousness is so wonderful, but I am Krishna! — Alas! Am I alone not Krishna conscious?! Everyone else gets Krishna consciousness and I have to be Krishna!.. And nourish them...”
When the mundane layers of acquired prejudices and acquired tendencies vanish, then the soul proper comes out and with “Krishna Das” ego.
What does Guru Maharaj say? — “At the heart of the matter is hrid-rogam, heart disease. It's defined as consumption, consumerism, “I want”. There will be no end to that unless we learn to desire superior things. Not to exploit, but to serve.
Vrindavan: greatest quantity of the highest quality.
Krishna is Hrishikesh means that you get to use your senses in His service, as opposed to the stereotypical idea about spiritual culture or monasticism that it's a life of denying pleasure and sensory deprivation.
The heart is not searching for knowledge. That's intellectualism. Knowledge is not domain of the heart. Unless we are talking about divya-gyan... Divine revelation.