We are all devotees

We are all devotees, by Haripada dasa

Hare Krishna, my intention and attitude in sending you this message, is that Srila Prabhupada wanted us to transmit his teachings to everyone, without wanting anything in return.

Srila Prabhupada said in 1972 in Kartika in Vrindavana that we should always be ready to offer respect to everyone, because every living entity is originally a devotee of God or Krishna, but circumstantially the soul, being covered by ignorance, is acting as a demon, in this world there are divine and demonic people, the divine ones obey the laws of God or Krishna and the demonic ones do not, but the original nature of all is to be a devotee of God or Krishna. The first thing to do in the devotional life is to purify the designations, the designations means the things that we are not but that we think we are, for example the people in general think that I am the body, and therefore I am Spanish, American , Hindu, etc., I am the master of everything, my house and my family belong to me, I am the enjoyer, the controller of everything, this woman is my wife, here is my son, here my brother, etc., everything these are designations, the result of living with designations is that the person lives full of fears, envy, ignorance and very conditioned, a soul free of designations believes and experiences that I am not the body, but an eternal spiritual soul, loving servant of God or Krishna and His devotees, my relatives are also children of God or Krishna, my house and everything I own is of God or Krishna and I use everything for the service of God or Krishna, the result of having that consciousness of God or Krishna, is that the person lives happy and free.

In devotional life there are three classes of devotees of God or Krishna, the neophyte, the one in the middle stage and the perfect devotee. First you have to understand what faith is, faith means having complete conviction that by chanting the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H read as J de jota) will automatically fulfill all the duties and complete all pious activities. The neophyte devotee exhibits a faith that is formal, even mundane, worships the Deity but has not developed an interest in serving the representative of God or Krishna, the authorized spiritual master, the devotee in the middle stage develops loving affection for God or Krishna , makes friends with other devotees, has compassion for innocent people, an innocent person is one who believes in God or Krishna, but is not advanced in spiritual life, and evades the company of atheists, and the perfect devotee is one who sees God or Krishna everywhere, and God or Krishna is his life and soul, his life revolves around the Hare Krishna Maha-Mantra, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare (the H is read as J de jota), for him, the Holy Name of God or Krishna is the essence of everything.

Thought to meditate:

"People who think that ignorance is true, being a wise person, are fools."