We are people

 We are people, by Haripada dasa

I share that I have always tried to be very personal with all the people, by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada I was from 1984 to 2011 distributing his books all over the world, I estimate that I have spoken face to face with at least four million people, and that has helped me a lot to be personal, I remember a class by Srila Prabhupada who said that we are all people, human beings, animals, ants, trees, there is nothing impersonal, even brahmajyoti is the effulgence of the personal body of God or Krishna.

Now to the devotees so that they know me I send a message entitled my devotional life, at the beginning of this message I say Hare Krishna, all glories to Srila Prabhupada, with love and trust I share my devotional life, so that you know me, and if you want can share yours with me. I have sent this message to more than a hundred devotees, and only two have reciprocated and told me about their devotional life, now the question I ask is why the devotees do not answer, they do not reciprocate, my humble opinion is because in the devotees there is much Impersonalism, in the mantra to Srila Prabhupada we say that you have come to the West to free us from impersonalism and nihilism, and because of impersonalism is that the devotees are not united, when one reads Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita there are such sweet relationships and loving among the devotees, at that time there was no television, no mobile phones, etc., the only thing that the devotees did is try to make Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu and His devotees happy, the great devotee and King of Puri Patraparudra Maharaja gave the order in the temple of Sri Jagannatha that for the devotees of Sri Gauranga all the maha-prasada for free, so the devotees all they did is chant Hare Krishna and dance in ecstasy, respect maha-prasada and talk about the glories of Krishna and His devotees, there was no place for impersonalism or doing things to waste time, that is Krishna consciousness in its pure state.

Another great impediment is pride, pride is the prelude to the fall, thinking that I am superior to others, that is pure ignorance, that I have lived in Iskcon, the supposed disciples of Srila Prabhupada look at others with contempt, in their ignorance they think that I am Srila Prabhupada's disciple and I am saved, and others who are not Srila Prabhupada's disciples are condemned, humility is very important, when Sri Gauranga's guru named Srila Isvara puri went to visit to Sri Advaita prabhu, the devotees there just seeing his effulgence all thought that this person must be a very high devotee, but Isvara puri said that I am lower than a sudra, that is humility.

Let's try to be people and establish relationships based on love and trust, let's try to be all united, if we do this, Srila Prabhupada will be very happy with us and will give us many blessings.