Many devotees live with the impression that there are many pure devotees in our society, while others have the impression that it’s full of arrogant people with big false egos. How is that?
"Without such association, we frequently get caught in the cycle of not advancing much, for not chanting attentively, and not chanting attentively because of not advancing much. " how to get out of this cycle , in preference of devotees ,things go well but in absence , when I am alone Chanting becomes less and even sometime no Chanting.
That's the point; we need to find the association of like-minded devotees, be it personally or over the internet. Don't need to be many, just two or three persons whom we like to be with and can practice togueter
"Apart from personal frustrations, another problem in associating with the wrong type of people is that it can lead to rejecting the association of devotees and trying to just advance by practicing on our own. While this is possible for advanced devotees, it doesn’t work very well if we are on a lower platform. "
But what if the "devotee" friends are not suitable for me , i cant completely leave them and I am not very advanced either. What to do?
This is a principle, you can see how to apply it in your practical life. You can try to adjust with the devotees around you, try to get in contact with other devotees online, etc.
"Without such association, we frequently get caught in the cycle of not advancing much, for not chanting attentively, and not chanting attentively because of not advancing much. " how to get out of this cycle , in preference of devotees ,things go well but in absence , when I am alone Chanting becomes less and even sometime no Chanting.
That's the point; we need to find the association of like-minded devotees, be it personally or over the internet. Don't need to be many, just two or three persons whom we like to be with and can practice togueter
"Apart from personal frustrations, another problem in associating with the wrong type of people is that it can lead to rejecting the association of devotees and trying to just advance by practicing on our own. While this is possible for advanced devotees, it doesn’t work very well if we are on a lower platform. "
But what if the "devotee" friends are not suitable for me , i cant completely leave them and I am not very advanced either. What to do?
This is a principle, you can see how to apply it in your practical life. You can try to adjust with the devotees around you, try to get in contact with other devotees online, etc.