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one can gradually make spiritual advancement regardless of what po-
si on one may have socially and spiritually. No one is excluded from
the path of going back to Godhead. One needs the encouragement
and expert guidance of devotees to a ain love of God through devo-
onal service.

The turning point in one’s life is coming into the associa on of devo-
tees of the Lord. One then realized that the one thing missing in life is
bona fide and scien fic knowledge of God. The greatest enemy of
mankind is ignorance in the form of materialis c educa on that con-
vinces a person that they are independent in this world and that their
goal of life is sense gra fica on through domina on of nature and
people by the advancement of materialis c science, logic and reason-
ing. They measure their success by how much money and power they
acquire through different material strategies and paths. Any ac vity
that is not directed toward pleasing God (Krishna) is illusory and only
leads to repeated birth and death. The Vedas state:
na te viduḥ svārtha-gatiṁ hi viṣṇuṁ / durāśayā ye bahir-artha-māninaḥ
andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānās / te ’pīśa-tantryām uru-dāmni baddhāḥ

Persons who are strongly entrapped by the consciousness of enjoying
material life, and who have therefore accepted as their leader or guru
a similar blind man a ached to external sense objects, cannot under-
stand that the goal of life is to return home, back to Godhead, and en-
gage in the service of Lord Viṣṇu. As blind men guided by another
blind man miss the right path and fall into a ditch, materially a ached
men led by another materially a ached man are bound by the ropes
of frui ve labor, which are made of very strong cords, and they con n-
ue again and again in materialis c life, suffering the threefold miser-
ies. (SB 7.5.31)
Following the path of Lord Caitanya and the Six Goswamis of Vrinda-
bana is the sure way to a ain the perfect life of peace, happiness and
love. One is sure then to return to our natural abode of the spiritual
world of immortality, knowledge and bliss in a personal rela onship
with Lord Krishna and His innumerable devotees. May you all achieve
this most blessed of benedic ons.

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