Dear Joseph,
Hare Krishna.
I got your long letter dated 10-27-05. Wow, you have quite a
story! What can I say? At the very end of your letter you
asked about learning to sing and if there are books available about
singing. I don't want to sound harsh to you, Joseph, but really,
my business in writing to you is not to become your "buddy" or your
"pen pal", but to encourage you to make spiritual progress. That
is the only business of the human being. We are not instructed by
the Lord to waste our time trying to make adjustments here in this
temporary material world so we can "enjoy". This is our
disease. We are trying to become happy in a temporary place that
is full of miseries. That is not possible. No one
can remain here; as we come here to get treated for our material
desires, then we must die.
Actually, we are all suffering. That should be obvious to you in
that you are incarcerated. In the same way that you must get
reformed, and do everything they tell you to so that you can get
released from prison, similarly as eternal spirit souls, we must also
surrender to God, try to serve Him, and ultimately love Him, so that we
can go back to home, back to Godhead, where life is eternal, full of
knowledge and bliss. Even the Christians teach this about Jesus
Christ. When Jesus was asked by his disciples, "What is the
greatest commandment in the Law?" he replied, "The greatest commandment
is to love the Lord, thy God, with all thy heart, all thy mind and all
thy soul. Then the second commandment is likened unto the first,
Love thy neighbor as thyself."
So, I will gladly answer any of your spiritual questions for you.
That's my service to you, to tell you the absolute truth. It
would be wrong of me to falsely encourage you to prolong your "time"
here in this "prison house" of the material world. In the
meantime, please chant the Hare Krishna mantra:
Hare
Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare
Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
If you do it everyday, even for a few minutes, you WILL notice subtle
changes for the better. Things will become clear to you, and you
will be in resonance and harmony with your surroundings. Try it,
you'll see. Make an experiment, "OK, I'm going to chant Hare
Krishna everyday for 10 minutes for a month." You won't be
disappointed!
Sincerely your servant,
James Seymour
