Thrive in Bhakti

Living with the mind also means living with another person so to speak. That means you have two voices. Your own and the voice in the head. What is your say when you don't succeed or get what do you want? Many devote have very negative self talk and this needs to be addressed if someone wants to be happy and Krishna consciousness.

There is a myth that if I can rise above pressure or stress I can perform better. Actually pressure is our arena even in the spiritual game. By changing our thinking we can change our level of performance. The most famous team in sports historically have been successful due to embracing pressure as their arena. If we do the same in bhakti we will also increase our performance. In fact love itself has pressure inherent within it. So forget about being stressfree or trying to escape or run from pressure..That will not help you

This podcast introduces and dispels the myth that life is about balance. " I must live a balanced life", we say. If you want to be successful you actually have to be okay of having a life out of balance, and learn the art of counterbalancing the less important areas of your life. People are highly successful know that in order to focus on priorities one has to accept being out of balance.

Often we have the idea or belief that we have to be hyper disciplined in order to maintain our spiritual practices. Actually this is not totally true. You just have to be disciplined enough to develop a habit. Yes once a habit is formed, it doesn't take as much discipline anymore or as much effort. Having the belief that I have to be a disciplined person can often work against you and demotivate you to have great spiritual practices and habits

In order to handle your responsibilities material and spiritual, although we will have the same time 24 hours in the day, the secret is to increase your competency and capacity. This is the way to get unstuck and to thrive in bhakti. Don't use Krishna consciousness to stay incompetent and have low-level energy in capacity. Don't use humility to keep you stuck.

Forging and building emotional resilience is key and a foundation to any kind of success. Using our emotions as the compass in our life is a sure way disaster. Your days must be ruled by your mission not your mood.

Often many of us struggle when we are doing book distribution or while trying to give Krishna consciousness to others for long periods of time in one day, or overtime. This simple mindset shift can change your whole experience and make it an energetic and enjoyable activity you want to do all the time.

In this episode we discuss important ingredients in order to grow spiritually. The theme stresses how any kind of growth begins with personal growth.

If you want to know what is thrive in bhakti, then in 15 minutes you can get an overview and hopefully an interest into diving into practical spiritual solutions to common spiritual challenges and problems.

Our inner state is a measurement of our success on our journey to be happy material and absolutely necessary for our journey to success spiritually. Consciously monitoring our reactions and embracing hardship is something we can all do with every stage of our bhakti to some degree. Wanna know how healthy you are? Understand the modes of nature.

In this enlightening episode of "Thrive in Bhakti," Bhadrasena delves into the intricate relationship between the material and subtle bodies in spiritual practice. Using the analogy of a pilot navigating a plane, he explores how understanding the mechanics of our physical and mental faculties can empower us on our spiritual journey. Discover how the Bhagavad Gita and other sacred texts provide insights into mastering the mind and body, enabling us to overcome life's challenges and progress towards Krishna consciousness. Join us as we uncover the tools and mindset needed to fly our spiritual planes with clarity and purpose.

Take these three tools, put them together, and off you go on an immediate growth journey beyond your current situation. These three tools can be picked up and used by anyone. And the growth and change can start tomorrow! No more excuses

This is a great episode of an example of a student in the program who threw patience and persistence earned the magical rewards of the compound effect. Sticking ingredients of thrive in bhakti the student has transformed from the inside out. A great testimony

How is it that so many devotees were set up to fail in regards to consistent habits when they came to spiritual life? I offer some relief from those bodies who were just blaming themselves it wasn't entirely your fault. Find out why and a way to get back on track!

This episode focuses on four types of intelligences that we need to develop. It simplifies different areas of our spiritual journey so we can identify very easily what we are lacking and what we need to improve. You'll be surprised when you hear them so be prepared.

It doesn't matter whether you are pursuing material or spiritual goals, all success is built on inconvenience. Also what you ate yesterday Will not nourish you today, so getting your mindset right every day with these podcasts is key. This is why many practitioners drift and go back to old habits because the old thinking returns. You have to love and like inconvenience especially for the pleasure of Krishna.

It's very important that we accept our human experience and elements of being broken. Trying to be perfect when we are broken as a recipe for disappointment and slow progress. Accepting the brokenness that we have and in others, including the leaders, will allow us to mature and progress in a healthy way.

Please don't forget your strengths. Often, when we're trying to improve and develop ourselves, we focus on our weaknesses and areas that we are not doing well. However, it's so important that we focus at least half our time ,or actually more, developing our strengths. Remember, what you focus on the most ,you get more of. So, it's so important to know yourself well and leverage your strengths and develop them, and at the same time try to improve in areas that are difficult and are not your strengths. So, much self-development and spiritual improvement focuses on the negative and areas which are frustrating. You don't have to be perfect to be happy. So why focus on your imperfections?

This is a live overview presentation at the Recharge Festival December 2024 in New Zealand. It is an overview of the whole program, where i talk about the mindset and skillset for overcoming our struggles, and the 3 ingredients for manifesting our goals and dreams in devotional service. Please like and subscribe to my channel if you like what you hear. If you would like to have a free 30 day experience of the program then please contact me at: email: [email protected] instagram @thrive_in_bhakti

This podcast is with my God brother Vilas Sindhu das who is at a mature age like myself, and is a great example of how we should look as we go on in our spiritual journey towards old age. Health is really key and so important as we age. We need to question some of our beliefs, and dietary habits in our movement if we want to stay healthy and fit as we age! there are key fundamental things we should be doing that are common sense if we want to get old gracefully and healthy.

Often when we are trying to improve and better our lives we primarily focus on the problems all the things we are not so good at. Yes, those things should be addressed, but not at the expense of not knowing your strengths and not having a focus on developing them, as well. You must see the strengths and the good that we are doing alongside the areas we are trying to get better at

It's really imperative, as stated in the nectar of instruction, where the first three favourable items are all about attitude, that we develop a fighting warrior spirit if we want to progress in our spiritual life. Like a mongrel dog attitude of fighting to survive at all costs .. As Prabhupada says in the 10th Canto - You simply have to remain alive in KC in order to inherit the kingdom of God ..

What is the real problem with your problems?

This is a live example of a classic struggling Devotee and how they focus so much on the problems that they have and how the solution is simple

It's so important for the beginners and those in the early stages of Bhakti to understand and to know what their greatest practical assets are that will help them go through their struggles to reach higher levels of Bhakti. What are they? Fortified intelligence and a strong developed & Attitude (EQ). BG 2:14

One of the most essential ingredients necessary for tackling the difficulties of our neophyte journey towards perfection, is to understand how important it is to fortify the intelligence and build emotional resilience. One of the most often overlooked verses of Bhagavad-Gita is Text 14 work Krishna instructs us to tolerate happiness and distress in this world. This is such a deep verse and often we don't understand or think too much about the depth of this important 'attitude' that is crucial for navigating to higher stages of Bhakti

I get this question a lot. What is Thrive in bhakti all about and how can it help me? This podcast and video gives you insight into how Thrive In Bhakti can really help you build a stronger balance in your life materially and spiritually and ultimately assist you in obtaining the goal of bhakti

If you want to save yourself time, energy and minimise your suffering, then it is time to understand the most under utilised resource available to you! And use it! Mentorship and thus Getting Perspective! Yes, but what is the best way to utilise mentorship and what is our expectation? We use this word mentorship all the time but do we understand how to be a mature mentee?

In order to be successful in any arena including spiritual life, you have to conquer the mind. But we conquer the mind, as krishna says, by tolerating the happiness and distress. So how to get better at tolerating happiness and distress? Purposely bring on more uncomfortable situations and build you emotional resilience to tolerate what is going to come anyway. Why not prepare yourself like a Navy Seal and get better at being uncomfortable. Become comfortable with being in uncomfortable well.

Why do we have trouble with commitments and duties? It's because of our thinking. And this thinking has been around a long time. If you want to improve your ability to hold down your vows and commitments, then you need to think in the mode goodness.

Just like our finances, we are often not tracking or where or where our money is going. Most people have poor finances due to lack of proper budgeting and awareness. Even in the arena of professional sport it is one of the key ingredients that one tracks one's progress specifically daily weekly and monthly. I need ability struggle or have challenges in a spiritual life, and even are unaware of those struggles mainly due to a lack of tracking and transparency. Learn the power and freedom you can have to direct your spiritual life where you want by applying tracking

Just like our finances, we are often not aware or even tracking where our money is going. Most people have poor finances due to lack of proper budgeting and awareness. Even in the arena of professional sport it is one of the key ingredients that one tracks one's progress specifically daily, weekly and monthly and so on. If you are a devotee who struggles or has challenges in your spiritual life, or even like many, unaware of those struggles, it's mainly due to a lack of tracking and transparency. Learn the power and freedom you can have to direct your spiritual life where you want by applying tracking. It's so important if you want to progress and overcome challenges

Thrive in bhakti delivers what it claims! A real life testimonial of a complete transformation of their spiritual and material life in just 90 days. When I talk about how you can change your spiritual habits and aspects of your life and just 90 days I was not joking. It isn't pie in the sky. please hear another success story from 2024 ..

It's so important that as we mature and age in our spiritual journey, we must make ourselves available to help others coming up behind us. The reality of completing the lifetime career of Bhakti is that it is fraught with struggles and difficulties. It's so important that we help those coming up behind us with whatever experience and wisdom we have attained along the way. Otherwise it is going to be harder for those coming up behind. It is not just a job of official Mentors and Gurus. Sharing your human experience on the path to transcendence helps ordinary devotees stay fixed and maintain hope

The one word you see and hear in all the books and from all the speakers on success is the word 'think'. Even in Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna first of all has to change the thinking of Arjuna before he can change his actions. Similarly, all the problems we have even in regarding to our spiritual habits, stem from our thinking. So in order to address any issues you are having you must address your thinking and change it. The big mistake devotees make is they try to change their actions without changing the way they think.

In order to be successful in life one has to make sure you are running the bases in the right direction and order. So many times devotees have problems with work, or with preaching and being in the world, or they have problems with their marriage, or ashram and they think they in themselves are the problem. But actually the problem is you have to go back to home and 1st base first. If you don't have first base, meaning yourself together, how can you possibly have a successful marriage, working life or preaching life even as a single monk? This podcast is an awesome eye-opener how to get your life in order whether you are single or married.

The core to our philosophy and bhakti culture is relationships. In order to have good relationships one needs people skills, true. We are people eternally. However, in order to action our people skills, which we need to develop, we need to start first at the root of relationships, which is how we SEE people. The mindset first then action skills. This is the mistake so many people and Devotee is make. The correct perception has to be there in order for us to act out our good people skills. This is a very deep but extremely important point if we are to make advancement individually or collectively

People who are successful and who win in life in what they want to achieve have very specific common characteristics. Here i explain just 3 of the really important characteristics you need to move forward and succeed at anything, not just bhakti.

Self-confidence is so important if we want to be successful with our habits and services in devotional life. It is mentioned in the letter of instruction. However, sometimes we can misunderstand self-confidence and think it is something to do with pride. And we can stand our confidence and therefore remain stock or limited in our service capacity. This podcast simplifies and eliminates the importance of boosting your self-confidence and reducing self-doubt.

In our spiritual community we have a great culture of feasting and chanting. But as we progress and mature in Bhakti we have to come to terms with the habits that affects our health long-term. We can't remain immature when it comes to our diet, exercise and overall health. Service to krishna is our life and soul and therefore we want to refine our habits so we can have the best mind and physical machine so we can do the best service to Krishna. When we look at cross our communities we can see many devotees with poor health, posture and overall habits. Especially as the decades tick by we see the compounding effect of eating too much, and a lack of exercise and nutrition. Let's get the base right so we can be productive and then life and even as we get older and older in life.

If we have the wrong road map it doesn't matter how good are techniques are or how positive mindset is. Although these are useful, unless they are applied to the correct map we will not get the end result that we want. This is so applicable to our Bhakti journey.

The secret of the Gita is the modes of nature. This subject matter is so important to understand and to grapple with if you want to get results by applying the Bhakti lifestyle. It's here a little bit about the mode of goodness

Hearing about regular habits seem so trivial and a small part of our journey and not as interesting as hearing higher spiritual past times and truths. However, this is a great trap and distraction, because regular habits are the means and the most powerful element to our beginning practices to bring this to higher levels of happiness, peace and spiritual success. How seriously do you understand the importance of regular habits?

Courage is an essential part of our ability to practice Bhakti. It is a quality of the heart and Arjuna was chastised by Krishna for having weakness and therefore he needed to become courageous. Do you have courage? Are you developing courage? Because you are going to need it.

Most people are not successful because they don't understand the subtleties of goals. Having a goal is one thing, but understanding how goals impact your daily life is another. The real power of goalsetting is not necessarily in achieving them, especially in the timeframe that you wanted, but in how they help you better yourself every day

This episode looks at why we should try to focus on our strengths not just our weaknesses. Both are required, but often we lose sight of improving our strengths rather than just keeping them where they are and also ignoring them and focusing on our negatives. The second half looks at the law of attention, which dispels the myth and absurdity of the law of attraction.

We have to move from the baby stage to the mature stage and that takes a change in attitude and perspective. We have to develop great and emotional resilience if we're going to make it in the journey to perfection

This episode is a straight shooting talk all about the three things you need to be successful in anything including Bhakti. The main reason we struggle, have problems overcoming and also getting and moving forward is due to not understanding that these three aspects are so important working together. Hearing enchanting requires the learning of skill sets and the application of what you're learning through a intentional work ethic. Bhakti is not for the lazy.

As time progresses we are being more and more distracted and unfocused. One of the main reasons why devotees cannot focus on their chanting is because they are unfocused during the day. What we do in the day affects what we can do when we sit to chant, in terms of focus. This podcast illuminates and help us to train our brains to be more focused.

This episode discusses the importance of developing our communication skills, or what we call 'controlling the tongue'. Part of controlling the tongue is also to control our ears to hear and to listen well. If you want to be successful in any arena in dealing with people, we have to consciously and intentionally develop our communication skills, hearing and speaking