Mother Yamuna has gone back to Godhead!

The world has lost a great devotee this week, because God wanted her back. Mother Yamuna was a Prabhupada deciple and has done so much for the Krishna Conscious Movement that I hope a book comes out about her life. I have been watching the Following Srila Prabhupada DVD series and she is in so much of them. I feel like I knew her. The past few nights there has been kirtan here in Stuy. Falls and after we discuss remembrances of her. Jhanavi is visiting and between her and Ram Roy they have been leading such expert and wonderful kirtan. Jhanavi has spent a lot of time with Mother Yamuna and she told us great stories of her and stories that Yamuna told her about Prabhupada. We only have so much time on this earth and we need to take advantage of gaining knowledge and Srila Prabhupada nectar from the remaining senior disciples of his divine grace.
I feel incredibly sad this week for so many reasons, but I have to just take shelter of Krishna and chant. I find I mainly pray when I'm upset, or there is a crisis of some sort. I have to start praying when I'm happy as well. I need to turn to God no matter what mood I am in. I have to keep in mind that everything I do, I do for him.
I pray to Radharani to be a better devotee and to better serve. I pray that I can be as humble, compassionate, devoted, masterful, and forbearing as Mother Yamuna was.

Hare Krishna!

I found my Krishna!

I am a new devotee of the Krishna Conscious movement. I have been striving to balance full time school, full time work, and full time service to God. It has been a struggle to remember constantly that I am doing all of this for God. That I am not this body. I am very important in a sense because although I am not this body, my Guru reminds me that we are all parts and parcels of the divine one, Krishna. I am not familiar with all of the prayers, all of the songs and sacred Sanskrit texts. I have a hard time pronouncing all of the names of devotees, but I do not have a hard time with service. I get the service part. To love anyone, one wants to please them. So I try to please Krishna and my Guru Maharajah by serving devotees. I am a servant of a servant of a servant. I know my place and enjoy my place. 

I have found God. My Krishna. I surrender onto his beautiful lotus feet and chant. I just chant Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare!