Service attitude transforms knowlege into realization

The talk based on this ppt can be heard here:
https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2018/10/developing-service-attitude-1-service-attitude-transforms-knowledge-realization/

The speaker, Chaitanya Charan, is a monk, mentor and spiritual author. He has written 20 books and writes the world's only daily blog on the timeless spiritual class, Bhagavad-gita, at gitadaily.com

1. 1 Chaitanya Charan is an acclaimed author, speaker, and a monk. Author of 23 books on Vedic wisdom. Author of 2800 inspirational meditations on Gita. Speaker at TEDx, World Peace Conference and prominent universities such as Yal e, Stanford, Princeton and Cambridge and companies such as Intel, Google, Microsoft and Salesforce. Websites: ChaitanyaCharan.com GitaDaily.com Introduction

2. Chaitanya Charan Service attitude transforms knowlege into realization

3. Is essentially a search for a fulfilling object for love and service Search for Happiness

4. If we don ’ t serve the Almighty, our mind & senses become Almighty Misdirected Service

5. More physical freedom than ever before More psychological bondage than ever before The Irony o f our Times

6. The opposite of addiction is not sobriety; the opposite of addiction is connection Are you Connected?

7. The lesser the structure in our life, the greater the rupture the mind causes in our life Service Supplies Structure

8. All-pure: Purifies us of our lower desires All-attractive: Gives us higher happiness All-loving: Fulfills our longing for love All-secure: Becomes a pacifying object of thought Why serve Krishna?

9. Cultivate humility Develop ability Serve society Strengthen desire to serve Why to serve?

10. Hear – Ears Contemplate – Head Apply (Serve) – Heart The password of service attitude

11. Our physical energy depends not on what we eat, but on what we digest Our spiritual energy depends on what we know, but on what we apply Spiritual Energy

12. Why should Krishna get less from us than what our boss gets? Sacrifice means stretching ourselves How much to serve?

13. Where there is the greatest need, there is the greatest mercy eg Giving glass of water to a warrior in a desert Maximize t he mercy

14. Responsibility forces the mind to focus Feel Krishna is asking us: “What are you doing for me? Take responsibility

15. The less time we have for our problems, the less problems we have The more our absorption in Krishna, the greater our satisfaction and contribution Absorption