We're Better Together Series: Built for Bliss

Purposes If you want to live the life of enjoyment you were meant to live all along you’ve got to do two things: Understand the purposes for which Krishna created you. Build your life around those purposes.

Isolation Studies have shown 3X Die early 4X Nervous breakdown 5X Clinically depressed 10X Hospitalized for mental, emotional disorder

Not just believers but belongers Hates loneliness Not just believers but belongers

Floaters I like Krishna, don’t want to belong NFL, no team Armed forces no platoon Bee, no hive Tuba no orchestra Orphan, floating believers

Family Leaf Detached Class 101 Spectator or Participator?

Maya By maya alone Arjuna thought that the temporary bodily relationship with his kinsmen was more important than his eternal spiritual relationship with Krishna.

The whole teaching of the Gita is targeted toward this end: Our sense of identity apart from Krishna is called maya. As Krishna's eternal servitors, we have a purpose to fulfill. Gita 4/35

Forgetfulness We tend to forget even things that are important in life. How many of you have spiritual ADD? I do. Even the things I know are important I tend to forget them.

Janmadyasya Krishna is in relationships and since we’re made in Krishna’s image we are made to live in relationship – first with Krishna and second with others. There is a vertical and there is a horizontal relationship.

"The devotees are always in My heart, and I am always in the hearts of the devotees. The devotee does not know anything beyond Me, and I also cannot forget the devotee. There is a very intimate relationship between Me and the pure devotees. Pure devotees in full knowledge are never out of spiritual touch, and therefore they are very much dear to Me." BG 11/8 Sudama

“Every day, Krishna takes His older brother with Him and goes out into the various forests, eager to enjoy with His herds of cows and wander about in the company of His many friends.” BB 1/6/1-6

The associates of Krishna are so immersed in pure love that they do not even know that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Krishna Wrestling

Lord Chaitanya

“At the conclusion of this meeting, Sri Ramanda Raya was advised by the Lord to retire from service and come to Puri so that they could live together and relish a transcendental relationship.” SB intro

Relationships, not Religion Habit of meeting together • No temples opened Relationships, not Religion

Bliss!!! “A transcendental relationship with the Lord is the source of unlimited bliss. Were it not so, those those who are already on the liberated platform would not have been attracted by the transcendental bliss of the pastimes of the Lord." SB Intro