MOTTOS

by David Norman Willmott


• Everything belongs to Krsna.
• Everything is to please Krsna.
• Krsna is the fire of all attractive sparks. • I have to please Krsna.
• I have to see Krsna.
• I want to please Krsna.
• Don't think. Just do it.


• Life is a game you gotta win. Why are you surprised that you have some opponents?
• All you have is here and now. The future and past are only in your mind.
• Etan nirvidyamananam icchatam akuto-bhayam………….SB 2.1.11


• Nama, Rupa, Guna, Lila – Hear the Name and you’ll see the Person. The Person will fill your heart’s desire.
• Only He can help me. I need to see Him so I need to chant right.
• The Lord is the Self of all selves. You’re selfish. So do what the Lord wants. You’ll be happy.
• You have only one question to ask: “What does Krsna want now?”


• Pray for your “enemies”. If they are destroyed, you might be glad for a moment, but afterwards you’ll be the same unhappy person as before. And you won’t be any closer to God.
• Pray that they forgive you, think kindly of you, and pray that they receive the good things you would ask for yourself. Pray for their safety in Krsna Consciousness; for their continued advancement and excellence in their service.
• You don’t need them to be destroyed. You need them to be better at what they do so you can be better at what you do.
• Be better at what you do. Others will too.
• “Not a blade of grass moves without the Lord’s sanction” — so how are you being hurt? God is not a malicious person. You’re hurting yourself.
• Something bad happened. Your ego was put out and somebody has to pay for it, right? Here’s a story: A thief left a store with expensive jewels. He hadn’t paid for them. And in his ‘process’ he injured a store-worker; beat him up. In a quiet alley not far from the scene he ran into a couple of coppers. They were less than exemplary. They beat him up, had fun doing it, took the jewels, but returned all of them to the store-owner… Our thief recovered himself and proceeded to the police station. “Sir,” he announced, addressing the duty-officer, “Two dirty cops from your division took my jewels. And they were NOT nice about it. You better punish those guys, and see to it that I get my money back on the value of those gems. And DO IT QUICKLY, will you?”
…This is who we are when it doesn’t all go our way… Be more intelligent.


• The soul is not that; not that person, that weirdo, that freak, that insane possessive domineering monstrosity that’s stepping all over my peace and happiness. The soul is not that. None of ‘them’ are. They just think they are (or something else). Like I think I am this. So who’s doing it to you? The soul’s taking part in the drama but they’re not the character they’re playing; they just wanted to fill the slot. And the director is letting his characters breathe. But the actors came to him. They wanted a part in a play. If you didn’t want to be in character, you didn’t have to take the role. The writer, the director, the producer, the stage manager, the lady who does props and make-up — none of them have it in for you. They just have a drama to run because you asked them to put it on. YOU wanted to be in it. Now you’re freaking out because your character got insulted and it’s somehow the director’s fault. Why is he not being nice to me? NO. It’s written for your part you idiot – the part you wanted. So be in character, freak out, bite back at your antagonist — but don’t blame God. And if you don’t want to be insulted then leave this play; leave this persona behind and let someone else enjoy it if they like. Don’t bite back. Leave the role and interact with your previous antagonist in a role that’s fresh: someone for whom your past-antagonist is not antagonistic. The director is happy to oblige you. You called him remember; you had the desire, the need, and you pleaded for the part. He’s just waiting for you to figure out that you’d rather be in His other play — the one where you can fit the role he knows you’d suit best, as opposed to the one where YOU get to decide what you’d be good at. But you’re an actor. He’s the director. Directors tend to know better who goes where. That’s why they’re directors 
• So who’s doing ‘it’ to you? You are.
• So now that you know why it’s all happening, you don’t need to be upset or surprised anymore. And if you want to remain in character you can do it even better. You can be even more indignant; get even more crazy. But there’s no point anymore is there? You know too much and the part you’ve been playing suddenly doesn’t seem so meaningful. It’s rather pointless in fact. So sit back, take a good look at all the nice souls in character, smile, and when shit comes your way, smile wider and deal with it graciously. You’ll be so bad at your part no-one will want to throw shit at you anymore. You’ll have to get another part… You can be a flower-lady, or something equally fragrant.

Krsna is my Dad.