Compromised Sincerity

“It is better to limp honestly on the path of truth than to run swiftly in the costume of perfection.”

My heart wants Krishna, but I am under siege by the mind!

I did six good rounds of Japa today, but the lazy, comfort-seeking voice whispered, ‘Sleep, it’s jet lag, you are tired.”

I know this voice is not me; it’s my old roommate- the mind- who doesn’t care for my real welfare. And I already know he has fooled me before. Why trust him now?

In the Bhagavad Gita (6.6), Krishna says, “For him who has ...