"The more power you have to do the right thing, the more you are held responsible when you do not do it; as they say the bigger you are, the harder you fall; the higher you go up, the more it hurts when you hit the ground…. So whenever we get something, there is also a responsibility that comes with us, materially that is the karmic law and spiritually that is the law of God."
HH Radhanath Swami
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This is a nice point to mediate upon.... the fact that you are held accountable to the degree that you have knowledge to know better.
Recently I have seen one devotee go through the same test again and again... it is amazing.... they are suffering the same type of situation over a span of several years.
Why is this?
Because they are not stopping to see how their actions can be improved so they do not react in the same way each time. And so hence they keep getting tested.
How many times do we have to bang our heads on the wall before we realise that.. "ow - that hurts!"
I guess material life as a whole is like that. We keep falling for the illusion that we are our bodies and thus dipping and diving in the material ocean of misery.
How to stop this?
Gain true knowledge by reading Srila Prabhupada's books.
