Talk to Prabhupada 

I have been going too long without trying to talk to Prabhupada.  We shouldn’t refrain from talking to Prabhupada out of lack of faith.  If a Christian can talk to Christ, and a yogi can talk to his Supersoul, why can’t a Prabhupadanuga speak his mind to Prabhupada?  It just takes faith and hope that he will hear us – hope that Krishna will hear us.  We may say, “Well, I definitely have faith in Krishna as the Supersoul,” but that faith may be more an acceptance of the scripture, than direct realization of the Lord in the heart.  But the same scriptures tell us that the pure devotee, by Krishna’s grace, can be just as present as the Supersoul in the heart of His disciple.  We do not have to doubt that, even if we don’t have direct realization of it.  If we do doubt it, then we have to pin our hopes on a prayer to both Krishna and Prabhupada, “Please, Krishna, deliver my message to Prabhupada.  Please, Prabhupada, deliver my message to Krishna.  Please, Srimati Radharani, forgive me for my offenses, and let me become a devotee of my spiritual master, Lord Krishna, and You.”  

Let us have faith in our ability to talk to Prabhupada.  We should place ourselves as his eternal servant and say, “Prabhupada, I am trying to remember you.  My place in spiritual life is only to be your servant.  Please allow me to serve your movement.”  Whatever recent things you have heard about Prabhupada, or thoughts you have had, or places you have seen – each can be the stimulus to bring us closer to him.