No Fools Allowed

As I reach 61 years of age, my life has come to make sense. It has all been the development of an Idea--that is called the Krishna Conception--there were times when I paid no attention to the Idea--I was climbing up the Tree of Life in order, Malkuth, Yesod, Tipareth, and so forth like the Magician is said to--the Mystic goes straight up to Kether without touching the other Sephiroth. But the Idea was taking care of me, even when I was not caring for the Idea, and I choose to go the Mystic route--up,up, and away--behind the Three Veils of the Unmanifest is the Krishna Conception--the Highest Conception of the Godhead. The greatest regret I have in my life is that I shuold never have spent a second in day treatment or halfway houses-I learned nothing and they could not help me-that is all simply time wasted. I should have gone to the Temple and begged and pleaded until they let me stay--that is the development of the relationship with the spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, my eternal, real father---the spiritual master has all the powers of God, and if he finds you interesting and sincere, he will arrange everything for you to enter into that Idea and become wise. Some devotees like to say, "I am only a fool"but actually, no fools are allowed into devotional service. If you have developed a relationship with Srila Prabhupada, you are no fool-such a relationship is very rare.