“Getting out of the matrix?”
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Not sure if you remember me. My name is Daniel, and I’m from Israel. In 2009 I was studying at QUT – Information Technology.
I had heard before, in Israel, the message of the Gita from devotees in class, but I had a problem with God having a blue form, and I was about to travel the world for some time, so I stopped attending the Gita classes.
In 2009 I came to Brisbane to study. It wasn’t an easy time for me, so naturally I was seeking answers to life. I was frustrated that the Vipassana and impersonalist philosophy I was into was dry and impractical.
While running one day on a West End street, very frustrated, out of frustration and anger, I prayed to God to get the ultimate spiritual path or die right now, right there.
Very soon after, two devotees approached me in a sankirtan way (you were the second) and sold me the Bhagavad-gita and The Science of Self-realization (can’t remember which book was first).
The books made spiritual science very easy to understand. Suddenly a personal God who is blue and all-attractive didn’t seem like such a weird reality.
You also invited me to come to a house class and kirtan, which were very ecstatic (I didn’t stop chanting while walking back home).
As I was passing by you on the street, you said “Getting out of the matrix?” which really hit what I was feeling at that time, tied in a matrix reality. As I announced that I’m going back to Israel you were concerned that I will not have the proper training. But luckily there are some very nice devotes here too.
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart – thank you for saving me and bringing me back to the right path, back to Krishna’s family, thank you for your concern for my spiritual well-being. I could have continued my nonsense for quite some time, if not for many life times, until I came back to the ultimate spiritual practice. Fortunately, I had a second chance.
Your example gave me motivation to do book distribution, too, but right now I’m not strong enough for that. I hope that one day with Krishna’s mercy I will have the strength to distribute.
Your servant,
Daniel
