Prabhupāda once said, "God helps those who help themselves." And helping oneself means, he said, putting yourself in front of transcendental sound vibration.
There's a great, great advantage to just showing up. Some people say, "I'm unqualified. I, I can't go there." Well, go there, and then you become qualified. Some people say, "I'm overqualified." Those people aren't advanced enough for me. So go there and give them your association so they can become qualified.
And this is smārtāḥ smarantas ca—mitho 'ghaugha-haraṁ harim. If you show up in the association of devotees, then you'll be carried along; you'll be lifted to the next level.
When I look back over my life in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, it seems to have gone very quickly, and it seems like one thing—just, yeah, one thing. But if I think of all the varieties of programs that I've had the advantage of going to, and the different devotees I have had the opportunity to associate with, it's a lot. There is a lot to be consumed and a lot of association to be had because of the paramparā. It's delivered to us here, right directly on our own planet. It's on our own planet—we can have that association.
So to answer your question, we should try to show up for everything, even if we don't feel like it, and even if we feel something else. Once we do, we'll come to a higher level. And the cumulative effect of showing up for everything you can possibly show up for, means that it's very possible that you could tip the scale and move into the highest level of devotional service—and even go back to Godhead in this lifetime—just for being there. (26:24)
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