While walking on the street, it is easy to look around and point out the differences between us and them. Vaisnavas and wordly people. As if I’m close to being a vaisnava. It is tempting even to put myself on a pedestal and to think I’m different. I acknowledge my lifestyle is different and that my perspective on life is different. But this does not mean I’m freed from all the desires that most of us are pursuing. I’m not freed from the basic human emotions and needs. I can think I am and when they start coming around the corner to duck them or run away from them. This does not help. I belief it even hinders our own progress. Doesn’t it say in the Bhagavad Gita to be steadfast in yoga? It doesn’t mean to run away, but to let the storm of emotions pass while remaining focused in the meantime.
So where is the need to make a difference as in the end there is non-difference on a spiritual side. We are all souls looking for our basic needs in a human package. Sure, it takes time to unwrap the packaging, but this is not at all a reason to point out our superiority above each other. Simultaneously, it is not an excuse to withdraw from my sadhana.

There is no shame in being human. They say the first step to cure oneself from an addiction is to acknowledge having one. So here we go. I testify to the fact that I’m human and have human needs. Even though I belief these needs are currently wrongly addressed, I know what my therapy is. Focus.

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