People sometimes criticize those who say "well, you only have one life, better make the most of it" because we know about reincarnation.
Yes, we're eternal, and we're going to continue to have life after this one. Somewhere, somehow.
The problem with thinking about how many lives we have is we forget the value of this one.
There is only one of "this life" we now have. There is never going to be another "this life".
We are very fortunate to have been given the chance to serve Srila Prabhupada, in this life, to know Krishna, in this life.
When you only focus on this one life, and forget about all the others you'll have later, then things get much clearer.
Someone told me that they couldn't understand what I meant when I say "be genuine, be true to yourself".
What's so difficult about that?
It means, if you look in your heart, you Know what's right. Act on it. Take it seriously.
Since there is only this one life, we'd better make it count, and be living it in the truest way possible.
I'm glad that's not confusing to me. It's sad to me that it confuses others.
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