This is from a discussing on www.dandavats.com
http://www.dandavats.com/?p=10198#comment-15545
I posted this:
Dandavat pranam!
Just as some kanistha-adhikaris sometimes use sharp language in an immature way, so some other neophyte devotees (who often feel they are very mature) hide their insecurity behind a veil of “I-know-how-to-present-Krishna-Consiousness-in-amature-and-balanced-way”.
What is actually going on is 2 things:
1. They are afraid of opposition. They feel scared when someone is attacking their insecure false ego. They are not emotionally and mentally strong enough to handle such opposition. They are still conditioned to being victims of other peoples opinions about them, because they still identify themselves too much with their false ego. So to protect their false ego, they create a shield called “mature soft preaching”. They defend this shield by using one-sided quotes and anecdotes of Prabhupada – ignoring the hard evidence for other approaches.
2. They often do not read Prabhupada’s books and letters, listen to his lectures, conversations etc. Instead they tend to read about a lot of other gurus, discuss on the internet, where they also read a lot about all kinds of other things. This keeps them on the neophyte stage
In the name of mature preaching, they often water down the philosophy and often there are very few great results from their preaching. I have seen this often: Senior devotees taking weeks, months and years to challenge and inspire new devotees to move forward. “What can be done in a day they drag on for years.” – Prabhupada says about the mode of ignorance.
So this discussion is usually not really about preaching strategy – it is about psychology. It is about being insecure, being conditioned to live other peoples lives instead of our own devotional lives, it is about not caring enough about Prabhupada’s teachings to actually seriously study them – including Prabhupada’s preaching mood (as heard in his lectures and conversations). When we seriously study Prabhupada THEN we can know how to present Krishna Consiousness according to time, place and circumstances. THEN we can know how and when to use the thunderbolt and when to be strategically lenient with others. This perfection will ONLY be acheived by reading and studying Prabhupada seriously. That will make us mature – nothing else.
Those neophyte devotees who make propaganda against preachers who has the courage to challenge the false ego of others should keep in mind that Krishna does not like to see preachers being offended.
Your servant,
Ajit Krishna Dasa
