Thinking about going back to the Hare Krishna movement

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Hello everyone,
I wanted to say I am thinking about going back to the Hare Krishna movement. I feel more at home in it than in the Church needless to say. I went back to the Church about 7 months ago and my husband converted too, but lately I feel a deep longing in my heart for Krishna, like I am missing a lover. It has gotten to the point where I missed mass on Sunday for the first time in those 7 months and didn’t go to adoration last night either. It’s not that I deny Jesus, but I just feel closer to Krishna and I always have. I don’t want to lie to myself and to the Church. I find more insights in the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam than any other sacred scripture known to man. I have read the Bible and everything but it just doesn’t click. I have tried expressing myself to a spiritual director and tried to get involved with the Benedictine sisters out here as an oblate but I feel lost and that I am missing God as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
 
Hi gatewood1988,

In your post you mentioned feelings several times in regards to your crisis of faith. You spoke of feeling more at home in the Hare Krishna movement than in the Church, etc. I would like to point out that I believe (and I could be wrong) that you may be confusing love with an emotional state. I know that is how most people think of love that I have met. That it is purely the strong emotions you feel, but love is much more than this.

Love is primarily an act of the will. Saint Aquinas says “To love is to will the good of another.” In other words you love the other (God in this case) for His own sake, not for anything you receive from God (such as enjoyable feelings).

To use a more mundane example, imagine the love that a parent has for their child or a spouse for their partner. In either of these cases there may be times when, for instance, the parent and child are in disagreement or do not understand one another. However, the parent does not stop loving their child even if for a time they are not particularly happy with their child. The same goes for a husband and wife who may sometimes quarrel but continue to love one another despite the fact that they don’t feel particularly loving sometimes.

So even though you seem to be lacking the emotional attachment to Christ and His Church right now that you would like to have I ask you to try to remain faithful to God. A true relationship will have ups and downs in this life, any relationship that doesn’t immediately becomes suspect in my eyes (again, what parent and child never argue?).

I pray that you will not leave the Church.
 
gatewood1988 said:
Hello everyone,
I wanted to say I am thinking about going back to the Hare Krishna movement. I feel more at home in it than in the Church needless to say. I went back to the Church about 7 months ago and my husband converted too, but lately I feel a deep longing in my heart for Krishna, like I am missing a lover. It has gotten to the point where I missed mass on Sunday for the first time in those 7 months and didn’t go to adoration last night either. It’s not that I deny Jesus, but I just feel closer to Krishna and I always have. I don’t want to lie to myself and to the Church. I find more insights in the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam than any other sacred scripture known to man. I have read the Bible and everything but it just doesn’t click. I have tried expressing myself to a spiritual director and tried to get involved with the Benedictine sisters out here as an oblate but I feel lost and that I am missing God as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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I’m neither Catholic nor a member of the Hare Krishna, so I have no bias in one direction or the other. I do think, however, your decision should be based on both your heart and your head. That is, listen to your conscience but also listen to your reason. Which faith makes more sense to you, as well as which faith do you love? I don’t think the decision should be based on which faith is more comfortable to follow (not that this is what you are considering). In addition to listening to your heart and your mind, I think you should discuss your internal conflict with others, which you have done to some extent already. Talk to friends, fellow Catholics, a priest, even a therapist. After this, you will be ready to make an informed decision as well as an emotional one. And a final point: I know this would not be orthodox according to Catholic teaching, nor perhaps according to Krishna teaching; but since you say you have not denied Jesus, even though you feel closer to Krishna, perhaps you need not give up on your belief in Jesus while adopting the Krishna religion, provided that would not cause you too much inner conflict. Best wishes in whichever decision you make.
 
very sad
you are choosing the illusion, the non-existent over the true Godhead the Trinity, the relationship of Father, Son and Spirit into which you have been baptized.
we will pray for you that you are able to move beyond the basic level of emotion into true spiritual maturity.
 
God the Father chose the Israelite people through which He would send His Son to redeem the world from their sin. The fulfillment of salvation, through the Son of God and His Church, is in Catholicism.

The Spirit of Truth, does not dwell in the Hare Krishna movement or in the Indian chaste system of religion.
 
meltzerboy said:
I’m neither Catholic nor a member of the Hare Krishna, so I have no bias in one direction or the other. I do think, however, your decision should be based on both your heart and your head. That is, listen to your conscience but also listen to your reason. Which faith makes more sense to you, as well as which faith do you love? I don’t think the decision should be based on which faith is more comfortable to follow (not that this is what you are considering). In addition to listening to your heart and your mind, I think you should discuss your internal conflict with others, which you have done to some extent already. Talk to friends, fellow Catholics, a priest, even a therapist. After this, you will be ready to make an informed decision as well as an emotional one. And a final point: I know this would not be orthodox according to Catholic teaching, nor perhaps according to Krishna teaching; but since you say you have not denied Jesus, even though you feel closer to Krishna, perhaps you need not give up on your belief in Jesus while adopting the Krishna religion, provided that would not cause you too much inner conflict. Best wishes in whichever decision you make.
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My heart and my mind are addicted to the overconsumption of food. It used to be cigarettes. Luckily thou, I’ve never been heart and head-over-heels for alcohol and illegal drugs. My “conscience” always guides me back to overeating - a self generated need which tells me that bad is good and good is bad.
 
Barbkw said:
My heart and my mind are addicted to the overconsumption of food. It used to be cigarettes. Luckily thou, I’ve never been heart and head-over-heels for alcohol and illegal drugs. My “conscience” always guides me back to overeating - a self generated need which tells me that bad is good and good is bad.
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So Barb, what does your heart and mind tell you about the Catholic faith? Do you trust your heart and mind in this instance?
 
gatewood1988 said:
Hello everyone,
I wanted to say I am thinking about going back to the Hare Krishna movement . . .
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Jesus is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, while real Hindus in India shake their heads in disbelief at the ISKCON organization. Hope you decide to stay and love the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
 
gatewood1988 said:
Hello everyone,
I wanted to say I am thinking about going back to the Hare Krishna movement. I feel more at home in it than in the Church needless to say. I went back to the Church about 7 months ago and my husband converted too, but lately I feel a deep longing in my heart for Krishna, like I am missing a lover. It has gotten to the point where I missed mass on Sunday for the first time in those 7 months and didn’t go to adoration last night either. It’s not that I deny Jesus, but I just feel closer to Krishna and I always have. I don’t want to lie to myself and to the Church. I find more insights in the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam than any other sacred scripture known to man. I have read the Bible and everything but it just doesn’t click. I have tried expressing myself to a spiritual director and tried to get involved with the Benedictine sisters out here as an oblate but I feel lost and that I am missing God as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Whatever choice you make, know that both Christ and Krishna want what is best for you.

(How does you husband feel about all of this?)
 
The people who used to bother everyone at the airport before Al-Qaeda made it impossible to loiter around a terminal…? Seriously? :confused:

Why give up a real religion for a fake “movement” started in 1966? :confused:
 
gatewood1988 said:
It’s not that I deny Jesus, but I just feel closer to Krishna and I always have.
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If you choose Krishna then you deny Jesus. In your heart of hearts can you truly deny Christ? Are you sure you ‘know’ Jesus Christ and have worked to have a relationship with Him?

Which is more important to you… feeling good or knowing Truth?
 
gatewood1988 said:
Hello everyone,
I wanted to say I am thinking about going back to the Hare Krishna movement. I feel more at home in it than in the Church needless to say. I went back to the Church about 7 months ago and my husband converted too, but lately I feel a deep longing in my heart for Krishna, like I am missing a lover. It has gotten to the point where I missed mass on Sunday for the first time in those 7 months and didn’t go to adoration last night either. It’s not that I deny Jesus, but I just feel closer to Krishna and I always have. I don’t want to lie to myself and to the Church. I find more insights in the Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam than any other sacred scripture known to man. I have read the Bible and everything but it just doesn’t click. I have tried expressing myself to a spiritual director and tried to get involved with the Benedictine sisters out here as an oblate but I feel lost and that I am missing God as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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Many Hindus I know also pray to Lord Jesus and Mother Mary. Hindus would have no problem with you attending Catholic mass and still adoring Krishna. It doesn’t work the other way around, though. As I read about Hinduism, I found that there is much, much to it than people with shaved heads air ports (just as there is more to Christianity than Jimmy Swaggart). There are certainly points of clear difference between Hinduism and Christianity. The fact that Hinduism is by far the old existing religion in the world impresses me. I wish you good luck in your journey. Your love of God will see you through.
 
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