"As members of ISKCON we lived with disdain for the present life. We were taught to think that “real life” would happen in the future, after we’d reached “perfection,” which we were told is both extremely rare and absolutely imperative to constantly strive toward (though somehow forever beyond our grasp). The best antidote to the anxiety that comes from living in constant fear of death, or in fear of what might happen to us in some imagined future, is to learn to experience our own lives now, moment by precious moment."
Oof. I feel seen. 😢
https://lifebeyondharekrishna.wordpress.com/2016/12/03/a-guide-to-leaving-the-hare-krishna-movement/
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