Kuntidevi requesting for miseries...

Verse 1.8.25 (Shiva Prji):
* Here Mother Kunti is praying to Lord Krishna to give more miseries to her, so she can think of Him.
* She is saying: "I wish that all those calamities would happen again and again so that we could see You again and again, for seeing You means that we will no longer see repeated births and deaths."
* Kunti devi is not requesting for relief, but she is praying for more calamities because she knows that this is the only chance for us take shelter of the Lord.
* This material world, there is calamity at every step, especially in this Kali yuga. Dukkalayam Asaswattam.
* So we need to engage in pure devotional service, to take complete shelter of the Lord.
* There are 9 devotional services that we can chose from: hearing, chanting, .....surrendering everything to Him. Lord Krishna says, if we become advanced in KC through any of these verses, then there is no birth again for us.
Q: How do we execute devotional service?
A: Srila Prabhupada said: 9 different processes, chant 16 rounds minimum, take shelter of Guru and serve him.

* Problem we are facing: familiarity with Mahamantra. Biggest neglect we do is chanting the Holy Name. Oh we are doing it everyday, so we neglect chanting.
* Take shelter of Krishna intensely, while chanting.
* IMP: We have too much mode of passion and ignorance. Spiritual life appears to be simple, but not easy. We are trying for the topmost, Bhakti yoga, how much sincere should we be. We don't even desire to get up in the morning and chant the Holy Name. Do we have taste for the DS, time is running out for us. We are degraded.
But SP is so merciful, he has given us this wonderful process. Just do a little preaching, to please CM. The best service we can do is to try to become a pure devotee/ideal devotee. Our actions will show to the people.
If morning program is not there, we can never get out of ignorance and passion. Try to use it sincerely.