{"id":2170,"date":"2009-07-09T11:00:17","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T05:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2009-07-09T22:30:42","modified_gmt":"2009-07-09T17:00:42","slug":"2170","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_motivations\/2170\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s be as we wish to seem"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr height=\"28\">\n<td width=\"430\" height=\"28\" valign=\"bottom\" bgcolor=\"#f5f5fe\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/quote_243_375.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/quote_243_3751.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2172\" title=\"quote_243_375\" src=\"http:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/quote_243_3751.jpg\" alt=\"quote_243_375\" width=\"550\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><!-- end dave add--><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"430\" bgcolor=\"#f5f5fe\">\n<div>\n<table style=\"width: 554px; height: 343px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"20\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">i can portray myself to the world however\u00a0i like. But it should be consistent with\u00a0my own values and beliefs &#8211;\u00a0in my case, it\u00a0is Goudiya Vaishnav siddhanta. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">What is truly important to me? Is\u00a0the answer\u00a0really &#8216;Gouranga\u00a0and Prem&#8217;? What do\u00a0i really want to get out of\u00a0my life? The way\u00a0i live my life should\u00a0 reflect\u00a0that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">We all hold high ideal for ourselves, that is to be a Vaishnav (the highest ideal), which is a good thing. Are\u00a0we working to fill\u00a0this lofty\u00a0standard, by way of Bhajan and proper Vaishnavi conduct ? Or do\u00a0we let good opportunities to prove\u00a0ourselves as\u00a0Vaishnavs slip by? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Do i think i am a great Vaishnav? Being a &#8216;Vaishnav&#8217; isn\u2019t just a title, but is something i have to prove by action as well.\u00a0If i wish others to think i am a Vaishnav, and i want to seem like a Vaishnav, then i&#8217;d better behave like one. i&#8217;d better be\u00a0 &#8216;Vaishnav&#8217; not only fron outside but also from within. i can be anything\u00a0i want. The choice is mine, not Krishna&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i can portray myself to the world however\u00a0i like. But it should be consistent with\u00a0my own values and beliefs &#8211;\u00a0in my case, it\u00a0is Goudiya Vaishnav siddhanta. What is truly important to me? Is\u00a0the answer\u00a0really &#8216;Gouranga\u00a0and Prem&#8217;? What do\u00a0i really want &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/sweet_motivations\/2170\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[244,243,3,193,242],"class_list":["post-2170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sweet_motivations","tag-conduct","tag-goal","tag-love","tag-prem","tag-vaishnav"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2170"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kunjeshwari.com\/sweetblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}