Stay High Forever

This page was from a very early issue of Back to Godhead Magazine (1966)

I remember years ago I was talking with one devotee, and he asked me:

“So do you like to get high?

“Well, ya I guess” I replied.

“So how would you like to stay high forever”.

“Ya, that would be alright” I replied.

I guess that was a selling point, back in the early days, when they were preaching to Hippies. Hard to believe this was published in a Back to Godhead Magazine though. I kinda miss those early days when the preaching was innovative and fun.

When I first joined and shaved my head and put on devotee clothing, the questions went something like this:

“So why do you shave your head and what’s with the ponytail?”

“Hey, why do you wear mud on your forehead?”

“What do you put in that food, that makes it taste so good?”

“Love” I answered.

Letters by Srila Prabhupada: Chanting, Dancing and Eating Krishna Prasadam

Back to Godhead - Volume 12, Number 0304 - 1977

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…”You write to me that you do not know what is my desire, but my desire is an open secret. I simply want all over the Western countries people may take this simple formula of chanting, dancing and eating Krishna Prasadam, and being happy. I am simply surprised that they should not accept this simple formula and be happy themselves. My only desire is that all people become happy and prosperous in Krishna Consciousness.”
(Srila Prabhupada letter, September 19, 1969)

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