Love is reciprocal, it is NEVER a "one way street" where surrender to Krishna takes away one's sense of self worth and individuality

The "highest sense of independent thinking" is "choosing" to be fully dependent on Krishna. However, real love is reciprocal, it is NEVER a "one way street" where surrender to Krishna takes away one's sense of self, individuality and free will making one no better than a dead stone. No, Krishna does not want servants like that, who are denied their individuality of being an independent person who can choose for themselves. Surrender to Krishna NEVER takes away one's sense of self, individuality and free will. Goloka Vrindavana is the Kingdom of God where the jiva's independent identity and personal abilities are the qualities that go side by side with making ''personal choices'' of what they offer as an individual to Lord Krishna in the spirit of cooperation, reciprocation and love. In this way the "highest sense of independent thinking" is "choosing" to be fully dependent on Krishna. The Spiritual World is full of unlimited variety therefore Krishna only wants those in His circle who "choose" to be there and gives the best of who they are as an independent thinking individual person, who has their own unique abilities and talents they can offer to Krishna. The freedom to EVEN stay in Vaikuntha MUST be the jivas choice in reciprocation with Krishna because without free will there can be no real love. The fact is God is more inclined to help those who FIRST do everything they can to help themselves. Only then will Krishna help you when He sees you trying your best to help yourself to remember Krishna. This is because each jiva has their own independent individual personality and sense of self that allows them to ''choose'' to help themselves first. Otherwise if Krishna does everything for you, how can there be genuine love? Real love is reciprocal, it is NEVER a one way street where surrender to Krishna takes away one's sense of self and individuality. The "highest independence" is "choosing" to be fully dependent on Krishna. The freedom to EVEN stay in Vaikuntha MUST be the jivas choice in reciprocation with Krishna because without free will there can be no real love. Srila Prabhupada has said not even Krishna can force you to love Him, LOVE or service is based on free will and then reciprocation. Srila Prabhupada told his disciples, if you love me then naturally I will love you. Our ONLY education should be being trained up from a very young age to go "back home back to Godhead" We should NOT attempt to help others achieve happiness in this world ONLY for being rewarded with taking birth on the higher heavenly planets or attempting to build comfortable Cities and Skyscrapers on this Planet seeking permanent satisfaction and happiness. Such actions are useless because nowhere in this material universe will we find our REAL home Many of our humanitarians and social workers are foolishly trying to build the Kingdom of God without God. This is not possible in the material universes that are constantly in a state of decay, decline and constant in need of maintenance. We should all learn we are the individual perpetual jiva soul trapped within these temporary material bodily containers. All material endeavours for happiness will NOT solve the problems of birth, disease, old age and death. The purpose of this very rare human form is to use it in devotional service and Street Sankirtan or chanting of Hare Krishna and get out of this material world. Srila Prabhupada - ''When the superior energy is in contact with inferior energy, it becomes an incompatible situation. But when the supreme marginal potency is in contact with the spiritual potency, Harā, it becomes the happy, normal condition of the living entity'' - (From the "Happening Album" New York City, New York, USA 1966.) we should all do everything to try and remember Krishna, it does not matter how fallen you are or if in front of others you never feel worthy of their friendship or respect, or if so many even hate you for all your past foolishness. In the end none of that matters because the fact is you are NOT the material body or vessel that others can only see. We must become firm in our understanding that each of us are different from the material vessel we are in and covered by. No one in this material universe knows your real identity and who you really are, all they see is the outer "costume" (material body) you are wearing. The only important action we must constantly do is somehow, someway always remember Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead and cause of all causes so we never EVER forget Him, no matter what others think or say about us due to past struggles. Your aspiring servant Gauragopala dasa ACBSP