Taking seriously to the path of Krishna consciousness means to declare war against maya or illusion on two fronts. On one hand there is the war within, which is battling it out with our material desires, conquering over them by replacing them all with spiritual desires. Srila Prabhupada describes this internal battle front as follows:
"When we accept any process of self-realization, we are actually declaring war against maya, illusion, and maya is certain to place many difficulties before us."
On the other hand there is the war without, defeating the bogus materialistic propaganda that has completely conquered the human society. Srila Prabhupada describes this external battle front as follows:
"Preaching the cult of devotional service is something like declaring war against materialistic life.:
There is a wonderful synergy between these two battle fronts. The more you conquer the maya within you heart, the more you become empowered to successfully defeat the maya without. And the more you can strongly preach against and defeat the maya in the external world, the more you will find that the maya within your heart has been conquered. So, if you will enthusiastically fight this war against maya on both fronts, putting your full faith in Sri Guru and Sri Krishna, your glorious victory in awakening your dormant Krishna consciousness and in successfully spreading the Krishna consciousness movement to the sleeping souls of this world is solidly guaranteed.
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Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Fighting the War Against Maya--Riga, Latvia--25 April 2015
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