Comments on: Slugs in my Lettuce Patch

By: Sita

Sita — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:21:23 +0000

Only the Lord knows. I look upon such incidences as a part of me reducing my Karmic Debt. Maybe I owed something to the theif in a previous life.In this life ,I am witnessing people sponge off us in one way or the other.Sometimes we are able to ask,why do you hurt me so?Is this Fair?;but many times it is not possible.and it becomes a lesson in humility to me.That is part of life,just as getting a Lottery would be. I am only sharing my experience with such people. I hope it was of use.
all said, it is still an unpleasant experience to have been through,but there is bound to be a silverlining /light at the end of it.

By: deshika

deshika — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:13:39 +0000

I’m happy if someone feels genuinely drawn to one of the other three Vaishnava sampradayas after a period of intense, comparative theological study and personal reflection. But I’m disappointed if they respond to the emotional propaganda of a ’sugar-rush swami’ and join another organisation within the same sampradaya.

Yet, as Madhava Gosh counsels above, they often grow out of such spiritual adolescence and come back.

By: david haslam

david haslam — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:28:32 +0000

The slug problem is always a gardener’s nightmare and there seems to be more each year.
There’s an easy solution and that’s to put oats down; the slugs don’t like this much, and its better than killing another living entity to satisfy our desire for good organic food. Note, however, that a ready supply is needed as the rain washes it away.
I liked the analogy; this has been talked about a lot, especially as we see so much effort put into book distribution and individuals only to see them leave ISKCON for other sampradayas.
Thanks for this insight, it made me think.

By: Lila

Lila — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:55:12 +0000

Dear Kripamoya

I am very sorry to hear about your misfortune.

I have similar problems with slugs in garden…last year all my lettuce, my hanging baskets, courgettes, and chrysanthemums went to slugs…

try spreading some sharp gravel around plant.

Lila

By: Madhava Gosh

Madhava Gosh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:56:15 +0000

Life sucks, then you die. Slugs live by suction. To be slugged is inevitable.

All we can do is our best and figure that Krishna has some plan, even if it is inconceivable to us at the given moment.

One thing they tell parents is that children tend to revert to the values of their parents, so even if they seem to stray for a while when stretching their wings, often they return if we keep loving them.

By: crowfineart

crowfineart — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:25:20 +0000

Very sorry to hear of your unpleasant experiences with the slugs…do like Madhava Gosh’s solution, hee hee.

By: deshika

deshika — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:22:52 +0000

Thanks for this advice Madhava Gosh prabhu. Any suggestions for my metaphorical slugs?

By: Madhava Gosh

Madhava Gosh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:39:13 +0000

This may not fit the extended metaphor very well but it might help with the literal slugs.

Get some shallow containers like a saucer and go out in the evening and put some beer in it. Then preach to the slugs about the evils of intoxication. In the morning, you will see that many of the slugs will have ignored your good advice and died after ingesting the beer.

The danger is that someone may see you going into the liquor shop and criticize you.