If we always try to avoid obstacles, we have to be careful, because at the same time we may be avoiding instructions of the spiritual master, because the spiritual master has given some instruction, which required surrender on our part, and although we may see some difficulty there, we can start to speculate “Oh, what is Krishna telling me? Maybe Krishna is telling me that I shouldn’t do this.” Speculation. It is because of some obstacle. It is not Krishna telling us that we shouldn’t do it, it is maya whispering into our ears: “Don’t surrender to Krishna”.
June 27, 1995, Dnepropetrovsk