How much should we push others to grow spiritually if they are not enthusiastic?

Everybody needs a bit of pushing because spiritual growth doesn’t feel like a need for nuisance. So, that’s why a little bit of pushing is required. Now, we have to see whether the pushing is actually pushing them towards spirituality or away from spirituality.

So, I was in Texas, not this year, last year, few years ago and there was a car ahead of me and the bumper sticker had a quote Oh God, please save me from your preachers. Save me from your preachers. Normally, in the Christian tradition, God saves us through his preachers.

But if the preachers are too pushing, they are too judgmental, they are too fear-inducing earlier than now. So, we also need to recognize that spiritual growth for many people is a multi-lifetime journey and not everybody will grow at the same pace. So, maybe for some people, what may happen in this lifetime is the Gyan Sukhati.

That they get some favorable appreciation for spirituality. So, we would like everyone to go on the entire spiritual journey. This is spiritual appreciation.

Who knows? They may not take it up now, but it may be that it’s not just we are trying to help them become spiritual. Krishna is in their hearts and Krishna is also wanting them to have a relationship. So, if we open the doors for them, they may not walk through right now, but maybe they go through certain things in their life, one year down the line, five years down the line, and then a big thing happens.

And then if we have opened the door for them, they walk through. But if we open the door and drag them through, then yes, they are not worth it. They will have such a bad experience, they will go, and they will not want to come back.

So, I think little pushing is required, but we have to be observing. What is the pushing doing? If the person is becoming alienated, antagonistic, then don’t stop pushing.