My first response to the debacle that was starting to reveal itself at the Paundraka Vrindavan Today was to say, This is all a distraction. Let the dogs bark, we thought. Let us keep pursuing our work at Vrindavan Today and not lose sight of what it is we are trying to achieve. And indeed, we have been getting clearer about what we are trying to achieve and how we are going to achieve it. It is an irony, intended or unintended, that Alex has achieved. He will make us stronger, while he himself is consumed by the various malevolent forces that led him to take the course of actions that he chose. So though what follows in the other posts in this series, especially as stated in the prologue , appear to contradict this principle, I adhere to the principles stated in this article and these are indeed what motivates me in my own attempt to build my own character in the pursuit of prema-bhakti , which as you may recall, is the fundamental purpose of this website and my own life. Prema-b...
