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This is an interview of “Father Johnson’ after his award by the Government of India for his exemplary work in India in enlightening the people in the path of the ONLY God. Father Johnson returned to the USA after 10 years of service, to uplift the people of India in the name of God. The interview was taken in July 2005 by a journalist in Houston, USA…… Question: Welcome home Father. You have been in India for 10 years, where “our mission’ is still going on. Tell me Father, how is India? Father Johnson: India is a fascinating country, a land of contrasts. Modern India is the largest democracy, the budding economic superpower, with the second-largest pool of scientists and engineers in the world. India is also the only surviving ancient civilization with over one sixth of the world population. At one time, not so long ago, when Europe was in the “dark ages’ and America was not even “discovered’, India was a far advanced and developed country with a contribution of

Perpetual joy is independent of the material state an individual may be in. Joy is something that originates without material cause. The biggest wonder is that it can be achieved in the mortal world with your mortal body. Rabindranath Tagore says, “I have got the invitation to join the ananda-yagya”. Sant Kabir mentions bliss and joy which can be experienced in the performance of abhyas or meditation. One way of collecting the mind  and directing it towards that specific state is to adopt Gautama Buddha’s principle of detachment. The one remain unmoved in pleasure and pain is ‘sthita-pragnya’ and can attain eternal bliss according to the Bhagwad Gita. Even when we get involved in daily trifles, if we are able to take action with devotion, neither sorrow nor pleasure can dominate us for long. Bhakti does not mean we give up action. It motivates us to pursue action without expecting the fruits of action. If someone is doing wrong we will of course fight for justice. But if we don’t get