Chanting and dancing in public today was wonderful. There is a large Latino supermarket nearby here in Southern Florida. I take a small mrdunga and chant Hare Krishna mantra and dance there. The Lord and His devotees and associates are there. Sometimes He is there as Sri Krishna Chaitanya and sometimes He is there as Krishna Himself. He is non-different from His Holy Names.
You have invested Your full potencies in each individual Holy Name, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attachment for chanting Your holy names. CC antya 20:19
It is becoming clear to me that to advance I need to go from chanting and dancing "for" Krishna to chanting and dancing "with" Krishna.
This purport in Bhagavatam supports this conclusion:
...the seven processes of devotional service—hearing, chanting, remembering, offering worship, offering prayers, rendering transcendental loving service and serving the lotus feet of the Lord. Of the nine types of devotional service, only seven were immediately given. The balance—friendship and surrendering everything—were to be developed later. In other words, devotional service is divided into two categories—namely vidhi-mārga
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