I know one devotee here in CZ with a similar story. When lying on the ground after motorcycle accident he told Krishna that it's up to Him if He wants him to stay or go. He recovered to a great extent and got a partial pension.

Recently I heard another story about how Krishna helps. Some years ago one Czech lady devotee was traveling to UK to serve in Bhaktivedanta Manor. She was supposed to go first to our Soho Street Govinda's but was somehow afraid how she will get there, with no one to pick her up. Outside the station she asked a group of people how to get there. One lady said she's going that way and brought her right into Govinda's. There was a lady devotee receptionist with some mahaprasadam packages on her table. The Czech devotee turned to her to get a package for the lady guide but when she turned back to her in few seconds, she was gone. She run to the main street but couldn't find her. I guess she was Yogamaya. 8)
Jaya Giri Govardhan!
ys Jan

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Two of my friends, ISKCON devotees from Czech Republic, were visiting holy places in South India. In one temple some priests prevented them to enter due to their skin color. One of them laid himself on the ground to pay dandavat pranama to the temple murti (image of God) from the entrance. Some of the priests started to laugh. The other devotee was at once compelled to speak (by Paramatma, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramatman ).
He told them: "Do you know Mahaprabhu?" (i.e. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitanya )
They replied: "Oh yes, he was a great saint, who visited this place (etc.)."
He said: "He's a devotee of Mahaprabhu so if you laugh at him, it's like laughing at Mahaprabhu."
Then they both left from the gate, with the speechless priests behind. (Jan)


Jednou jsem s moji kamarádkou cestoval vláčkem a čekali jsme na přípoj na jednom nádraží. Na peron přišel nějaký člověk nevalné vizáže a začal hledat vajgly v místních popelnících. Když nemohl žádné nedopalky najít, vztekle kopal do popelníků, jako by oni byli příčinou jeho neúspěchu.
Pokračoval v tomto jednání a pomalu se blížil k naší lavičce, kde jsem seděl se svou kamarádkou a polohlasně jsme zpívali Svatá Jména Krišny.
Muž přišel navztekaný až k naší lavičce a vypadal tak rozrušen ze svého neúspěchu, až nám ho bylo oběma líto. Když přišel před naši lavičku zastavil se a začal naslouchat nejmocnější Mantře v tomto věku Hare Krišna, Hare Krišna, Krišna Krišna, Hare Hare, Hare Ráma, Hare Ráma, Ráma Ráma, Hare Hare.
To, co se stalo po chvilce bych Ti přál zažít na vlastní oči, protože by to určitě změnilo Tvůj pohled na hlasité zpívání Svatých Jmen Pána.
Muž se sesunul na kolena, sepnul ruce a začal ronit slzu za slzou, až propadl v upřímný a vzlykavý pláč a já jsem viděl v každé jeho velké slze se třpytit Pánovu postavu, jako by to bylo promítáno v kině na plátně.
Po pár minutách tohoto výjevu mu moje kamarádka podala prasádam, co jsme měli sebou na svačinu a muž začal pomalu a rozvážně vychutnávat nabídnutý pokrm a začal se na nás přátelsky usmívat.
Nevím, kam až by jsme ten den došli v navazování přátelství s tímto mužem, ale přijel nám vláček a my jsme pokračovali dál na naší kazatelské cestě. (Kirtanananda das)


A couple of weeks back I had a "vision", to call it somehow. I was in bed, waiting to fall asleep but still wide awake, when suddenly, as if through a black tunnel, I saw a small clearing in a forest, and there was a big devotee standing there, and I saw myself before that devotee. The devotee was wearing a pale/light yellow dhoti made of some shiny fabric with uneven texture, and his face looked much like those stylized faces of devotees - the characteristic eyes, shaven head, a sikha. He was of enormous size. He crouched down to look at me. The longer the "vision" lated, the smaller I became; at first, I was somewhere about the height of his knees (hence my seeing the fabric of his clothes so clearly), but was becoming smaller and smaller until I was the height of his big toe, and by then I prostarted myself before him; but I was getting smaller and he bigger still.
I don't remember seeing his face clearly, it was quite far away after all, but it somehow felt warmly and benevolent.
Is there a standard description for what or whom I have "seen"? (Baker)

My take: This is to show the elevated nature of devotees in general and that your submission will bring success. Sastras are full of these two topics. (Jan)

Very interesting and auspicious dream. I would put it in a category of 'shamanic visions'. The way I read it, the 'devotee' in it is actually Sri Guru, who manifests Himself through various devotees. The closer we get to Him, the better we realize our own lowly position. Thank you for sharing it with us. (Kula-pavana)

Let me just add what Vedanta sutra says about dreams: http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/encyclopedia/dreams.htm
(Jan)

But I am quite sure I wasn't dreaming when I saw this, I am quite sure I wasn't sleeping. I was aware of the room around me. As the "vision" progressed, I was aware that I was wondering what that was, whether it was just a figment of my imagination, whether I was just being sentimental, or what. I laughed, wondering if the vision would go away, but it didn't. And weeks later, it still seems to be alive in my mind somehow.

I did have a dream later that night/morning. I suppose it was inspired by a video I watched that evening. Namely it was a feature about an Indian animated series about Krishna ({http://connect.krishna.com/node/8208}). In the dream, I was in a room in a house on a hill, sleeping, but awoke to the laughter of children. And then in the dream I saw little Krishna and Balarama running across a meadow (that wasn't in the video, though). I sneaked out of my room (there was this fancy thing about perception in the dream - I somehow saw through the walls of my room, walls which didn't really exist, way off into the meadow where They were). By the time I reached the meadow, I didn't see Them anymore, but I heard children laugh. Then there was a barn there, with modern farming machinery; in the barn there was a wall with posters on it - the usual posters on machine maintainance and safety warnings. And in the middle of those posters, in the same typeset style and size, was a poster with a quote from scriptures, but all I could remember was that it said "CC Madhya", and this was underlined.

I have also dreamt the maha mantra several times, and I chanted in my dreams, and sometimes before I awake in the morning, I hear it "playing in my head". 
I also sometimes dream of devotees. But that "vision" of that enormously large devotee seems to be of a different kind than the dreams I usually have as far as devotional topics go. (Baker)

These awake visions are quite rare. They always have a profound impact on the experiencer. 
"The only cure for non-belief is the mystical experience." - Thomas Merton
About two months ago I had a dream of being in a medieval church with nice colorful windows. There were also two boys, dark and white, running around. Then They went out and jumped on a high mountain standing right in front of that church. (In SB there's a lila how Krsna and Balaram jumped from a high mountain.)
This is also interesting in this regard: http://veda.harekrsna.cz/connections/Judaism.php#3
CC Madhya has some essential dialogues between Sri Caitanya and His followers. Chapters 21-23 are a summary of GV teachings. (Jan)