How can I rise from being the worst devotee to the best devotee?

[Śrī Ganesh V. asked: Dear Swami, I recently had a dream about You. In that dream we were having a conversation about something that I cannot recollect. But at the end of the conversation, I called myself an average devotee to which You replied, “No, You are the worst devotee”. I woke up the next day and I did not know what I must make out of this dream. After some time, I felt happy that You at least called me a devotee. But I must ask You how I should improve to become the best devotee? At Your divine feet, Ganesh V.]

Swami replied: The worst does not mean condemned. It only means the ground-level from which every devotee climbs to higher levels. Every top devotee was the worst, some day or the other in the past. Sometimes, the worst becomes the best and the best becomes the worst. This is like the first becoming the last and the last becoming the first.

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