Chanting Hare Krishna whilst playing tambourine aka happiness of the soul

I acquired a tambourine yesterday, and I am playing it so much now. I carry it with me in my car, and I bang it on my right knee while driving, and I sing along to the beat. Mostly I sing Hare Krishna. It is really fun. It actually makes car rides ecstatic and completely joyful. That is the power of singing to Krishna, Krishna is so full of ecstasy and knowledge and love. And also, it is our soul's dharma to love Krishna all of the time, so singing to Krishna is a way that I express my gratitude to Krishna and also my surrender and also my love. Plus it is incredibly fun and enlivening. I hope to get in a studio and record an album.

I was at a party last night, and saw some friends whom I had not seen in a while. I met someone new, and he noticed that I was drinking water. He said something like, "Do you not drink?" I said, "No I do not." He asked me why, and I said for my health and well-being. Then I said, "How about you?" He was unsure of what I was getting at or what I meant, so I just said have you ever not been a drinker, or something like that. He said, well, I don't need to drink, but I do sometimes. THEN -- he said: "The body will rot and wither away anyway, so why not help it along?"

This comment stayed with me for the rest of the night, not because there is truth in what he said about the body dying at somepoint, but because I did not respond intelligently to him. I feel like I let down my brother, I truly do, and I am sad about it. I want to see him happier and more enlightened, and I feel like I did not do my part to to help my brother and fellow soul. I learn this lesson: I intend to be more confident in speaking whatever knowledge I have.

To take what he said to its logical conclusion -- why not just kill the body NOW then?? Why not? This is the essence of what he is saying. I wish I told him about the soul and how true happiness comes from devotion to the supreme spirit, Krishna. This satisfies our self that never dies. We actually never die, we go on and on and on...Everyone can experience happiness that goes beyond these temporary conditions of this world, we just need to go within and understand that we are a FOREVER-SELF, totally transcendental to material conditions. And what satisfies our FOREVER-SELF, and actually puts it into major happiness, is devotion and love of God, the SOURCE.