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31.07.2018
“TRUST”
How do we perceive Trust? The external meaning actually has no value without internal aspect of “Trust in God”. On what basis we are building our Trust in God? We can say: on Faith. Additionally, however, there is always a Doubt. Vastness of information about God create some picture, gradually more and more clear, like in a puzzle, we see gradually what is the picture there enabling us to believe in Him more consciously. But the most important in this Trust and Faith is Realization – a direct contact with the “Transcendental Reality God is revealing to us”. This revelation is a foundation of Trust, and as well the corrections on each step He is making to direct us on the right path.
So Trust is a credit we create in relation with God, we 'oblige' God with this, and He is 'obliged'. Unfortunately with this obligation there are also our expectations we manufacture. And this is a wrong step on the path we follow...
Then, how to avoid this wrong expectations and leave only a Trust – 'blind childish' offer in God's Hands (we only have Him/Her actually) of our Faith in His good wishes, the best guidance, protection, His love, shelter...
That is a constant challenge on each single step we make on a path of Self-relaization process, and this will accompany us up to the end, because more progress we do more strong Doubts/Tests are coming,... because God is not an easy Goal,... because to free ourself from the more and more subtle Attachments to this Material World and our Bodies is not an easy thing.
Therefore Trust, which gives us a certain freedom, is the only thing which is keeping us in contact with God on a spontaneous platform of our relationship with Him/Her. If we lose it or give it up, we are losing everything valuable in our life, situating ourself on empty, useless, purposeless position, wasting time (which can be used for progress), stopping/freezing the whole relationship we have/achieved with God. And that is a gap in our life, a holes we create and fall down in them, into the darkness, dark wells...
Fortunately God is always helping us to build again and again this Trust (sometimes pushing us strongly/painfully), and when we open ourself finally for this help, allowing Him to work on us through this Trust, all comes back to the proper point.
And therefore it is really important to cultivate “Trust in God”, to carefully take care of it, check it/ourself, to be very attentive not to lose it. It is very important to understand the gift/treasure Trust is...
This phenomenon of “Trust in God” is all-pervading when fully active, spreading on everything and everyone around, giving a feeling of a comfort, innocence, safety from all sides, and unique affection.
That is undoubtedly our Goal to achieve/reinforce in relation with God, with Sri Sri Radh Krsna.
01.03.2018 Gaura Purnima, “GAURA AS LOVE”
Gaura, the Golden Person, the source of Divinity, the Goddess Srimati Radharani. She shows the best example to follow as the 'excellent worshipper'. Her sacrifice for such devotional spectacle is immense. Krsna in such act manifests Himself as the best example of service, appearing in the mood and complexion of Srimati Radharani, as Lor4d Caitanya. In this way Krsna and Radha are giving blessings to Their followers to enter the space of worship of God through transformations of contaminated material love to the purely spiritual atmosphere.
The stages of love are present in the background of Rasa (5 rasas – 5 senses) Dance, as the Symbol – Mandala of the whole sublime 'metamorphosis' in it's true meaning. The circles in the Rasa Dance are the stages of consciousness in it's broad variety, where bhakti is the last essential circle - platform..The Rasa Dance is a progressive rising up closer and closer to the middle of a circle where Radha and Krsna dwell on the top, on the pick of the 'Rasa Dance Mountain'. The Gopis with their unique spiritual position are the expansions of Radharani. Each of them represents the particular 'Mental Feature' of Her qualities. Krsna therefore also expands – assists, adequately to the attributes the Gopis represent, to fit to the particular qualities, in this way manifesting Himself as Radha to a certain degree. This gradation of the countless expansions, and the kaleidoscope of expansions of the expansions of the Divine Couple is a way They both unveil Themselves more and more, which the individual is discovering within it's own soul during the spiritual development, surpassing that steps. The centre of this structure is the culmination, where the highest bliss of the Divine Couple's love is expressed. After the stages from Sraddha, Sadhu Sanga, Bhajana Kriya, Anartha Nivrtti, Nistha, Asakti, Bhava, and Vipralambha Prema – Separation mood characterized by passing through All Expansions of both Radha and Krsna, there finally manifests Sambhoga Prema the Union of the Divine Meeting of the original identity of Radha and Krsna, love which is not a mundane perspective, which is not a service, which is not a devotion, but crystal-pure unconditional love, “Gaura as Love”, the hidden essence of love 'God Is', where Lord Krsna being together with Srimati Radharani appears as Gaura, golden,. This love is the final level of 'priti', love above all five rasas. And to such phenomena the participant is aspiring to come, to enter the amazing transcendental world of love of Radha and Krsna as One God, the Personification of Love This is the goal to reach, to relish the taste of the Divine Love spread all around and penetrating everything then, there (presented by our Acaryas).
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Radha and Krsna appear as One, the Supreme Person in the Bhakta Rupa Form, the form of devotion – Lord Caitanya in Panca Tattva (CC Adi 1.14), He alone as an open Gate is representing Internal Union with Divinity. Lord Nityananda is the representation of the Expansions of God, and manifests external separation, and all of the Panca Tattva figures patronize the whole process of self-realization.
From Ego centric, to God centric Dance. The philosophy of Lord Caitanya, Acintya Bhedabheda Tattva in simultaneous advancement: from difference – outside separateness within the material world, to the oneness – within the 'Central Spiritual World'.
This dance is going on now, and all the time, we are within this most subtle unseen dance of the soul's evolution at present, here the favour of Srimati Radharani is the key of successful progress, and here Krsna's support is a friendly help.
Passing through the closer and closer circles of this Dance – as a revolution of consciousness, one ultimately ends in the 'Spiritual Birth' within the Highest Spiritual Inner Realm.
Lord Caitanya is tracing the path, designating the way by His all present assistance to achieve that goal through the method of constant chanting of the transcendental vibration of God's names: Hare Krsna Hare Krsna Krsna Krsna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, which submerges the soul deeper and deeper into it's inherent spiritual environment, returning real life.
26.01.2018 'CONVERSATION WITH GOD' Part 5
“In the depths of your miraculous soul, you are the manifestation of divinity, called love. However, this is something else TO BE 'love', and what else is 'to love'.
But God (or God-in-you), when He loves, He fulfils His Being and does not need anything more.
Yet, the man often demands that what he has invested, somehow turned to him.
If we have someone to love, all right – but better, let this love be reciprocated. Something like that. It is expectation.
Here are the causes of human unhappiness. This is what separates man from God. A spiritual person wants to overcome this through the experience (self-realization).
You are coming to me through the path of the heart, not the path of the mind. Fruitlessly you are searching for Me with understanding, intellect. In order to truly know God, you must go beyond your reason.”
So here we have the clear distinction between the third level of the Mind and fourth Heart. The Fourth Level is Ruci, Srivas Thakur (according to the acaryas like Bhaktivinoda Thakura). Called by Srila Prabhupada often 'a pure devotee', but he said: 'Who is a pure devotee. Narada Muni is a pure devotee'.
We are ending this section of Articles on that Fourth Level. This platform is a kind of 'Up Side Down' transformation (beginning with Bhagavad-gita). This four steps take place on the first Chatur Vyuha (kanistha), where this fourth level is a kind of a 'small sannyasa'.
I remember the Govardan Parikrama (quite long time ago) with Indradyumna Svami who said seeing there one person wearing white clothes and sitting in a really tiny kutir: 'This is vanaprastha'. The second Catur Vyuha deals with higher consciousness (Madhyama) and the sannyasa levels (beggars for prema): beginning with Kuticaka and the Fifth Level, continuing life in his kutir. Bahudaka, collecting like honeybee, on the Sixth Level, and Parivrajakacarya, teacher by example, on the Seventh Level- 7th Chakra. On the Eighth level beyond Chakras is the fourth order of sannyasa, Paramahamsa (Uttama). Srila Prabhupada said: 'The paramahamsa is not under any rules and regulations. He can do whatever he likes. Sastra is not meant for him.(SPT 11/3/76). Which I was presenting in some glimpse – so to say it was shocking sometimes – in this 'Conversation with God'. This Eight level is a second 'Up Side Down' transformation up to the Spiritual Reality, and the goal for everyone,... sooner or later.
This is the Yoga Ladder I am trying to present and explain in my book, I am working now. The Ladder-Steps of Yogas – GRADUAL CONNECTIONS WITH GOD, in Eight steps from Sradha to Prema.
19.01.2018 'CONVERSATION WITH GOD' Part 4
The DIALOGUE wit God in practice is a surprising, amazing experience, His vision revolutionary and uncompromising, and relationship full of love. Is someone ready for such mixture?:
“You all have the conviction that God appears only in one way. It is a very dangerous belief. It does not let you see God everywhere. If you think that God looks, sounds, and even exists only in this way, and not in any other way, you deny Me at every moment of your life. You will constantly look for God and you will not find HER. Because you are looking for HIM, kind of male.
If you do not notice God in simple things at the same level as in sublime things, then you see only one side of the coin.
But you are here to gain experience (SELF-realization) – from your experience you have to create yourself. And you create yourself from the experiences of other people. Usually, however, you do not want to undermine the authority of parents, school, religion, tradition and scriptures – that is why you want to give up your own experience for what has been instilled in you.
Most of you have spent years searching for the 'right' way of submitting.
I want to ensure you my children, I do not need worship, obedience, service, because I have no needs. It does not mean that I do not have any desires. Desire is the original thought, it is God who decides what to create new. What, then, is God's desire?:
First He wants to know and experience Himself.
Secondly I want you to know and experience Who You Are In Essence.
Thirdly, I want the whole process of life to be a constant joy, a continuous creation, not ending with development and total fulfilment at any time Now.
I made this desires possible to realize. They are realized at this moment. With the fact that I know about it and you do not – that's the difference between us.
With the moment of getting a total insight (immediately if you want) you will also feel like I feel all the time: filled with joy, love, acceptance, gratitude and bliss.”
Here they are the desires of God, the only thing we need to do is to correct our own desires: 'anya-abhilasita-sunyam' – without material desires, without 'jnanam' – material knowledge, without 'karma' – fruitive activities, 'adi' – by artificially, mechanically practicing detachment or yoga, and so one. 'Anukulyena' – favourable service, 'krsna-anusilanam' - cultivation, 'bhaktih-uttama' – first class bhakti (BRS 1.1.11), would bring us to the point of what truly God desires.
12.01.2018 'CONVERSATION WIOTH GOD' Part 3
There was once a little soul, who knew that she (it, he) was light, young and therefore eager to experience. 'I am light', she said. 'I am light'. However, consciousness or repetition of this could not replace the experience of self as the light. In the world, from which the little soul descended, it was only brightness. Every soul was wonderful, each one uncommon, and each sparkled with the light of My light. Therefore this little soul was like a glimmer of a candle in the sun. Immersed in brightness of which she was a part, she could not see herself or experience what She Really Is.
It became so that the little soul decided to get to know itself. Her desire was so strong that one day I said: 'Do you know Tiny, what do you have to do to satisfy your desire?'
'What is it my Lord? What? I will do everything!', the little soul said.
'You must disconnect from us', I said, 'and then plunge into the dark.'
'And what is the darkness, my Supreme Lord?, asked the little soul.
'All you are not', I explained and the little soul understood.
So she separated from the Whole and descended to another world.
And in this world she had the power to draw all kinds of darkness upon herself. And so she did.
But in the midst of these accumulated darkness she cried, O Lord, O Lord, why have you abandoned me?' You do it in your darkest hour. But, I have never abandoned you, I am always at your side, I am ready to remind you, What In The Essence You Are, always ready to welcome you back.
Therefore be light in the dark.
You alone create the experience of separation from God's joy, as long as you allow your Highest Thought to escape, as long as you deny your own True Self, whenever you reject What You Really Are.
Hare Krsna!
05.01.2018 'CONVERSATION WITH GOD'
In Srinad Bhagavatam Canto 11, 'Uddhava Gita' section, Lord Krsna instructs His friend Uddhava. The Lord is giving an example of Avadhuta Brahmana, and 24 gurus from whom he is learning the lessons. In life we are finding all the time additional gurus and lessons they teach us. The Lord in this way is giving us constant direction, like a signs on the rode, to not turn (deviate) outside of it, and keep tract to the destiny, to the Kingdom of Sri Sri Radha Krsna.
When we are starting that path or rode of self-realization the alive guider is needed, the spiritual master who is the transparent medium between us and the Lord, and can help in many ways to continue nicely the trip. When one is more mature and have some experience he becomes the direct receiver of the 'WILL' of the Lord – which means the best and the safest tract for the individual. It is the Avadhuta Brahmana way and the techniques for a renounced, as Uddhava became, directed by his friend Lord Krsna to be a sannyasi. At that moment the path of self-realization is more strict, more demanding...
…Here the doubt in God's intention and His ability to fulfil it has no place, or should have no place. Otherwise there is constant tension, unsteadiness, no relax. Then one is leaving in his own illusion and increases his fear, because of the despair, doubts in God.
While one wants to change it, he becomes a sage, saint. But then nobody understands him, like most of the saints. While one would explain what means his own peace of the soul, joy, internal trance, they would listen but did not hear, they would try to repeat his words, but they would add from themselves a lot. They would be surprised how he achieved that, which they do not know how to achieve. This would create the jealousy, then anger, and in this anger they would try to convince him, he do not understand God. They would try to take away his joy, and if this would not work they would attack him openly. And if he would tell them it does not matter, because even death would not disturb his joy or do not disturb his truth, they would kill him. Then seeing how peacefully he is accepting the death, they would call him a saint, a sage.
It is the nature of people that they love, destroy and again love that what they value the most, the highest. It is because there exist only two feelings – two words in the speech of the soul. They are the opposite poles of God's creation, without that idea there is no other idea, every human thought, action, is rooted either in... FEAR, or in... LOVE., there is no other motivation, and all other conceptions are only the derivatives of this two. This is the mine impulse – flowing from Fear or from Love. The primary thought. The original force. The 'mover' Energy of a machine of the human experience. The cause of this repeated again and again Love and Fear is the DOUBT, no trust or love of Godhead. If there is no trust to God, then how one can trust others?
While one is saying about love he feels fear: what if his love would be reciprocated, and when it would be reciprocated one feels fear that he would lost that love which he just founded. And one would try to prevent that lost, as he is trying to prevent lost of God.
This is because we have learned from our parents specially, the conditional love (many times being rejected), forgetting what is UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, the true love of Godhead. Therefore one is creating the pictures on the basic of how love is seen in this world. One is achieving the love conditionally and he is imparting it with some conditions.
The guidance of those who know the Truth is leading to the point of Who One actually Is, that he is a wonderful part and parcel of God, nondifferent from Him spiritually, refreshing again and again that truth. And then the Fear has no access to one and there is no rejection.
However the most important is the Internal Voice, to it the Lord is directing Himself first as it is the most available. That Internal Voice as Lord Krsna is saying to Uddhava is the best teacher, to see-hear the guru's all around openly, that Voice is saying what is the most important, right or good. It gives direction if One is allowing for that guidance.
Sri Sri Radha Krsna Ki Jay!
REFLECTION
29.12.2017 This is the new series of Articles: 'CONVERSATION WITH GOD'
The Conversation with God is a most mystical experience. One can come to the Paramatma level where all Sadhus dwell, who received the direct contact with the Almighty. From that relationship with God the Sadhus, the Spiritual Guiders give the direction to their disciples.
The platform on which the Sadhu is connecting with God is a Fourth Level, the Heart Chakra, the Lord situated in the Heart of a Devotee, The Lord, the Supersoul instructs, directs, advises, and so one such a Sadhu who have a clear vision of each and every thing which is going one externally and internally. The Paramatma, or Superoul is the aspect of God which pervades everything everywhere. It is the source of the whole Absolute Knowledge and as such a WELL WISHER of all living entities. Therefore a real Sadhu who has such direct relationship with the Lord is also a Well Wisher of all living entities. And therefore on that platform a real Nonviolence takes place and the important points of Compassion. Here the love of God expresses itself in loving all living entities. That relationship is shown in both ways, as a Sadhu loves every living being, he or she is also loved by every living being.
God is actually speaking to everyone, all the time. The point is not to whom God is directing Himself but who is listening to Him. He is using many techniques like feelings to communicate.
The 'Feelings are the speech of the Soul'. He is also communicating with us through thoughts, using pictures, and as well through experiences. When all this does not work God uses the words (words usually show symbolic knowledge, often cause perturbation, and the words are carrying lot's of limits). The words help to understand, Experiences or Realizations help to know, recognize. Although there are this things like feelings, experiences, thoughts, one is trusting only the 'Words' of God, neglecting experiencing Him. This experience, or realization has such little value sometimes that when the feeling of God is not according to what was said about Him, he/she is ignoring this feeling.
So one is facing the challenge of distinguishing what is coming directly from God (not only from His words, or the words which are said in His name), because from the Lord comes one's Highest Thought, one's Most Direct Word, one's Highest Feeling ( rest comes from the other source):
* The Highest Thought is always that thought which brings happiness
* The Most Direct Words are those which proclaim the Truth
* The Highest Feelings are the feelings of Love
This Three values Happiness, Truth, Love are alterable, the one is always leading to the other.
And if the Lord is always communicating with each and everyone of us, maybe we can start to absorb that relationship with Their Lordships, with Sri Sri Radha Krsna, more carefully as a new project and a good wish for the coming New Year 2018.
“THE VYASA PUJA COMING TIME”
The position of a GURU which we know as Universal, as only One Guru, a Guru as an Instrument of God in this material World, to guide a sadhaka on the way back to Godhead. That position is the destiny of a participant of the spiritual path.
The Guru's instructions/decisions/sanctions specific for each individual, sometimes heavy, sometimes so difficult to accept, or sometimes like a nectar move that one up, higher and higher on the ladder of self-realization.
The intensity of dedication to the Guru's instructions designate the progress on that path. No matter how difficult or even 'abstract' it will be, it is the key, the essence of the secret of success to accept, adjust and take without any complain (possible?).
The more progress the sadhaka is making the more complex is his task, sometimes even above the imagination. But... consequently it gives the beneficial result. Therefore the FAITH in the instructions of a Guru is the life and soul of a sadhaka.
From material side - platform this is really complex, gradual, more and more demanding process to follow a Guru.
From the Spiritual side – platform the sadhaka has the opportunity to enter into the World of a Guru, know His identity as a Spiritual Being in His Svarupa Form, and His relaxed spiritual mood, so individual and special. Then sadhaka can also relax in the shadow of the Lotus Feet of a Guru who is a Spiritual Person in the Spiritual World. The sadhaka can at that time also, step by step develop his own position in that Spiritual Reality, under the shelter of his Guru.
The gratitude sadhaka feels while he can externally and internally follow the instructions of a Guru on each level of consciousness is without limit.
And I am here allowing myself to express my great gratitude to my eternal Guru. The blossoming flowers and fruits to relish, of the effects of his guidance I was developing through years are my treasure.
The 'waking up' Spiritual Process, so contrasting with External reality of misconceptions, under his direction, takes me to the 'Other Side' of the 'Rainbow Bridge' with my own identity and situation.
So this gratitude to my Guru will never decrease: All glories, All Glories, All Glories... to you!
Srila Krsna Ksetra Svami Maharaja Ki Jaya!
Every single person is on the path of the purification process of the spiritual self-realization, or he wants it, or he is forced to make progress. Everyone from the very beginning is under the external social influences of home, society, nation, etc. This external reflection is recorded in the MIRROR OF THE HEART, 'ceto-darpana-marjanam...' (Siksastaka).
The accumulated dust on the Mirror of the Heart is cleansed gradually, but at the same time there is this constant external influence. Yet the Heart of a Pure devotee of the Lord is already pure, the reflection is clear and vision is complete on that Internal Mirror of his Heart. His (or her) realizations and understanding of “WHAT IS GOING ONE” are always perfect. The outside reflections coming through the space like constant rivers of THOUGHTS are only reflections in the purely transcendental Heart of a pure devotee. He has nothing to do with them all, he sees them, they reflect in his Heart but from far distance. However seeing only that outside reflection not belonging to that pure devotee sometimes some can say: 'This person is sinful, he is addicted to lust, anger and greed, etc. and this is the external ABUSEMENT: wrong interpretation, suspicions, misunderstanding and misconception of a pure devotee of the Lord. Remain INNOCENT despite all dirt coming from outside.
The MIRROR OF THE HEART OF A PURE DEVOTEE IS ALWAYS PURE, there are only external reflections of a thoughts coming from all others who are lusty, angry, greedy, jealous, and so one, from those who are NOT WELL WISHERS!
PURE DEVOTEE IS ALWAYS PURE.
In this Material World we are constantly ABUSED by external reality: advertisements, 'free leaving', people with real luck of culture of behaviour, so many things. All this abuses us constantly, but REMAIN INNOCENT, above all this dirt coming from physical outside and from the subtle space. Do not accept anything which is not Godly, pure and chaste. There are coming sometimes a Storms caused by stupid persons and the dirt within their minds, but this is only external ABUSE which is not YOU, which do not belong to you. BECOME A PURE dedicated to the Divine Couple Sri Sri Radha Krsna devotee above all dirt of this material influences. And as we say: “What will not kill you will strengthen you.” A PURE DEVOTEE is constantly under the protection of the internal energy Hladini Sakti, he is established on the spiritual position and is truly Nistha.
10.06.2017
'FAITH'
Do we need Faith? Do we have real Faith? Faith in God? On what basis do we build our Faith? How much do we need to know about ourselves and our relationship with God to have complete Faith? How far can we go by heaving full Faith?
The 'Gates of Faith' are ALWAYS opened before us...
Can we ALWAYS be open to this kindness?
How often in the day we have doubts?: Is it possible? Does God really exist if I suffer so much? Where is this God, as a person? Can you show me God? No, no it is not real. Not yet, Not now, Do I need it? Can it be like that? Can I come back to Godhead now?...
Every moment that brings a bewilderment of everyday activities turns us away from the Lord... Faces around us with all the demands, misconceptions, manipulations, fantasies, conscious or uncontrolled stupid fun, unconscious or controlled game with our life and with the lives of others, all requirements, competitions, etc., all this separates us from God...
Every single moment of this useless, really USELESS! engagement in this illusion of the so called tasks, of the mundane activities is useless. We lose our GOAL almost all the time, every second, turning the face from the only reality that we have, our Lord.
This is the worst suffering of an individual Spirit Soul within us..., lost the Lord even for a single moment...
How difficult is then to recover, renew, heal the real faith, real subtlest faith in SPIRITUAL REALITY on the appropriate platform of consciousness.
MAYA, the Illusion is covering everything with a veil of matter that is so difficult to overcome, surpass. The 'Living God' in us does not live, disappears at one moment of hesitation, in one moment of doubt or of lack of FAITH... then the face turns away from the Goal automatically through the invisible clever tricks of Maya,... a puppet in the hands of illusion...
… But he power of FAITH can also automatically restore the Goal to us.
...And again we can be on the proper tract... facing the GOAL, facing GOD...
The FAITH in God, Sri Sri Radha Krsna is a real substantial, valuable life.
The FIRM FAITH in GOD is the real immortal – eternal life...
26.05.2017
'REBELLIOUS'
There is the fundamental question: Why those all living entities are situated here in this Material World? Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura is mentioning that it is because the living entity become REBELLIOUS against God. The word 'rebellion' comes from Latin and means conspiracy, revolt, protest, uprising or insurrection in a fighting manner. One who is acting in such a way against God finds the place within the 'PRISON OF MATERIAL NATURE'. What is the purpose of a Prison? Punishment, chastisement, rehabilitation, rise.
In our whole existence within this Material World we are constantly checked, how REBELIOUS we are still against God, how far we can progress and develop some humble attitude regarding God, other living entities and ourself in a honest and self-critical way.
When we regret we are ready.
The distance between us where we are here and God, and His Spiritual Nature depends completely on us. In one second we can find ourselves in that eternal transcendental reality we are coming from... if we only turn our face from this illusory phenomena to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, ... if … we only accept the will of God in pure form,.
12.05.2017
HOMAGE TO THE GUIDERS
I was from my childhood looking for God, I was trying to discover Him and understand. Once, I saw one priest lying like a cross on the floor of a Church, that impression of a devotion waked up something within me, some inspiration.
Growing in Poland within a determination to cultivate Christianity, with the polish pope and his effort to not only cultivate God consciousness but also connect all other religions through the dialogue. My family, as I heard was very much devoted to God, with all hospitality, openness to the others and good qualities, which was an obligation to me and confirmation of my own path.
What is interesting Bhaktivinod Thakur, the acarya in our disciplic succession gave a general division of all religions regarding the modes of nature: ignorance, passion, goodness and further transcendence, and Bhaktisidhanta Sarasvati, his son and a guru of Srila Prabhupada esteemed the Christianity.
I am grateful to Srila Prabhupada and his alive presence specially at the beginning, as my first guru in a global sense, all efforts of his followers who were spreading Krsna consciousness so I could accept that new but continuous way back to Godhead. The meeting of a great Vaisnavas, gurus, sadhus was so significant, I was feeling now I am among those who can understand me. I remember one Vaisnava devotee and as well the Christian monk from America who was visiting Poland when I was a fresh devotee. He was working on a dialogue between religions, hearing his realizations and visions he saw like Mount Meru somewhere driving a car were the next inspiration.
My travel through about seven years to India for study bhakti courses at Vrndavan Institute for Higher Education was a great transformation and appreciation of a Vedic Knowledge and Culture in it's essence, where a Vaisnava Etiquette was not only the ritualistic behaviour but something spiritual I could deeply relish and absorb, and which changed whole spectrum of my existence to live according to it. The association of a saintly persons there was incredibly valuable, and Vrndavan itself, the heart of the whole World and the heart of Srimati Radharani blossomed within my hear which I still carry with myself wherever I am.
Then I started more intensely my own research and discoveries looking at the World from my own perspective based on the Vedic Wisdom.
In Srimad Bhagavatam, 'Uddhava Gita' text Lord Krsna instructs His friend Uddhava: “Now you should completely give up all attachment to your personal friends and relatives and fix your mind on Me. Thus being always conscious of Me, you should observe all things with equal vision and wonder through the earth.”(SB 11.7.7) Later Krsna is describing this illusory temporary World and detachment from it, and the example of an Avadhuta Brahmana and his appreciation of a 24 gurus: the Earth, the air, the sky, fire. Moon, Sun, fish, the child, etc. This Avadhuta sannyasi's wisdom came from his own observation of the World and experiences of seeing God in everything.
And I was starting to observe more precisely and carefully all around. Appreciating more sensitively everything the Lord is telling to me from all sides.
Then came more consciously the appreciation of different religious paths as God's help for example a hebrew tradition which someone called “The Kiss of a God to them” and their cosmology. The inspiriing saints like Salomon whose godly wisdom was prised all over the world or the psalms. The Christianity with it's mysticism, teachings of a Jesus as a renounced way in it's pure understanding, the teachings of Mahomed whose path was quite similar in it's original form to the Christianity. Something from Buddha, His ethics, the law of causation and balanced Middle Way, from Yoga system of Patanjali the secrets of meditation and his conclusion that Bhakti yoga is the best.
At every step there is some discovery of a new and impressing facts which God is telling in so many ways and all paths or religions are relevant when in it's pure state without deviations and changes coming from people who are manipulating it.
My appreciation goes to the Ten Avataras who guided me on my tract and all Avataras of the Lord including the Deities, Their spiritual and enlightening Darsans. The pujari service I could perform in different Temples was for me an entrance to the World I am desiring to live in and the transcendental association I wish to have, Their sacred care and each and every illumination from Them, all as amazingly alive and beneficial.
And most of all I value the guidance of my own guru HH Krsna Ksetra Svami whose wisdom transported to me through his transcendental perspective constantly enlivens me and supports on my path back to Godhead despite all very strict severe demands and sometimes abstract tasks which are consequently surprisingly transforming my own self. The Guru Tattva is demonstrated specially in the aspect of Caitya Guru and the guidance of the Lord within the heart which is the essence and while fully manifested brings completeness of consciousness.
This is the system God created, to see, take advantage and apply it to the life. All He is saying to us from every side, from everyone, even an enemy, no matter where we are and who we are, constantly opens our eyes and hearts to accept that teachings. Rising above all aversions, discriminations, fanaticism and so many other bad habits which somehow grew within us. And when we open our eyes widely, not hiding somewhere before this wisdom we will really see.
THE CHOICES, constant decisions what to do, what not to do, where to go, what to eat, how to behave, what, how, where, when... I want this, I want that....Every step in our life requires a Choice. In the net of material illusion we are wondering blindly not knowing exactly what is going one with us. Do we know the real goal of our life? The life is passing so quickly, and what next? Where our karma will move us in our next embodiment? Do you care? THINK ABOUT IT, About the Choice to continue the repeated births and deaths or to step firmly on the path of liberation from ithe entanglement and return to the Spiritual World, the real home of freedom.
The path back to Godhead is one for everyone and we can compare it to a tract, the stairs. We can gradually step by step come close to the Lord as our Goal. Can we be fully conscious of that GOAL?... This path however has some other 'ramifications' where we are directing our selves stepping out from the way. This are the CHOICES, good or wrong in our life. Attraction of this flickering illusion is very magnetic, it grabs us out through the channels of the senses: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, touch. This Five Senses are constantly active. You can say why not to enjoy for a while, tasting palatable food or see something nice, hear nice music, etc.. This all however makes from us a victim of the senses, as one who wants only to enjoy, instead of continuing the way back to Godhead. Not knowing that each enjoyment is balanced by the opposite experience.
What we can achieve by this so called 'satisfaction'? Working very heard to earn the money and spend them to enjoy or give enjoyment to the others. Has it a sense? Why not to just make some true effort on this path back home back to Godhead and really enjoy with the Lord without any effort? And eternally.
SRI RADHA
Srimati Radharani, the mystery of Her person, Her position and Her nature is unknown, hidden, kept as a secret. In this external Material World She is identified as an energy of the Lord, Prakrti of a Purusa. In the sastras however we can find the descriptions of Her more significant position, even more than that in the Spiritual World. She is considered non different from her counterpart Lord Sri Krsna, creating with Him a One inseparable Personality, God in two sides right Krsna and lefty Radha. This two natures are characterized by Lord Caitanya in whom this two persons manifest. We can say then that the Supreme Lord is a 'half Krsna half Radha' Half male half female? Whatever we perceive in this Material World is a perverted reflection of the Spiritual World and as God is a SOURCE of everything He is COMPLETE in His nature as TWO: God & Goddess in One Supreme Person.
03.04.2017
BARBA PAPA & BARBA MAMA
When I was a child I used to watch the stories on TV for the children. That was the habit at 7pm every day. The stories were sometimes just a fun but sometimes they were bringing such strong impact in my life that I remember them until now and the meaning is so actual and deep that it looks like a HAND OF GOD in my life no matter what age I am.
Seeing around the whole stupid life, wondering why something is like it is, why people do not see what I see, I was growing amidst Communistic reality with the love of my close family, and protection of my mother, who not so long ago said to me: “I was trying to protect you (me and my older brother) as much as I could keeping you like under the 'cloche' so nobody would touch you, but now I see you are not adjusted to the heard reality of this world and anyone can use your soft nature against you.” This words of my mother were very touching to me and I understood it is a fact, I am not sufficiently prepared for the heavy reality of the Outside World. Sad truth. But God is guiding us through this World from the beginning up to the end...
One of the stories I watched was the French animate movie about “Barba Papa and Batrba Mama”. This was for me amazing, fantastic and incredible. I was so impressed by the idea of a Two personalities who out of their own Forms could create everything possible, so they created the house, the furniture, the children and whatever exists and so one, and they could change it, vanish and create something else. That was something! I was wondering how it can be possible, and when I have meet the Hare Krsna's and the deep philosophy of their path I connected the story from childhood with the reality of the Supremacy of God as Radha and Krsna, their “Barba Papa and Barba Mama” reality, their Power of Creation, and unique position, only to Their own Substance. And I am still seeing Them Both as such as a Supreme Forms within which all is and is also not. Supreme up to the Supreme of the Supreme.
12 March 2017
WONDERING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
All transcendentalists have this feeling of wondering somewhere between Spirit and Matter, Substance and Shadow. There is the place for opening the mind and heart for transcendental space where we can adjust that specific and enjoy the freedom without limits and another time the situation is completely changing to different dimension and all is empty, vacant and so to say useless, the time to work on our progress our tasks and most of all on our 'Accumulated Wealth' of unnecessary baggage of unnecessary reactions to a certain unavoidable things coming around us in due course of time. The complexity of that jumping up and down is sometimes so ridiculous and going so far that we cannot stand it any more.
There is the story about one proud and sophisticated, extravagant prince and one beggar, a poor and humble person.
The story goes the both persons were very similar, almost identical and when the prince once noticed that connection between them he decided to play with him. So the prince ordered to grab the poor man from the street and made him asleep and took him to the palace, changed his clothes to a very fancy rich and opulent, they also instructed all in the palace to treat him like a prince. So the man waked up and saw all the changes around him, astonished he could not understand what is going one with him, how he became a prince. This was lasting for some time and he used to think it is a reality, then again the real prince ordered to take him back to his environment as a poor man, so again he waked up but as a poor man... This repeated few times, they dragged him to the palace and again extruded him to the street and again and again. So the man got almost mad in that play. Once when he was again in a palace as a prince he noticed some noise behind the curtain and thinking it is an enemy took a knife and killed him even not seeing who it was. Looking behind the curtain he saw an actual prince lying dead on the floor and he saw how similar they both were. So the prince's play, his cruelty in that episode was sacrificed by his own life, He was observing through the curtain all what happened to that poor man who was the beggar and then the reach man. But this play was unfair and ended badly for that prince and good for a poor man who stayed as a prince in a palace.
Our situations are sometimes like that, we are nobody with nothing and suddenly we are gifted with a high transcendental realizations of becoming a Spiritual Persons with all spiritual feelings, wealth, opulence and whatever transcendence is bringing, so many attractions. And only Illusion, Maya this personification of the Material Madness is playing with us by making us asleep, throwing us up and down, grabbing us to the desirable transcendental mood and again causing our suffering in this external misery. Up and down, down and up changes are more and more strong, contrasting and intense, and the only hope is the 'death' of this Illusion with in us, this Material Madness and final stability on the higher level of Transcendental Plane. To never come back to the down reality...
Good wish and great hope of complete freedom from the influences of any kind. The hope for the balance in a spiritual sense of becoming really conscious of one's position as a part and parcel of a Transcendental Reality were everything is transcendentaly good in whatever transcendental goodness we have the desire to be with the association of God, the all transcendental good, the Divine Coupe.
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