Ask and You Shall Receive
Great souls perform penances and then ask for a boon when the Lord reveals Himself to them.
Vasudeva is smiling at me. The catch is not immediately apparent to anyone. But it becomes apparent if you pay attention.
We all serve Maaya when we are in the bodily conception and under influence of illusion. Maaya is that which is not. Maaya is literally "Not Mine". That is God is not related to it.
This literal word has an opposite. Maya. Maya is "Mine". Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead disowns everything that is observed without relation to Him. Any person or object that is misconceived as being independant of Him is therefore categorised as Maaya inspite of the fact that All this is His energy only.
Thus we have a table. We call the object a table that has a use in material comfort. Refusing to acknowledge the table as simply a part of the Supreme energy causes the table to become Maaya. Illusion.
In reality, that which is being called a table is nothing but energy of the Lord.
Thus we all serve the energy of the Lord. Indirectly we are serving Him.
If we ask for a benediction that we may forever remain in His devotional service then Catch 22 occurs. We are trying to imply that we never want to be in clutches of Maaya again. And yet even if we fall into material misery again we will still be serving the Lord, albiet ignorantly. For only those who are ignorant continue to serve Maaya instead of serving Krishna.
So what we could ask for instead is to serve the Supreme in full knowledge of Him and to never forget Him regardless of the dissolution and creation of the universe.
Oh Vasudeva, grant me the benediction that I may always serve you in full knowledge of You and never serve you indirectly, that I may never fall into the clutches of Maaya, and be so situated in Love for you regardless of any creation or destruction or event that takes place as per Your Will. I wish that in no event whatsoever may I loose my love for you or my service in full awareness of you, to you.
You really need to be like a lawyer while framing this wish, because it is something that can decide your further fate for eternal time. Any loophole can allow for potentially harzardous situations where you will be left without Him and ignorant of Him for many ages together.
Krishna you are the best. The most Beautiful, The most Cunning, The best Cheater, The best Renouncer, The most Austere, The most Kind, The most Gentle and yet The most Harsh. The most Opulent, The most Powerful, The most Humourous, The most Humble, The most Understanding, The most Just, The most Loveable, the most Admirable, The most Popular, The best Magician, The best Deceiver, The most Attractive, The most Knowledgeable, The One who delivers from misery, The best of everything, The one who has everything that can ever be desired. The one who has no work, and yet the one who creates the entire universe. The one who I have been searching for whenever I hankered after material hapiness.
Give me the eyes to see you, give me the senses to perceive you. Give me everything I need to serve you. Give me the sense to understand you, the sense to understand your motives, the secret to why the universe is continually created and annhilated. The sense to understand Your Will. And be kind not to take this sense away from me ever, even when time has ceased to exist.
Vasudeva is smiling at me. The catch is not immediately apparent to anyone. But it becomes apparent if you pay attention.
We all serve Maaya when we are in the bodily conception and under influence of illusion. Maaya is that which is not. Maaya is literally "Not Mine". That is God is not related to it.
This literal word has an opposite. Maya. Maya is "Mine". Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead disowns everything that is observed without relation to Him. Any person or object that is misconceived as being independant of Him is therefore categorised as Maaya inspite of the fact that All this is His energy only.
Thus we have a table. We call the object a table that has a use in material comfort. Refusing to acknowledge the table as simply a part of the Supreme energy causes the table to become Maaya. Illusion.
In reality, that which is being called a table is nothing but energy of the Lord.
Thus we all serve the energy of the Lord. Indirectly we are serving Him.
If we ask for a benediction that we may forever remain in His devotional service then Catch 22 occurs. We are trying to imply that we never want to be in clutches of Maaya again. And yet even if we fall into material misery again we will still be serving the Lord, albiet ignorantly. For only those who are ignorant continue to serve Maaya instead of serving Krishna.
So what we could ask for instead is to serve the Supreme in full knowledge of Him and to never forget Him regardless of the dissolution and creation of the universe.
Oh Vasudeva, grant me the benediction that I may always serve you in full knowledge of You and never serve you indirectly, that I may never fall into the clutches of Maaya, and be so situated in Love for you regardless of any creation or destruction or event that takes place as per Your Will. I wish that in no event whatsoever may I loose my love for you or my service in full awareness of you, to you.
You really need to be like a lawyer while framing this wish, because it is something that can decide your further fate for eternal time. Any loophole can allow for potentially harzardous situations where you will be left without Him and ignorant of Him for many ages together.
Krishna you are the best. The most Beautiful, The most Cunning, The best Cheater, The best Renouncer, The most Austere, The most Kind, The most Gentle and yet The most Harsh. The most Opulent, The most Powerful, The most Humourous, The most Humble, The most Understanding, The most Just, The most Loveable, the most Admirable, The most Popular, The best Magician, The best Deceiver, The most Attractive, The most Knowledgeable, The One who delivers from misery, The best of everything, The one who has everything that can ever be desired. The one who has no work, and yet the one who creates the entire universe. The one who I have been searching for whenever I hankered after material hapiness.
Give me the eyes to see you, give me the senses to perceive you. Give me everything I need to serve you. Give me the sense to understand you, the sense to understand your motives, the secret to why the universe is continually created and annhilated. The sense to understand Your Will. And be kind not to take this sense away from me ever, even when time has ceased to exist.
posted by Vyoma at Tuesday, July 05, 2005
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