I remember, 1980. aged 25 , myself and a young lady from university, Catholic. We were madly infatuated with each other. We danced to this tune, knowing full well the cultural differences and the obstacles posed by her family towards my faith. It was a time rich in feelings of seperation, and as a result, i can now better understand some things.
Material world, times changed, we were going to marry, but she was soon long gone due to those social pressures which women seem to be so controlled by, but i still remember the mood so well...
I left brahmacari life for this, and ended up going to university to gain a brahminical occupation so i could support a wife, but as is sometimes the case, although i did marry and have a son, again over faith issues, it did not hold... its became Krsna and me, or i hit the highway. Retrospectively, was it such a smart move? The highway proved interesting ! lol?
The gopis dropped their duties and left everything to hurry to where Krishna plays His flute. One sets one's primary focus, then everything else which goes against it is a deviation. That was the ideal. Time has a way of fixing things.
So, young people, learn a lesson from my experiences.
And you old folks; you're over the hill already! haha! Not. Perhaps wisdom of age will bring real love ? Hare Krsna
Devotees make many sacrifices. Devotional life can mean fewer opportunities to meet the opposite sex, but in Krsna society, you will find you will meet wonderful spiritually aware men and women, and any relationship formed will be real, based upon spiritual understanding, which should be mutual and reinforcing. At any rate, one must be satisfied with one's inner spiritual life, otherwise external relationships will be shallow.
Following then, upwards, one must search out a relationship with the perfected beings, then there will be spiritual meaning and actual satisfaction of the loving propensity. Within this, one may also find loving relations between the devotees, Krsna's expansions within the spiritual worlds, and this is very important for the jivas.
SP, " So actually love, the word love, has come from Krsna. That is a fact. Therefore you will see always Krsna always with Radharani. We worship Krsna -- Radha-Krsna, Laksmi-Narayana, Sita-Rama. This is Vaisnava's worshipable Deity. We do not worship alone God. We Vaisnava, we want to see Krsna and His energy, potency. That is the Vedic system...
So we cannot be peaceful so long we shall want something. That is the secret. And that want can be completely, we can be free from all wants when we become Krsna conscious.
You have seen the history of Prahlada Maharaja, Dhruva Maharaja, many, many devotees, Pandavas. How much tribulation they had to suffer in their lives! So yasmin sthite, because they were devotee of Krsna, they were never disturbed. Never. This is the position of Krsna consciousness. They will never want anything, and they are not disturbed by any material tribulations. This is the sign of a krsna-bhakta. Krsna-bhakta niskama ataeva santa.
So it is possible to arrive that state by little endeavor, and that is Krsna consciousness. And it is so simple, by chanting Hare Krsna mantra. And the practical examples you can see, that these European, American boys, they had so many wants, but they, all these demands could not satisfy them, but now they are fully satisfied simply by chanting Hare Krsna. Just like this boy, our Gurudasa, explained that he could swim over liquor business. His father has got very big business of liquor. But no. He wants to swim in the ocean of transcendental love. This is Krsna consciousness movement."
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I remember, 1980. aged 25 , myself and a young lady from university, Catholic. We were madly infatuated with each other. We danced to this tune, knowing full well the cultural differences and the obstacles posed by her family towards my faith. It was a time rich in feelings of seperation, and as a result, i can now better understand some things.
Material world, times changed, we were going to marry, but she was soon long gone due to those social pressures which women seem to be so controlled by, but i still remember the mood so well...
I left brahmacari life for this, and ended up going to university to gain a brahminical occupation so i could support a wife, but as is sometimes the case, although i did marry and have a son, again over faith issues, it did not hold... its became Krsna and me, or i hit the highway. Retrospectively, was it such a smart move? The highway proved interesting ! lol?
The gopis dropped their duties and left everything to hurry to where Krishna plays His flute. One sets one's primary focus, then everything else which goes against it is a deviation. That was the ideal. Time has a way of fixing things.
So, young people, learn a lesson from my experiences.
And you old folks; you're over the hill already! haha! Not. Perhaps wisdom of age will bring real love ? Hare Krsna
Devotees make many sacrifices. Devotional life can mean fewer opportunities to meet the opposite sex, but in Krsna society, you will find you will meet wonderful spiritually aware men and women, and any relationship formed will be real, based upon spiritual understanding, which should be mutual and reinforcing. At any rate, one must be satisfied with one's inner spiritual life, otherwise external relationships will be shallow.
Following then, upwards, one must search out a relationship with the perfected beings, then there will be spiritual meaning and actual satisfaction of the loving propensity. Within this, one may also find loving relations between the devotees, Krsna's expansions within the spiritual worlds, and this is very important for the jivas.
Hare Krsna.
The spiritual master knows what Love is, and tries to give it, and so he engages us in service of Lord Caitanya.
SP, " So actually love, the word love, has come from Krsna. That is a fact. Therefore you will see always Krsna always with Radharani. We worship Krsna -- Radha-Krsna, Laksmi-Narayana, Sita-Rama. This is Vaisnava's worshipable Deity. We do not worship alone God. We Vaisnava, we want to see Krsna and His energy, potency. That is the Vedic system...
So we cannot be peaceful so long we shall want something. That is the secret. And that want can be completely, we can be free from all wants when we become Krsna conscious.
yam labdhva caparam labham
manyate nadhikam tatah
yasmin sthito na duhkhena
gurunapi vicalyate
You have seen the history of Prahlada Maharaja, Dhruva Maharaja, many, many devotees, Pandavas. How much tribulation they had to suffer in their lives! So yasmin sthite, because they were devotee of Krsna, they were never disturbed. Never. This is the position of Krsna consciousness. They will never want anything, and they are not disturbed by any material tribulations. This is the sign of a krsna-bhakta. Krsna-bhakta niskama ataeva santa.
So it is possible to arrive that state by little endeavor, and that is Krsna consciousness. And it is so simple, by chanting Hare Krsna mantra. And the practical examples you can see, that these European, American boys, they had so many wants, but they, all these demands could not satisfy them, but now they are fully satisfied simply by chanting Hare Krsna. Just like this boy, our Gurudasa, explained that he could swim over liquor business. His father has got very big business of liquor. But no. He wants to swim in the ocean of transcendental love. This is Krsna consciousness movement."