The matter will help me to understand, to acquire consciousness."
We are thus without faith in the agents of that Absolute Truth, the
Vaisnavas. It is due to vaisnava aparadha, losing faith in the conscious
agents of the Supreme, that we go to the material substance, "Help
me!" I lose faith in the spiritual agency and the long and the
short is this - we seek shelter in a material thing and we lose our
faith in the higher agency. We cant see their Grace. So, that
is the underlying position of an intoxication monger. No faith in the
higher agent, that which is spiritual which is soul-like in character,
but more aspiration to get help from the lower substance.
The scientific
conception is also like that, degrading. Degrading, losing faith in
the spiritual efficacy, their grace or their position, we come below
standard. No faith. We cannot put faith in the devotee, the scripture,
or the acarya. Disappointed we go to seek help from some atom
of matter, "That will give me everything."
abhyarthitas
tada tasmai sthanani kalaye dadau
dyutam panam striyah suna yatradharmas catur vidhah
punas ca yacamanaya jata-rupam adat prabhuh
tato nrtam madam kamam rajo vairam ca pancamam
Charm for
the material world, dhyutam, to get money very cheaply, not in
the ordinary constitutional way, but by cheating process, this is dhyutam.
Panam is also like that, intoxication. That is earned by black marketing,
panam. The energy I can collect in an ordinary sense, I am not satisfied
with that but in some black way I want to amass some energy by panam.
This is the meaning of panam. I want to give energy by unfair
means. Striyah, that is raso vai sah. He is the center
of all ecstacy, but we go to collect that experience of ecstacy in a
very cheap way from material things. Suna is also a cheap way to develop
the body. The flesh, mamsa, can be more easily utilized for the
flesh in me than other vegetables. So it is all very easy, not in a
regular and proper way to preserve oneself, but in a cheap way, by cheating,
we want to agrandize ourselves.
Gold is
such a substance that if one can get control over gold, he can have
control over all material prosperity, the dollar, the pound, the rupee,
rice, everything. If I can possess gold I can easily get everything.
This is cheating. With a small thing like gold, jata-rupam I
can control the entire food chain. I can control all the necessities
of human beings. Cheap marketing, not a regular life, but in a cheating
process. By these five cheating process we can become great, so they
must be given up. We must be plain, simple and truthful and live here
as a bonafide and sincere member, where we are. You are put in the jail
dont try any other black things to help yourself, but sincerely
give your labor as it is ruled and you will be free very soon.
When you
are a criminal be a good criminal then you will be able to acquire freedom.
Already you are a criminal and in the prison you are cheating others.
So, lead a simple life. Do not incur any further debt, but try to pay
the debt you have already incured. With this process you will be free
very soon. Not by any artificial process, but if you adopt a sincere
and simple processnot by diplomacy or any other thing. Simply,
"I am the greatest criminal. Oh my Lord, please forgive me. Take
me out. Please be gracious over me." This is the way to adopt,
not by any artificial means. It is only our love for artificial things
that has brought us here. In the highest ideal there is no place for
diplomacy, cheating or any of these things. This is the fashion of this
mayic world of misconception. To acquire anything too easily means to
deceive others, but you cant deceive God. Simply go to Him and
pray that, "I am a culprit. I am so and so. Forgive me and accept
me." This is a plain, simple way. Your knowledge also cannot help
you, it is jnana-sunya-bhakti, pure surrender, wholesale surrender.
Dont use any reason there. Dont go to plead for your own
cause. Complete surrender. Dont plead in favor of yourself, rather
if you have to plead, plead to the Lord that you are the most heinious.
That will be more effective. This is the way.
Love Divine.
It is against the conception of the ontology of love that a particular
material atom may give love, prema, hearts feelings. The
heart can be purchased by a chemicalby using medicine I can get
God? "Use this medicine and God will come to please and serve you.
I am super-super God and I am giving this medicine." Never! The
simple way is love for love. Give yourself and you will
get Him. It is simple and pure. Surrender to the High and the High will
come down to welcome you.
sarva-dharman
parityaja mam ekam saranam vraja
aham tvam sarva papebhyo mokmayimyami ma sucah
How comprehensive,
reasonable and natural this is. "Give up everything, all engagements,
and come to Me freely. I am ready to accept you anytime, at any moment.
Accept that all obligation to any other thing is stopped and come to
Me. I shall welcome and embrace you. All obligations are stopped. Whatsoever
obligation you incur or think to possess in this world are discontinued.
Only My obligation remains. Your obligation to me is absolute and these
others are all relative and temporary. They are artificial and concocted.
Your obligation to Me is wholesale, pure and clear. Try to realize that."
tesam
satata-yuktanam bhajatam priti-purvakam
dadami buddhi-yogam tam yena mam upayanti te
To those
devotees who are constantly dedicated to Me, and who engage in My
service out of their love form Me, I bestow the divine inspiration
by which they can approach Me and render intimate service unto Me.
In this
verse the Lord says, "The highest group of My servitors (whose
sentiment was described in the previous verse by the word ramanti) are
those who are constantly engaged (satata-yukta) in My service
in consorthood (madhurya-rasa) with heartfelt love (bhajatam
priti purvakam)." Then He says that He will give them
further inspiration or inner instruction "by which they can come
to Him" (yena mam upayanti te). When already in this and
the previous verse the devotees service to the Lord has been described
as eternal (by the words nityam and satata-yukta), Lord
Krsnas statement that He will give them further inspiration by
which they can come to Him appears to be redundant. Therefore, in the
expression mam upayanti te ("They will come to Me"),
the word upayanti must be defined as parakiya-bhavena-upapati.
Pati means husband, and upapati means paramour:
"For
those who have already come into divine relationship with Me as My wife
(ramanti), I give them them the special inspiration to come to
Me as a paramour (upapati)." In Vrndavana, Lord Krsna is
not considered a lawful husband, but He is the Lord of the heart, transcendetal
to even the husbant (parakiya-rasa). Deceiving their husbands,
the Gopis of Vrndavana unite with Krsna. They do not allow a
second party to come between them. They cannot allow the interception
of even scriptural regulation and social law, because Krsnas position
is absolute, and such a relationship is more relishable to Him. This
is Vrndavan-bhajana, and this is the meaning of upapati.
"My
relationship with them is independent of everything conceivable. It
crosses law, society, scriptureeverything. It is most innate and
natural, and it does not require any social or scriptural sanction.
I say to them, You may show formal respect to all these restrictions
and live in the society. But from your heart of hearts you are Mine.
This is the special inspiration and insight I give to those devotees
(yena mam upayanti te).
"Externally
there are social and scriptural demands, but My position is over and
above them. Veda is My instruction for the benefit of the masses,
who have deviated from Me. And the society is also under the jurisdiction
of those general instructions given to the public by Me. But My divine
relationship with everything is intrinsic and independent. It does not
require recognition from anyone. Such a relationship is the highest.
It is constant. It supersedes all law and society which are guided by
the Vedas; rather, all the Vedas are searching for such
a thing."
Srutibhir-vimrgyam-Vimama-mrgyathe
Vedas are searching after this ideal, divine position. In the
section of the Srimad Bhagavatam which deals with Rasa-lila,
the Vedas are begging forgiveness:
"We
are generally supposed to give tidings of You, but we could not describe
You as we now experience You here. Now we understand that we have
committed an offense, because we could not distribute this Rasa-lila,
this Vraja-lila, to the people."
vikriditam
vraja-vadhubhir idam ca visnoh
sraddhanvito
nusrnuyad atha varnayed yah
bhaktim
param bhagavati pratilabhya kamam
hrd-rogam
asv-apahinoty acirena dhirah
"A
self-controlled, sense controlled person who, having become endowed
with sublime faith in the divine pastimes transcendentally enjoyed by
Lord Krsna with the Gopis (Rasa-lila), and who having heard those
divine pastimes from the lotus mouth of the bona fide guru, continuously
sings or narrates their glories - such a person swiftly achieves the
most elevated form of pure devotion for the Lord, and is promptly able
to ward off the heart disease of lust." (Bhag. 10. 33. 39)
In his
writings, Srila Jiva Goswami has laid stress on the word dhira,
meaning "self-controlled." To hear these elavated subjects,
one must enter into the culture of sense-control, otherwise he will
be destroyed.
naitat
samacarej jatu manasapi hy anisvarah
vinasyaty
acaran maudhyad yatharudro bdhi-jam vimam
"No
one should ever think of imitating this behavior of the Supreme Lord
and the Gopis. If out of gross foolishness anyone tries to
imitate the pastimes of the Lord, he will be utterly destroyed, just
as if he tried to imitate Lord Siva by drinking the poison which arose
from the ocean."
(Bhag.
10. 33. 30)
Like sign-posts,
all the revealed scriptures are only showing the direction; but where,
how? "We do not know." Only, "In this direction He may
be available."
Anywhere
and everywhere, everything belongs to Him. For one who knows this, all
possibilities of sensual pleasure and exploitation are uprooted. For
example, an unmarried woman may have the possibility of being approached
by many, but there is less possibility for those who are married, because
they are possessed by someone. Similarly, when we are able to know that
everything is only for the satisfaction of Krsna, then we shall realize
that all our exploiting tendencies have vanished forever. Nothing will
remain to be utilized for the pleasure of our sensual experience. It
will be very deeply felt in our hearts that everything has its existence
only for His satisfaction, and there is no room for any other exploitation.
And we
are also included there - our existence is also only for His satisfaction.
Everything is meant for His divine pastimes (lila), and there
is no possibility for any others pastimes. All are included in that
one lila. Encroachment will disappear when we learn the proper
utility of everything. He is the owner, and His ownership is absolute.
The scriptures, society, and law designate, "This is yours, that
is anothers, or that belongs to a third party." This is something
like a temporary lease, but the permanent ownership is in all respects
with Him. "All others - possessor and property, master and servant
- are all relative, and only sanctioned by Him for the time being. The
Absolute Owner, Possessor, and Enjoyer is He alone.
When we
arrive at such a conclusion, only then is complete purification of our
hearts possible. Everyone is thinking of themselves as many masters
of many things, but this is all heart disease (hrid-rogam). This
is all conceived in a diseased state of consciousness. In a healthy
state, when the heart is quite wholesome, we can see the Supreme whole,
and we can see that everything is meant only for His satisfaction.
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