Dear devotees
Please receive my affection from Vrindavan.
The time has come, to think of what to do with our life,
because this life is passing quickly, like water through a turbulent river that
does not rest anywhere, runs and runs until it reaches the sea, the water
flowing from our Life is a water of our emotions and relationships. We had so
many relationships in this life, and so many relationships we will also have,
but in an instance you cannot take your best friend, the most wonderful mother,
the most beautiful wife, or your children, they will all stay. You are
separated by the forces of great Mother Nature, like waves in the sea come
together and separate to never meet again with the each other. The souls in the
turbulent ocean of actions and reactions meet, become attach, they split and
fall away.
There is a relationship that transcends this duality. Is
there something that allows us to tie ourselves to an eternal reality and
pleasantry? That question everyone asks themselves more than once in life. What
is certain is what you do not have; however there is no certainty in what you
have. Although you have a secure existence because you are realizing your
existence both day and night, the great sage, pure devotee of Krishna, Srila
Prabhupada, my beloved, respected teacher and Gurudeva explained with all his love,
we are all children of the same Eternal Father. This eternal loving father is the
one who can give the soul within His will and in His abode. He made it clear
from the beginning, that not even the best friend you have, you can have it
when you leave.
We are very tied by blood relationships that make us feel
that here there is some permanent relationship but in fact your blood father is
not even blood because in the sperm there is no blood. Our existence and our
lineage is a lineage of consciousness interspersed with each other by karma,
not by blood or sperm; they are only vehicles, like your diet. By eating a
potato or cauliflower you don’t become potato or cauliflower.
There are many vehicles in this world: vehicles to receive
images, vehicles to perceive touch, to look from one person to another,
vehicles sensitized by vibrations. There grosser vehicles and others not so
much, but in all cases they are material vehicles, but what really connects us
to the cause of all causes is that we are part of the cause. And we are united
with this consciousness by consciousness of this consciousness. We could say
that we are born by the grace of our parents because they decided to have a
child and so we were born as recipients of that will, and then they sacrificed
so that we have diapers, socks, shoes, clothing, food, and much physical things
but what linked me with my parents was their desire to have a child, which made
the image and likeness to them...
So when we say that we are made in the image and likeness of
God it is very reasonable.
One cannot beget lions or giraffes, but the Creator to
produce elephants, lions and giraffes, is not difficult, he can do what he
wants, and he felt like children should be born in the image of their parents.
Our relationship with God and our parents is that we are individual units of
consciousness, and these are very busily joining. Joining with the Lord who
will never leave you abandoned because the experience of abandonment and
separation hurts very much. It hurts and it hurts a lot, but being conditioned
souls we have something big that gives us no relief in separation: we are very
picky, we ask more of others than what we want to give. When we have a
relationship we always exploit the other in one way or another, take advantage
of the other person so when there is a forced separation people say one was
equally treated this way, lazy, liar, and they left because they had to go. One
conforms rather quickly with the departure of someone. Although at times there
are crocodile tears or sorrow for the dead.
The former closes the eyes with envy and greed, and which
makes us forget of who’s not there, and that he would not want us to fight. We
are bad companions because we do not give Krishna what he deserves. As the
husband doesn’t give his wife what she deserves, and the wife does not give him
what he deserves, maybe they make a trade, or they agree on bartering. But what
your husband or wife deserves is a great devotee, someone dedicated, compassionate, and doesn’t
ask what for something they do not deserve.
As the Isopanisad states, that the Supreme Lord is giving us
and we should not take what we do not need, but it’s not that we ask for more
than we need, but often we take it without asking. When we divide 100 by 200 it
is difficult that only half that each person gets, and a half does not work,
you have to accept. You have to accept that each functional unit is blessed
unity. As is said, there is enough in this world for everyone's need, but not
for their greed. Then you see that the rich do not get tired of wealth, and
always want to increase and worst, when they have the most, they are more
afraid of losing. Whoever does not have is not like that. He who has saved for 100
days of food, when they reach 40 days and have to work to replenish then his
anxiety will start. Therefore, the more one has, accumulates, then the more
anxious one becomes.
There is a very wise saying that I always remember when I
think of Srila Bhakti Rakshak Sridhar Deva Goswami: "Take care of your own
business, and surrender" My surrender is to surrender to your company,
dear Vaishnava, that your bhajan keeps me safe, to be maintained by prasada and
hari khata and that we always remain attached to the pleasant company of
devotees ... Especially here in the Yamuna Kunja, where my heart is shaken by
the beauty of being in front of Yamuna Devi. This is where many beggars were
inspired by the entire planet without any attraction to the opulence of this
world and the illusory pleasures.
One of them sang: I am a sinner, luxuriously full and
nothing good in me ... Gopinath, that the presence of Your lotus feet descend to
this soul. Maybe you play a trick or scold me if you see something in me that I
do, that you don’t like, so this will be my last birth. I do not want to put
conditions to My Lord ... what he decides then I will accept it.
The material world is very strong. I would love to meet His
lotus feet to please Him entirely in an eternal relationship because I feel
that in the material world there is too much fraudulent levels, not at all
levels because there are very faithful souls, but fraud is exaggerated so I
decide I do not want anything else around here, and it's something that I
present to my Lord so that He may utilize as He wishes. All these years in
Krishna Consciousness have been very merciful even the moments of suffering.
All were moments were learning experiences and beautiful. And from now on I ask
you, dear Vaishnavas, that you allow me to keep singing and reading the Srimad Bhagavatam
in his campaign, pushing the sankirtan movement, as well as you do, as these
great acharyas have done service for the world's salvation. Who knows how many
times these saints passed through this door, at least Sripad Damodar Maharaja
and Srimati Mataji passed through here.
So they did their Pushpa Samadhis here, because I knew them and knew they were
very dear to Srimati Radharani. All this is but a mercy for us to learn to be grateful...
Thank you very much, dear sankirtaneers, for joining us on
this beautiful journey. In the coming days we will be doing the farewell
ceremonies for those who have left this world during the year. Those wishing that
your loved one participate in this ceremony, send the photo to Vrinda Kunja
mail with the name and details of relationship with you.
(Vrindakunja@gmail.com). With much love from here, to all of you in marathon work, to participate
in this marathon in December from India.
Jay Srila Prabhupada!
Your always well wisher,
Swami BA Paramadvaiti
Your always well wisher,
Swami BA Paramadvaiti
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