The Supreme Personal Personality

Yesterday's Post

Yesterday I wrote: "If, lacking love for our brothers and sisters, we strive to attain love of God, we are bound to meet will the same level of success."

During the latter part of the day I began to have second thoughts thinking that it couldn't actually be right because if one chants, that person will attain all auspiciousness.

At one stage I said to krsna, "What I wrote isn't actually true, is it? I should change it". Lacking the time, I never actually got to it.

Last night, however, during reading time, I was reading from Venu Gita by my gurudeva Srila Narayana Maharaja, and what I read was quite remarkable.

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"Randran venor adhara-sudhayapurayan - Dressed in enchanting garments suitable for roaming in the forest, the topmost dancer Syamasundara enters Vrndavana in the autumn, playing the flute. His facial expressions at the time of the venu-nada seem to indicate that He is trying to fill the holes of His flute with the nectar of His lips. As the flute is His eternal companion, it is only befitting that he should be without any holes. If anyone, even after attaining Krsna's association, still has some holes, or defects, it is a matter of great distress. But for this eternal associate of Krsna, the venu, it is impossible to be without holes. Therefore, Krsna Himself tries to fill up those holes with the nectar of His lips.

Sri Krsna rests His fingers on the holes of the flute, and puts him to His soft bud-like lips which outshine the beauty of a ripe crimson bimba fruit. Then, when He dispatches His breath through the flute, sweet alluring sounds flow from the holes of the venu, attracting all moving and non-moving beings. But alas! Still the flute cannot be without holes. Actually, Krsna's adharamrta, the nectar of His lips, comes out through the holes of the flute as nadamrta, the nectar of sweet sound. This exquisite music causes dry trees to become green and lush, flowers to bloom, and stones to melt. The venu himself, however, undergoes no changes; his dryness never comes to an end. Although the music melts all other moving and non-moving beings, the venu's hard, stuff body does not soften even slightly."

In this world there are many objects with numerous holes, but Krsna does not try to fill their holes. It is impossible for all to receive Krsna's association, but the venu has taken birth in a sad-vamsa, a virtuous dynasty (or alternatively meaning "good bamboo"), so by nature he is simple (or straight, thus fit to be used for a flute). Because of this, he easily gets to be with Krsna, who tries to fill his holes. But as the flute is devoid of inner essence, being heartless or hollow inside, he can never become 'holeless', despite having Krsna's association and mercy. From this we learn that those who get good association due to their simple nature or birth in a high-class family, but who have no love and affection in their hearts, still remain deprived of all benefits of good fortune."
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So whaddayathinkathat?

Not only was my initial statement correct but Krsna in His own sweet personal way, let me know that I should not change it. Man, He's so amazing and beautiful. Ya just gotta love Him.

Joy to all beings
tkd