While swimming in an ocean, you may sometimes face huge waves, and as you swim high on them, you enjoy the experience. However when the waves strike you unexpectedly you struggle, being dragged down helplessly. The waves keep changing every moment, but if you are rightly anchored, the waves can’t threaten you. Similarly in life, we sometimes face the waves of success and sometimes the waves of failures and suffering strike us unexpectedly. If we are anchored on Krishna, God, we will be sober and peaceful during both situations, and won’t be dragged into extreme display of emotions.
If we are in the consciousness of seeking to constantly remember Krishna, then spiritual life appears wonderful. In that state we can also understand the sacred texts better, and as we read Bhagavad-gita, we will feel that Krishna is personally talking to us. Just as a lover feels chills through his body as his beloved whispers loving words into his ear, similarly a devotee feels spiritual ecstasy as he hears Krishna’s love utterances in the form of Bhagavad Gita being narrated to him. Therefore it’s important that we anchor ourselves deeply on firmly remembrance of Krishna.
His Holiness Radhanath Swami
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