Some days when I ve got that fragile feeling , its good to know I have that place to go inside my heart where You are always giving me Your sweet company so loving and serene.
For so long I have been trying to make plans to enjoy , but those plans have not included Krishna. All such plans are full of anxiety . Will I get what I want ? Will something happen to disturb my plan ? Will someone not co-operate with my plan etc etc.The process of Krishna consciousness is teaching me that such attempts are not the natural way - it is better to depend on Krishna. Certainly it is the nature of the soul to want to experience ever-increasing , unending happiness and pleasure - ananda - but I am learning that such a life exists only with Krishna , only with Radha and Krishna , the ever -youthful Divine Couple in Vrindavana , the Land of Love.
Describing that place , Shrila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami says " Even today Sri Madhava (Krishna ) enjoys the sweet nectar of transcendental patimes there , lovingly herding the cows with His brother Baladeva and His dearly beloved sakhas (friends ).The astonishing sweetness of this place appears in the hearts of the rasika devotees. I take shelter of Vraja (Vrindavana ) , which is more precious even than Mathura. " He goes on to say " I worship Madhava s fortunate associates who consider the vast ocean of their own happiness to be as insignificant as a blade of grass , and who ,filled with pure love for Sri Krishna , the enemy of the Mura demon,always lovingly and humbly strive to increase His happiness. "
So better to surrender to Sri Sri Radha Krishna , to Their sweet will , to trying to please them by trying to please Their dearly beloved , my eternal spiritual master , Their most confidential associate. Such surrender begins with surrendering my mind -giving up its plan-making habit and simply chanting Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare , Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. As Sri Krishna confirms in Bhagavad -gita , " By absorbing their minds in full consciousness of Me, My divine servants experience transcendental pleasure of the highest order.With passions calmed,they achieve freedom from blame and come to perceive the Supreme Divine Person face to face. " Ch.6.27. May we all drown in His Ocean of Grace.
SONGS BY ANANDA VARDHAN ( ANDREW FREEDMAN )
http://rhythmmusicstore.com/music/6135/Ananda-Vardhan/Song-For-George
http://www.last.fm/music/Ananda+Vardhan ( full-length previews )
http://cdbaby.com/cd/AnandaVardhan1
http://www.adventurebootcamp.co.za/soul.php5.
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