Me, My Guru - On essence! - Bhagavatam!

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Me, My Guru - On essence! - Bhagavatam!

“Open your mouth Krishna” she demanded and pushed her fingers against cheeks in such a way that he had to open his mouth wide-open. Eyes that were filled with anger met with the rarest of sights. She saw inside his mouth the entire Universe. All that she knew existed in this world and the other was found in ‘his mouth’ - Celestials, trees, animals, sages and what not. The sight frightened her. What was her child? Fright took over her senses. And then with his ‘yogamaya’ he made her forget all that she had seen and then she became the usual mother to him, shouting at him, spanking him and scolding him. The ‘Lord’ enjoyed the ‘love of the mother’ like never before” she finished the story. It sounded so real. We weren’t listening to it. We saw it with our ‘ears’. She actually had transported us to that place. I presumed that this feeling and experience was same for all! It ought to be. That good was her explanation.

She continued breaking through my thoughts “Sage Sukhadev told this story to Parikshit. King Parikshit wondered “Why did Krishna show that rare ‘darshan’ and then erase it from her memory?” for which the Sage replied “Lord out of his immense love and grace can bestow such ‘darshan’ or ‘sightings’ of ‘His Divinity’ at his own will on anyone whom he thinks befits such a ‘darshan’ (vision). But it is not within the ‘digestible limits’ of ordinary bhakthas or devotees to ‘see, understand and take that sight. So, to avoid the discomfort experienced by them he chooses to withdraw the knowledge of such darshan”.

She continued with her explanation “Is it not the ‘love and humility’ of Lord to hide His greatness just to receive the love of His mother Yashoda – the motherly way.

Normally, people flaunt the normal things that they do as ‘herculean tasks’ to picture themselves as ‘great, good and hard working person’. Only a divine person underplays his part.

Such ‘visions’ are certainly the reward of ‘past punya karma’ (good deeds). But though we receive what we deserve, sometimes we are not capable enough to handle it. So, out of love ‘He’ either postpones us from receiving what we deserve till we actually become eligible enough to handle it or gives us what we asked for (in some distant past) and at the same time takes it away even more quickly before it harms us in any way.

“Denial is also a form of love” that is if you can see it of course!

Even if you don’t see it, it is still love; just you wouldn’t validate it, see it, cherish it and know it! That’s all!

“What do you mean by ‘digestible limits’ of ordinary bhakthas?” asked someone.

“Once, at the end of ‘agnathavas of Pandavas’ (living in incognito) when Lord Krishna goes to (Royal court) ‘sabha’ of Dhritarashtra as a Royal Emissary ‘dooth’ for peace talk, Duryodhan in his folly commands his army to ‘arrest’ ‘Kirhsna’. Then he shows ‘His Viswaroopam’ – His Divine form to all present there. Only Vidur, Dronacharya, Kripacharya and Bhisma are able to see that ‘sight’. Hearing the commotion, Dhritarashtra pleads Lord to give him eyes to see ‘His Divine Form’. Out of grace, Krishan bestows Dhritarashtra with eyes and be beholds the Divine form of the lord. After seeing the form to his hearts’ content, he pleads Krishna to take away his sight as he doesn’t want to see this world filled with filth of sin and Lord fulfils his wish and withdraws his sight.

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# on love, Bhagavatam, on relationships, Me, My Guru, karma, destiny, worthy of our desire, pandavas, ma Yashoda, maya, 

Points to understand:

• Even denial is a form of love.
• When we seek something which we are not capable of handling, He gives out of grace and then takes it away from us before we harm ourselves with our "desire" or its "fulfillment".
• It is better we become eligible to desire and then seek. That way, we can both have it and then cherish and enjoy it.
• Worthiness comes with healing self of our karmas with various techniques.
• Worthiness comes with healing, sadhan and by tapas.