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The Journey of Self-Discovery 2.1: […] God is so great that He has nothing to do, no duties He must perform (na tasya karyam karanam ca vidyate). Why? Parasya saktir vividhaiva sruyate: His energies are multifarious, and they are working automatically, according to His desire (svabhaviki jnana-bala-kriya ca).
Suppose you are an artist. To paint a picture of a very nice rose, you have to take your brush, mix your colors on the palate, and tax your brain to make the picture beautiful. But in a garden you can see not only one rose but many thousands of roses blooming. They have been very artistically “painted” by nature.
But we should go deeper into the matter. What is nature? Nature is a working instrument, that’s all—an energy. Without some energy working, how could the rose bloom so beautifully from the bud? There must be some energy working, and that energy is Krishna’s energy. But it acts so subtly and swiftly that we cannot understand how it is working.
The material energies seem to be working automatically, but actually there is a brain behind them. When you paint a picture, everyone can see that you are working. Similarly, the “painting” of the actual rose is also worked out by several energies.
Don’t think that the rose has been created automatically. No. Nothing is created automatically. The rose is created out of the energies of the Supreme Lord, but these energies are so subtle and so artistic that a nice flower can bloom overnight.
So, Krishna is the greatest artist. Nowadays, in the electronic age, a scientist just pushes a button and his machine works so perfectly. Or an airplane pilot simply pushes a button and a huge machine just like a small city flies in the sky.
So if it is possible for ordinary men of this world to work so wonderfully simply by pushing some buttons, how much greater must be God’s ability to work. How much more fertile His brain must be than ordinary artists’ or scientists’ brains. Simply by His desire—“Let there be creation!”—everything is immediately manifest. So Krishna is the greatest artist. Full Chapter
pamho agtACBSP,
thank you for posting this very instructive article!
Actually as all the Prabhupadanugas already know love is the only way to see God.
Although we are a divine creation of God, this material body has got imperfect senses, always makes mistakes, has a tendency to cheat others and over all, is most of the time subjected to illusion.
To discover our real self means to go back to the original perfection created by God.
(BG 18.54)
In the material world almost everyone is born in darkness through the dualities of raga dvesa – attachment and repulsion.
In Krsna consciousness therefore our real spiritual business is to make our mind steady.
(purport, Gauranga Bolite Habe)
In His Sri Siksastakam, Lord Caitanya declares that the chanting of the holy name of Krishna cleanses the mirror of the mind. When the mirror of the mind is clean, one can see one’s original, spiritual self along with the Supreme Lord. The initial activities of bhakti, therefore, clear away ignorance and false ego and reveal to the living entity his eternal state of devotional service.
The time early in the morning, one and a half hours before sunrise, is called brahma-muhurta. During this brahma-muhurta, spiritual activities are recommended. Spiritual activities performed early in the morning have a greater effect than in any other part of the day.
thank you for your satsang,
agtys ys acsd
haribol