Sree Krishna, the Lord of LovePremananda Bharati, Baba
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Sree Krishna, the Lord of Love
Premananda Bharati, Baba
Krishna (Hindu deity)
Such, in truth, is Krishna's attraction and more. He is the embodiment
of the concentrated Beauty and Sweetness of all the Universes, His Eyes
and Face the focus of the Love that fills all that is. Hence this Prem
Bhakti Path, which means the Path of Love's Devotion, is called the Path
of Beauty and Sweetness. Beauty and Sweetness are Coexistent, are one
and the same thing. Beauty is the expression of Sweetness, Sweetness is
the Essence of Beauty, and Love is the Parent of both. Krishna's Form
and Symmetry are all Ideals' unapproachable, inconceivable, unimaginable
Ideal. The newest rain-cloud[1] color of His complexion is the color of
the condensed Ether of Ether—Love. His crown and crest of
peacock-feathers, His raiment of molten gold—the color of attraction—His
long garland and ornaments of wild flowers, His jewel Kaustubha on His
Breast and His bamboo flute were all proud contributions of Nature to
Her Supreme Lord. If we can imagine the essence of the purest of pure
love condensed into a substance as thick as flesh and moulded into form,
we can then have some idea of the material of Krishna's Body, whether in
Glory or on earth. It is a Form which, the moment you produce some
likeness of it in imagination thrills you with ecstasy, for it is
Ecstasy condensed.
Krishna is best worshipped with the heart. Prayers and incantations and
offerings, without sincere feeling, do not reach Him. He responds to the
call of love alone. Call Him from the innermost depth of your heart with
pure love—love unmixed with motive—with sincere, artless love of a fond
baby for its mother, and He will appear to you and do whatever you want
Him to do. Krishna is your veriest own, nearer to you than your nearest
relative, your only true friend in life and Eternity. He is dearer, more
precious than your body or your life or your heart for He is your soul
and soul is dearer and more precious than body, life or heart. It is Him
you have been searching in all your searchings in life, in lives you
have lived before, and Him will you search in lives that are to come
after this life. He is ever with you. He is within you, but you are
searching for Him outside of you—whence you miss Him, hence you run
after all the will-o'-the-wisps of life, thinking these will give you
the joy which your Only Beloved and Lover alone can give. No wonder you
are deceived, depressed, unsatisfied—the reward of chasing the shadow of
the substance that lies within you, the reward of chasing the rainbow
which is but the reflection of the Sun of your soul's sky.
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