Sharanagati

(from a lecture of Swami Tirtha, 09.01.2016 evening, Sofia) 

(continues from the previous Monday) 

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Please, remember this. ‘Krishna’ is the Dark Lord, Supreme Personality of Godhead; ‘Hare’ is His divine loving power; and ‘Rama’ is again very much connected to Him, but also it reminds us the happiness that we can derive. Not only at the end of our life, but also right now, here and now. You see – ‘here and now’ means ‘space and time’. How to go beyond time and space? How to resolve all the karmic bondage that we have? For that we need the information contained in these 84 million mantras, which is condensed in this ultimate message: Hare Krishna! Or you can also say: Hare Rama, because this is like a circular dance – you don’t know where is the beginning and where is the end. It’s always revolving.

But you know spiritual progress is a gradual step-by-step process. Very similar to the experience when we want to greet the sun in the morning. During the night it’s darkness, we don’t have the blessed light of the sun. At dawn, expecting the sunrise, slowly-slowly we can understand what is what around us. Because from the darkness slowly-slowly the trees, the houses, the people are revealed because the divine sun approaches and it sheds light on everything. And when the sun appears on the horizon, then everything is clear. No darkness anymore. In the same way the divine light, the divine illumination of the Krishna-sun, the divine sun can also appear on our heart’s and soul’s horizon. And maybe today there is darkness in my heart. But as soon as this divine sun appears on my horizon, then it will illuminate everything. From the darkness lead me to the light.

There are many-many steps in our spiritual process. Our teachers have given 64 different steps. And the first from all these 64 excellences is to take shelter. What does it mean ‘a shelter’? That you are not exposed to the difficulties anymore. You have found your home, you have found your protection. Shelter means you are not alone anymore. So this is a very comforting feeling, like a home comfort. Therefore it is very much suggested to achieve that shelter in our life, so that we can follow some guidance, so that we can practice a meditation, so that we can help our individual illumination and invite the divine bright sun of love to rise on the horizon of our heart and soul. And then we can continue with the many other steps of our spiritual life and progress, which will bring us closer and closer to our beautiful ideals of perfection, harmony, beauty and love.

So far we didn’t understand what love is. But if a miracle happens in our life, we shall have a conception. Something inside us will tremble.

Concluding our session today, let me wish a very blessed and very successful year, so that all your spiritual endeavors are fulfilled, so that all blessings come upon us and the condensed essence of all these time-space-karma information come in an essential divine drop of amrita to us all, so that this nectar become an ocean – sagar. Be united in the spirit! Blessings to all! Peace be upon the world! And please come tomorrow also!