Sharanagati

(from a lecture of Swami Tirtha, 13.05.2019 morning, Sofia)

Recently I noticed something happening to the devotees in general. Because many times we discuss progress and levels and achievements in spiritual life – how to measure the progress, which levels to achieve, what kind of powers you can have, what qualities to develop. And recently, in the last one or two years, I noticed that, I cannot say it in other words, but a kind of harmony and a kind of resonance has emerged. 

I think we discussed siddhis many times. And during the excursion Mohan had some questions to me. The first was: “Can you teleport things or not?” What can you say to a kid? I said: “Yes, sometimes I can. But, you know, I don’t want to disturb people, therefore I don’t use this power.” And then he was smart enough to have an explanation for himself. “Yeah, because otherwise people would be afraid, therefore Maharaj is not doing it.” He was satisfied with that. 

But he had another question. “Can you enter the body of others and influence or control them?” I said: “Yeah, I’m trying, but the control works very weakly.” But then I added “You know, if you love somebody, you always carry him in your heart. That means he is always with you.” And I think again he was happy with this. Then I asked Prema: “Hey, Prema, what kind of movies is this kid watching?” Because I’m sure he’s not reading the shastras to come up with these mystic powers.

But actually, his questions considered the siddhis, the mystic powers. Teleportation is of secondary importance, but to enter the system of another person and to control them – I think this is our life. Because this is what we expect – that Krishna will enter our system and He will control our life. This is what we are waiting for. In this way, somehow I understood that this need for mystic powers or the interest for mystic powers is in the air. 

And now back to my observation: I had seen that in the last few years some kind of mystic resonance is manifested. Sometimes devotees start to better understand my thoughts. I cannot say that I start to understand you better, because I’m very weak in these mystic powers, but I see some development here in you. And sometimes this is so practical, that the type of prasadam I was thinking of comes on the table. Sometimes this is really like a direct feedback; other times it’s much more subtle – same topics appear, we start to discuss the thing that is on my mind. Or the old friend or a devotee that we discuss about will appear. Also I think there is a very mystical experience in the Pech ashram now, there is a big development. Because all of a sudden all the energies and all the support and all the needed help is just rushing to the ashram. Outsiders are offering their help.

And actually, I had this bhajan on my mind, “Krishna Prema Mayi Radha; “Yes, maybe at the end we can sing this.” But I didn’t have the chance to integrate it into the program this time. Maybe you remember when we discussed that in the body there is too much tamas and very little sattva, but in the intellect, there is more sattva and less tamas. And there I wanted to mention: all right, let’s jump to a very divine topic – how much Radha-bhava is there in Krishna and how much Krishna-bhava is there in Radha? But I did not. Because I can only talk about birth, diseases, old age and death. Still you came up with the essential topic. And I am sure that this was another magic experience, mystic experience – to invite Jiva Goswami from 500 years and Goloka Vrindavan to join us here.

So, many times I’ve told you that you’ve got a secret here. It’s not necessary to do something else, just do what you do, cultivate what you have. Those who have the feeling, they will have the resonance. And the greatest treasure for this lifetime, jivane-nidhane, is to somehow achieve Radha-Govindaji’s shelter. 

(to be continued)