The Ultimate Insider's Secret

Sometimes we hear it said that our fate is unalterable, that nothing can be done to improve our situation and the world situation, and that we might as well just resign ourselves to our fate. While this is true according to the law of karma, it is also a fact that our personal fate, the fate of others, and the world fate can be transformed if we know the ultimate insider's secret, which enables us to transcend the karma chakra.

What is that?

The secret of transforming our fate is to understand that there are two distinct dimensions of consciousness. In the material dimension we are completely locked into our fate because in the material dimension the law of karma operates with perfect unyielding precision. We reap exactly what we sow, nothing more, nothing less. However in the spiritual dimension we are no longer bound by our fate. In that dimension we enjoy full freedom and can overcome the influence of the karmic laws to transform our destiny. The really nice thing about existence is that we are completely free to choose in which dimension we would like to operate: the material dimension or the spiritual dimension.

While the material dimension appears very attractive because of its instant-gratificatory nature, it pales in comparison to the sublime spiritual dimension of eternity, knowledge, and bliss. One must have maturity of understanding to appreciate the more subtle spiritual dimension. And one must be humble enough to receive the blessings of the bona fide spiritual master to enter into the spiritual dimension. If we take advantage of the mercy of the bona fide spiritual master, he will give us the key that unlocks the door to the spiritual dimension. After having entered and tasted that dimension fully, we will never want to come back to this material dimension of temporality, ignorance, and illusion in which we are stringently bound up in the wheel of karma.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Why the Hare Krishna Mantra?...

My question today is this:

Since all of Lord Krishna's many names, forms and other attributes are considered nondifferent, why is the Hare Krishan Maha-Mantra recommended for chanting/singing as if it were more important than any other mantra?

Thank you. Love always...

Tommi.

Answer: Hare Krishna is the Most Fully Potent...

Even though it is a fact that each and every name of God has the full potency to deliver us from this material existence, still there is a difference between fully potent, more fully potent, and most fully potent. This is why it is clearly enjoined by Lord Brahma as he is quoted in the Kali Santarana Upanishad:

hare krsna hare krsna
krsna krsna hare hare
hare rama hare rama
rama rama hare hare
iti sodasakam namnam
kali-kalmasa-nasanam
natah parataropayah
sarva-vedesu drsyate

"In all of the Vedic literatures there is found no better method for freeing ourselves from the sinful contamination of the age of Kali than chanting these sixteen names: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare."

The Sanskrit language is crystal clear. It leaves no doubts as to the intended meaning. It is pointedly stated "natah parataropayah--There is no better method."

Because we are in a very diseased state of consciousness at the present time in the Kali Yuga, the spiritual master prescribes for us only the most potent medicine. When one is extremely sick only the most potent medicine will do. The drug store is full of many varieties of bona fide medicines. But when we are very sick we take only that medicine prescribed for us by our physician knowing fully well that we need to follow his prescription in order to recover quickly from our disease.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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