When All Hell Breaks Loose
Things do not always go on pleasantly in this material world. Sometimes all hell breaks loose. Just imagine if you were in the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. Or just imagine if you were in an automobile going into a head-on collision. Like it or not, we all live in a world of calamities. So what are we supposed to do when we find ourselves in a calamitous situation?
The starting point for dealing with calamities is to always remember that you are not your material body. Like a garment that you can wear today and discard tomorrow, this body is simply a covering of the actual self, the eternal spirit soul. What this means is that these nightmarish situations are going on in a dream state only. Your factual existence is somewhere else.
Spiritual enlightenment or Krishna consciousness is the process of waking up from the bad dream. You simply have to remember that you are the eternal servant of Krishna and stay factually tuned into that reality by always remaining absorbed in Krishna conscious thoughts, words, and deeds twenty-four hours daily. This art can be learned and mastered in the association of devotees under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master.
If you have seriously cultivated enlightened consciousness in this way, the next time all hell breaks loose, you will see it for what it is, a movie on the screen of material existence. And you will be able to flip the channel to other program (an eternal life full of bliss and knowledge in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead), even while at the same time you deal expertly with the calamity that is at hand. This is the amazing nature of Krishna consciousness. If you would like to taste it, you can. You simply have to adopt the path of devotional service with full earnestness.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Please accept my humble obeisances!
I've heard that the spiritual energy from chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra can be utilized in a materialistic way. Does it mean that someone can repeat "Hare Krishna" in order to reach his own material goals and be successful?
Your servant,
Anja
This is less intelligent because God is going to give us our material facilities anyway. Because He is our loving father He will make sure that our material needs are met. Therefore the intelligent person petitions the Lord for the revival of his Krishna consciousness.
This is the best benediction to seek. Instead of begging for better facilities in a disaster zone, why not beg for that pure consciousness that qualifies one to be liberated from the disaster zone by being transferred to that place which is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss, where there is never any shortage of facilities? This is real intelligence. This is Krishna consciousness.
To use the holy names for material advancement is a nama-aparadha, an offense against the holy name. Our success or failure is going to come to us anyway as a result of our past pious and impious activities. So there is no sense in try to manipulate our karma by chanting the names of God. The smart thing to do is elevate your consciousness beyond the success/failure karmic dimension by pure chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. This is the ultimate and eternal success.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
The starting point for dealing with calamities is to always remember that you are not your material body. Like a garment that you can wear today and discard tomorrow, this body is simply a covering of the actual self, the eternal spirit soul. What this means is that these nightmarish situations are going on in a dream state only. Your factual existence is somewhere else.
Spiritual enlightenment or Krishna consciousness is the process of waking up from the bad dream. You simply have to remember that you are the eternal servant of Krishna and stay factually tuned into that reality by always remaining absorbed in Krishna conscious thoughts, words, and deeds twenty-four hours daily. This art can be learned and mastered in the association of devotees under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master.
If you have seriously cultivated enlightened consciousness in this way, the next time all hell breaks loose, you will see it for what it is, a movie on the screen of material existence. And you will be able to flip the channel to other program (an eternal life full of bliss and knowledge in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead), even while at the same time you deal expertly with the calamity that is at hand. This is the amazing nature of Krishna consciousness. If you would like to taste it, you can. You simply have to adopt the path of devotional service with full earnestness.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Answers According to the Vedic Version:
Question: Chanting for Material Success....
Guru Maharaja,Please accept my humble obeisances!
I've heard that the spiritual energy from chanting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra can be utilized in a materialistic way. Does it mean that someone can repeat "Hare Krishna" in order to reach his own material goals and be successful?
Your servant,
Anja
Answer: Not Good, Not Necessary...
The Hare Krishna maha-mantra is undoubtedly the most powerful method of approaching and connecting with God. Any method of approaching God can be properly utilized for reviving our dormant enlightened consciousness, our Krishna consciousness. Or it can be improperly utilized by petitioning the Lord to give us better facility for sense gratification. Unfortunately nowadays mostly we see that people are approaching God to improve their material facilities.This is less intelligent because God is going to give us our material facilities anyway. Because He is our loving father He will make sure that our material needs are met. Therefore the intelligent person petitions the Lord for the revival of his Krishna consciousness.
This is the best benediction to seek. Instead of begging for better facilities in a disaster zone, why not beg for that pure consciousness that qualifies one to be liberated from the disaster zone by being transferred to that place which is eternal, full of knowledge and bliss, where there is never any shortage of facilities? This is real intelligence. This is Krishna consciousness.
To use the holy names for material advancement is a nama-aparadha, an offense against the holy name. Our success or failure is going to come to us anyway as a result of our past pious and impious activities. So there is no sense in try to manipulate our karma by chanting the names of God. The smart thing to do is elevate your consciousness beyond the success/failure karmic dimension by pure chanting of the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. This is the ultimate and eternal success.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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