Creating a New Enlightened World Civilization

Since the modern day self-centered global social order is gradually disintegrating more and more to the eventual point of complete, total anarchy, if we want to have in the future any kind of civilization remaining on this planet, the time has come to begin laying the groundwork for a new enlightened world civilization. Such a civilization must be based on the common unifying principle for all living beings. It cannot be based on any sort of self-centered and thus divisive conception, either concentrated or extended. Since we do all in fact emanate from one common source, it behooves us now to scientifically understand what is that common origin and to also understand how we can all live in a state of perfect harmony with that common origin. It is on this principle that we must now build the new enlightened world order.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Should I Relish the Nectar or Focus on Duties?

How do you handle keeping this continual physical daily balance when your consciousness, because of its spiritual intoxication, will not come out of the Divine attention? For example, when we may be preparing a meal or doing other duties and although we may call our consciousness constantly into the physical now and specially knowing that what we are doing is for the Divine therefore we must do it beautifully with full loving attention, still the consciousness suddenly skips away again to dance with the Divine and relish the nectar we receive thereof. Which is the better? Am I doing the right thing by calling my mind back from the Divine presence so often?

Samantha King.

Answer: Focus on Pleasing Krishna

Your question is nicely answered by the example of a great devotee of Krishna named Daruka. This devotee had the rare privilege of being one of the Lord's personal associates when He was on this planet 5,000 years ago. One day when Daruka was fanning Lord Krishna with a camara fan, he was filled with so much ectastic love that his consciousness was being carried away into an ocean of bliss. His mind became so surcharged with bliss that various ecstatic symptoms also became automatically manifested in his body. But Daruka was so serious about doing a first class job of fanning the Lord that he checked all of these ecstatic love manifestations so that he could continue doing his service for the Lord in the best possible way. In other words, he was more interested in giving the Lord happiness than he was in tasting it himself.

Of course there is a vast difference between the unlimited ocean of ecstatic emotions experienced by Lord Krishna's personal associates such as Daruka and ourselves. But still even for us neophytes who may sometimes get a little sneak preview of spiritual emotion, the same principle applies. We do not want to selfishly enjoy whatever spiritual bliss may mercifully be bestowed up us. We prefer to offer the energy that bliss gives us back into the Lord's service. This is the secret of how to rapidly advance in Krishna consciousness.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari