The Supreme Adventure

Who wants to live a dull, drab 9 to 5 sort of existence, squeezing whatever pleasure they can out of a temporary, miserable material body, when one can instead taste the most exciting, adventurous life of a spiritual revolutionary at the vanguard, the cutting edge, of world history? Only those who are uninformed would make the mistake of not living a life overflowing with the sweetest nectar. Therefore those who are so fortunate to have received the unlimited mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu make their lives perfect by solidly situating themselves on the path of bhakti and then inviting everyone else to also experience the supreme adventure by devoting themselves to the Supreme Person.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Is Krishna Present Now?

Hare Krishna!

Please guide me...

Is Krishna present now? If yes, in what avatar?
If not, then why not? Where is he?

With reverence,

Rishi Kumar Aggarwal
New Delhi

Answer: See Him Everywhere

Krishna is undoubtedly present everywhere at this very moment. In His expanded form, the Supersoul or Paramatma, He is within every atom and also between the atoms. This is compared to TV show broadcast waves, which are present everywhere in the atmosphere of a big city. But unless you have a TV set tuned in to the proper channel, you will not be able to see or hear the TV show.

Similarly, even though Krishna is present everywhere as the Supersoul, only those who are self realized, i.e. only those have a properly functioning TV set within their hearts can perceive Him. The spiritual master is the TV repairman who awakens us to self-realization so that we become empowered by devotion to see Krishna everywhere within and without.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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