Do You Want to Taste the Nectar?

Do you want to taste at every minute the nectar of unlimited happiness within your heart? It is not difficult to do so, if you are willing to lay aside all the rubbish mental conditioning which has distorted your vision for countless eons of lifetimes. You need to boldly embrace an intelligent perspective about reality, which objectively takes into account what is actually going on around you.

Kindly note that we desire to live forever, but yet the laws of nature are forcing death upon us. This means that we must necessarily be not of this world. We must be creatures of another dimension where life is eternal.

If one is fortunate enough to come into contact with a liberated soul who is living in that eternal dimension of existence and he takes full advantage of that liberated soul's association, he can then regain his original position of an eternal, unlimited happy life.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question:Everyone is Originally a Devotee?

Dear Gurudeva,

Pranams. Thank you very much for your enlightening mails. I have a doubt which I am requesting you to please clarify for me.

Bhagavan Sri Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita, "My devotee never fails." And He also say, "Asuras (non-devotees) will go deeper and deeper into materialism and will never reach Me." So I think the asuras could have never been devotees because this would contradict the first statement. But as I understand from your writing, it seems every one started from Vaikuntha, the spiritual world, initially and then fell down into this material world at some point. This would mean that everyone was originally a devotee. This is confusing me. Therefore I request your clarification.

Subramanian

Answer: Yes, Even the Non-Devotees

That we are all Krishna conscious living entities in our original, natural state of consciousness is confirmed as follows by Lord Caitanya in the Sri Caitanya Caritamrita:

Jīvera svarūpa haya-kṛṣṇera nitya-dāsa

"The real identity of the living entity is that he is the eternal servant of Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead."
--Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 20.108

It is a fact, as you have stated, that the devotee never fails. And it is also a fact, as you have stated, that the asuras remain perpetually in materialism. But what you have failed to note is that this only remains true for as long as they remain asuras. When such asuras, by the mercy of the Lord's pure devotees, come to their senses and engage once again the Lord's service, they become eligible candidates for regaining their lost positions in the spiritual world as the Lord's eternal servants.

It would not make sense that some living beings would created by the Lord as asuras. This would make God a very cruel person indeed. The reality is that the Lord creates everyone as a devotee so that He can enjoy loving relationships with them. Since love is voluntary, the Lord endows each living being with the free will to love Him or leave Him. And for those who foolishly leave Him, He mercifully makes so many arrangements to attract them to voluntarily return to His service.

I sincerely hope that this has cleared up your confusion. If it is still bewildering to you, kindly inquire further so that I can help you understand this clearly.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari