The Awakening of Krishna Consciousness

The awakening of Krishna consciousness is a process of ever-deepening meditation upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead via absorption in His loving service. Of all meditational systems, bhakti or loving service is the most powerful and effective because one becomes spontaneously attracted to his object of meditation just as a young boy is attracted to a young girl.

First one has faith in the process. This is the sraddha stage. Then he seeks out the association of devotees to help him take up the process. This is called the sadhu sanga stage. Then he becomes fully initiated into the process by the bona fide spiritual master. This is the bhajana-kriya stage. At this early stage, his meditation on the Supreme Lord is in little flashes and is always intruded upon by material thoughts. But then as he becomes free from the dirt within his heart (anartha nivritti) he reaches the nistha stage in which the meditation is hardly interrupted. In the next stage, known as ruci, the meditation is for longer periods without external interruptions. Then in the asakti stage the meditations are deep and profound. In the bhava stage the Supreme Lord appears immediately in his meditation. And finally, in prema, exchanges with the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna are constant, direct, and personal.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Getting Rid of False Ego

Revered Master,

How do I get rid from my false ego?

Thanks & Regards

Indira G.

Answer: Replace It With Real Ego

False ego is the false conception in which one considers himself to the center of enjoyment, to be the lord of all that he surveys. The impersonalists try to get rid of this false conception by denying the existence of the self, but they are not successful. After all, if the self denies the self, it is still the self doing the denying. The self has not been annihilated, nor can it be annihilated.

Therefore since the self cannot be annihilated, the actual solution is to replace the false ego with the real ego: "I am the eternal servant of Krishna." This assertion revives ones original identity beyond the temporary material body and opens the door to eternity, knowledge, and bliss. So this is what you should do to get rid of false. You should assert your identity as the eternal servant of Krishna by taking up the practice of devotional service under the guidance of the bona fide spiritual master.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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