Do You Know Who You Really Are?
Here are the lyrics for my song "Turn On Your Soul." This song will be released on my next CD. It carries a very important message that can benefit the entire world. Plus it contains a powerful argument used by Srila Prabhupada to logically defeat atheism. Below you can see and hear a live performance from my recent visit to Australia. It was an ecstatic day by the side of a river.
Turn OnYour Soul
Do you know who you really are?
Do you know where you’re coming from?
Do you know for sure where you’re goin’
Or what you will become?
You’re eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
So remember and celebrate this.
You’re not of this world, dear friend.
Better tune in and turn on your soul.
Do you know what happens when you die?
Do you know what’s beyond the sky?
Do you think that body is you?
It’s just something that you’re passing through.
You’re eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
So remember and celebrate this.
You’re not of this world, dear friend.
Better tune in and turn on your soul.
We’re told that everything happens by chance.
That the universe has no person in control.
But I see that every machine has got an operator.
So the universe also has one. This I know!
Do you know who you really are?
Do you know where you’re coming from?
Do you know for sure where you’re goin’
Or what you will become?
You’re eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
So remember and celebrate this.
You’re not of this world, dear friend.
Better tune in and turn on your soul.
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Your Divine Grace, and to Gurumataji.
All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.
I beg your help in understanding the following point. Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita 6.8-9:
"A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogi [or mystic] when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. He sees everything—whether it be pebbles, stones or gold—as the same. A person is said to be still further advanced when he regards all—the honest well-wisher, friends and enemies, the envious, the pious, the sinner and those who are indifferent and impartial—with an equal mind."
How does the self-realized person develop relationships if he sees everyone equally? Does he think, "This person is acting as my honest well-wisher only due to a particular combination of the modes of nature", or "This one is envious because of the gunas controlling him."? It seems like he will only see the action of maya and, remaining impartial, not deal with the soul. Since the soul in all these different bodies is simply sleeping, with whom does he interact and relate?
I'm also not yet awake. So how does one sleeping soul develop meaningful relationships with other sleeping souls? Is the only really satisfying relationship with Krishna? Are loving dealings with devotees only a practice for eventually being with Krishna? Isn't it selfish to think, "I'll develop a good connection with this devotee so that I can finally be with Krishna?" The relationship with the devotee appears as a means, not an end.
Your servant,
Dvijamani Gaura dasa
My Dear Dvijamani Gaura,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The mahabhagavat sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord. Such a devotee does not discriminate between an atheist and a theist but sees everyone as part and parcel of God and sees everyone as a pure
devotee of Krishna. This is his equal vision. But since in this state of consciousness he cannot preach, out of compassion upon the fallen souls he comes down to the platform of a madhyama adhikari to observe the distinctions between four categories of beings: (1) the Supreme Lord; (2) the devotees of the Lord; (3) the innocent, who have no knowledge of the Lord; and (4) the atheists, who have no faith in the Lord and hate those in devotional service. The madhyama-adhikari behaves differently toward these four classes of person. He adores the Lord, considering Him the object of love; he makes friends with those who are in devotional service; he tries to awaken the dormant love of God in the hearts of the innocent; and he avoids the atheists, who deride the very name of the Lord.
It is not selfish to think, "I'll develop a good connection with this devotee so that I can finally be with Krishna.” This is so because Lord Krishna has ordered us that unless we are the devotees of His devotees we are not His devotees. Thus developing loving relationships with devotees is non-different from awakening pure love of Krishna within our hearts.
I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.
Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Turn OnYour Soul
Do you know who you really are?
Do you know where you’re coming from?
Do you know for sure where you’re goin’
Or what you will become?
You’re eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
So remember and celebrate this.
You’re not of this world, dear friend.
Better tune in and turn on your soul.
Do you know what happens when you die?
Do you know what’s beyond the sky?
Do you think that body is you?
It’s just something that you’re passing through.
You’re eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
So remember and celebrate this.
You’re not of this world, dear friend.
Better tune in and turn on your soul.
We’re told that everything happens by chance.
That the universe has no person in control.
But I see that every machine has got an operator.
So the universe also has one. This I know!
Do you know who you really are?
Do you know where you’re coming from?
Do you know for sure where you’re goin’
Or what you will become?
You’re eternal, full of knowledge and bliss.
So remember and celebrate this.
You’re not of this world, dear friend.
Better tune in and turn on your soul.
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Turn On Your Soul
Answers According to Vedic Knowledge
Question: Krishna Conscious Relationships?
Dear Srila Gurudeva,Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Your Divine Grace, and to Gurumataji.
All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.
I beg your help in understanding the following point. Krishna says in the Bhagavad-gita 6.8-9:
"A person is said to be established in self-realization and is called a yogi [or mystic] when he is fully satisfied by virtue of acquired knowledge and realization. Such a person is situated in transcendence and is self-controlled. He sees everything—whether it be pebbles, stones or gold—as the same. A person is said to be still further advanced when he regards all—the honest well-wisher, friends and enemies, the envious, the pious, the sinner and those who are indifferent and impartial—with an equal mind."
How does the self-realized person develop relationships if he sees everyone equally? Does he think, "This person is acting as my honest well-wisher only due to a particular combination of the modes of nature", or "This one is envious because of the gunas controlling him."? It seems like he will only see the action of maya and, remaining impartial, not deal with the soul. Since the soul in all these different bodies is simply sleeping, with whom does he interact and relate?
I'm also not yet awake. So how does one sleeping soul develop meaningful relationships with other sleeping souls? Is the only really satisfying relationship with Krishna? Are loving dealings with devotees only a practice for eventually being with Krishna? Isn't it selfish to think, "I'll develop a good connection with this devotee so that I can finally be with Krishna?" The relationship with the devotee appears as a means, not an end.
Your servant,
Dvijamani Gaura dasa
Answer: They Are All For Krishna's Service
From: Santiago, ChileMy Dear Dvijamani Gaura,
Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The mahabhagavat sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord. Such a devotee does not discriminate between an atheist and a theist but sees everyone as part and parcel of God and sees everyone as a pure
devotee of Krishna. This is his equal vision. But since in this state of consciousness he cannot preach, out of compassion upon the fallen souls he comes down to the platform of a madhyama adhikari to observe the distinctions between four categories of beings: (1) the Supreme Lord; (2) the devotees of the Lord; (3) the innocent, who have no knowledge of the Lord; and (4) the atheists, who have no faith in the Lord and hate those in devotional service. The madhyama-adhikari behaves differently toward these four classes of person. He adores the Lord, considering Him the object of love; he makes friends with those who are in devotional service; he tries to awaken the dormant love of God in the hearts of the innocent; and he avoids the atheists, who deride the very name of the Lord.
It is not selfish to think, "I'll develop a good connection with this devotee so that I can finally be with Krishna.” This is so because Lord Krishna has ordered us that unless we are the devotees of His devotees we are not His devotees. Thus developing loving relationships with devotees is non-different from awakening pure love of Krishna within our hearts.
I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.
Your ever well-wisher,
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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