The Power of Maya (illusion)

Maya or say the illusion is one of the undefeatable power of the supreme God. We can say that this world is running properly just only because of maya. When someone very close to you dies we feel sad for sometime and think it is not possible for us to live without them but subsequently we forget everything and laugh again. Why it happens? Because of maya only.

We all know that there is an end to our life and we all will die one day but still we don’t want to think about it and involve ourselves in our day to day life and it happens again because of maya. We feel very much attached to this body which is full of blood, flesh, bones, urine and stool etc. which happens again due to maya. In Srimad Bhagvadgita also lord sri krishna says that “mam maya durtaya” means it is difficult to cross over my maya but a pure devotee can easily sail over it.

Actually what is maya ? maya is an illusion which makes the things seem real which actually do not exist. For example, we think that this world is real but it is real as long as our mind conceives it in that way, the moment we sleep that world is not existing. It is like the dreams we see in our sleep and in those dreams everything seems to be real but when we woke up we realize the truth. Similarly, this world is also an illusion and when we leave this body we realize this truth. Here we can also say that mind only continuously creates everything, it only says to you this is real or unreal but that cannot happen without the help of maya. Further, we have heard many times that all human relationships which took place in this earth happens due to the previous karmas or deeds done in our previous births that means we have taken many births and in each and every birth we had many parents/wife/children etc. then why we don’t remember them and why we feel so much attached to all those relationships in every birth, the answer is again due to maya.

In this regard, there is an very interesting story in our puranas/epics. Once devrishi narad wanted to see or know maya and he used to continuously pester Lord for it. Firstly, lord tried to avoid the request as it would only give him problem but narad was adamant. So one fine day lord and narad were going somewhere when lord feel thirsty and he asked for some water. Narad immediately came into action and he ran in search of water and while searching he found a very big and beautiful house. He knocked at the door and a very beautiful young girl came out of it and the moment narad saw her, it was love at first sight. The lady asked him what he want but narad was so spellbound that he could not utter a single word. The lady went inside the house and closed the door but narad didn’t go from there and sat there to see her again. That house belonged to one big zamindar who was very rich and had lots of land and properties and that girl was his only child and he was searching for some better groom for her who will stay here as his son. When two days passed and narad didn’t move from there the girl told her father about it and that she also like him. The father was also happy and he gave marraige of his daughter with narad. After the father died narad became the sole owner of all the properties and after sometime narad had three children from that lady and it was a happy family life and like this thirty years passed. Then one day severe flood came in his village and everything including his properties, house drowned and narad ran outside his house alongwith his children and wife but subsequently everybody drowned and only he survived. Narad sat with his hands on his head and crying alas everything gone my house/family/properties when suddenly a hand came from behind and tapped him. Narad looked back and saw lord standing in front of him, the lord asked him, “narad what happened ? I was waiting for you for half an hour ?” half an hour ! narad shouted thirty years have gone lord ! the lord smiled and said this is maya ! you wanted to see, so I showed it you. Narad immediately fall at the lotus fee of Lord Sri Krishna and requested the Lord to save him from his maya and give pure devotion at his lotus feet.

So the moral of the story is that pure devotion can only save us from the dangerous power of maya.
Jai Sri Krishna !

THE REALITY BEHIND 2012.

For the past one year, there is a fear or say a hype being created by the astrologers, people and the media that the world is going to end by 2012. There would be lot of natural calamities and heavy casualities all over the world. Many are also predicting that 2012 may also trigger the most fearful and unwanted thing the World War III and what to say more, recently there had been an hollywood movie also on the same theme ‘2012’. But we, the devotees of Supreme Lord Sri Krishna are absolutely calm and cool! Because we know the truth and the reality behind the year 2012. What I would like to say is not again one more prediction or hype but simply the truth and to know or accept that you need pure devotion to the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krishna. The year 2012 would be the end of all unspiritual activities all over the world and more and more people irrespective of their caste/creed would be attracted towards spiritualism. People would become more and more religious and nearly a decade ago the so-called modern people who used to make fun of the religious sentiments, rituals, festivals and saints they would start respecting them from the core of their heart. Another thing may happen, some people those who would continue to do the same thing as aforesaid, may find themselves in some of the most difficult times of their life and subsequently which would take them towards the aspect of spiritualism. So it may be an alarm for all those people from all over the world. India would lead the world as a hub of religious activities and would also act as a spiritual consultant for the world. Our own younger generation who are escaping towards west in search of money/wealth/prosperity would realise the divinity hiding in the temples, pilgrimage places and in each and every corner of India. And who knows, the process would have already started where the eyes of media cannot reach, which the astrologers cannot predict. It would be a huge and massive purifying process for the whole mankind and those who are going to witness this are really very blessed souls on this earth. So the year 2012 would mark the end of materialism and the beginning of spiritualism.
Jai Govinda! Jai Mukunda!

THE SECRET OF HAPPINESS

Everybody in this world wants happiness as it is natural in each and every human being. The source of Happiness depends from person to person according to their choices or nature. But I think the happiness acquired through materialistic things is temporary as it is anitya. Instead we should go for the divine happiness through the atma which is nitya. Most of the people in this world are unhappy as their happiness depend upon the temporary things.

The basic problem is the ego of human being which took him far away from the aspect of spiritualism which can only give him the feeling of everlasting divine happiness. The basic necessity in being religious/spiritual (or whatever name you put) is total surrender to the lotus feet of lord Sri Krishna / Govinda which is also called Purna Saranagati. Once you surrender to God, all your botherings also disappear within seconds. When we were small kids we were under the utmost care of our parents who used to take care of all our needs, hence we were free from all kinds of botherings and were very happy. Similarly God is the parent of all the parents in this world and if you surrender to him certainly he will take utmost care of you (somewhere one acharya was telling in a katha like the eyelid takes care of your eyeball).

And this thing starts by thinking about God in each and every moment of your life which is called Ananya Chinta (constantly thinking) according to Srimad Bhagvadgita and which subsequently takes you towards Purna Saranagati. So the Key to Happiness or rather I should say the Divine Happiness is Ananya Chinta/Purna Saranagati.

Jai Sri Krishna !