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Obstacles in Bhakti
Govinda. Govinda belongs to me and I belong to Govinda. Unless and until
we feel this strongly we will not realize what we are missing.
Who wants Him gets Him. Also we have to want Him in the correct manner.
It has to be like this – “I have nobody but Govinda, I have no possession
other than Govinda and I don’t want anything other than Govinda.” I want
material things and I want Govinda also. A wicked woman loves her husband
yet hankers for another man – we call her promiscuous. In the kingdom of
bhakti we cannot afford to be like this.
We cry when we lose five rupees. We know we won’t get the rupee again. Yet
we keep searching for it for two days and our mind thinks about it time and
again. Tell me, the whole day we thought about those five rupees, shed tears
over it – do we think even that much about Sri Bhagavân? How much we
miss those five rupees – do we miss Him even that much? Then please
realize I am so fallen that I have not been able to love Govinda as much as
five rupees!
Really, material attachment is the cause of my bondage. There is none other
than Sri Govinda who belongs to me – when will I feel this? The day I realize
this world will appear like a jungle. Just as in a deep forest there are wild
carnivores roaming everywhere, in this world also there is no one we can call
our own – only wild beasts wandering freely – in the form of lust, anger,
envy……at any time they will attack us – we shall realize this. It is then that
our heart will cry out piteously for Govinda.
A child is playing; her mother calls her so many times, yet she does not
answer, in stead she gets irritated. As the evening approached she felt no
liking for her toys any more. Her heart cries out for her mother. But now her
mother had left her in someone else’s charge and had gone out. Now the
child starts crying – “I want mummy!” She was given so many toys, yet none
pacifies her. She starts bawling – “I want mummy!” Similarly just now we
are enjoying the toys of worldly pleasure, so we are not answering Sri
Govinda’s call. When really and truly we will get fed up of this game we will
realize we have none other than Sri Govinda – that day no material object
will give us pleasure. And on that day we will really cry from the bottom of
our heart – “Hâ Govinda!”
The baby was calling her mother. She was busy with cooking. She did not
answer her call. Suddenly the baby fell down and she screams – “Ma-‘’ and
stopped. The mother immediately dropped all her chores and rushed to her
baby. “My darling”, she gushed and picked her up – “Here I am, child, look at
me, sweetheart!” She started smothering her with kisses. Similarly when we
cry out for Govinda compelled with the agitation from our heart – if we cry
out simply once – Sri Govinda’s seat will tremble. A single cry from the
bottom of the heart can achieve what innumerable cries can not. But there
should be great stirring in the heart. It is necessary. When this agitation
reaches the zenith only then Sri Govinda appears to the devotee.
Vivek das – Your words are nectarine. I feel so happy. However O great
soul, I have one extreme weakness. I have started with bhajan very late. At
an advanced age I have left my household and taken the life of a recluse. My
body is unfit and my mind has no confidence. My past sanskâr is bad and is
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