An Authentic Life 1.1 for pdf - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism

thirteen even though I wanted to be older, but I didn’t
want to push it since he didn’t offer that option. (In
traditional Indian society girls were ready for marriage
at that age. We see it as symbolic of youthful
blossoming and readiness to enter the mysteries and
realms of love. I later changed it to eighteen.) He told
me my skin color is golden and my dress sky blue, “a
beautiful color combination.” He asked me what service
I liked performing best. I said, “Bathing and dressing
Radha.” That became my eternal service. He told
me the name of my abode--Mahananda Kunja, a
bower in Brindaban that provides great bliss. I am in
Lalita Sakhi’s group. She’s Radha’s most confidential
girlfriend. Lalita Prasad and Bhaktivinode Thakurs
are in her group too. Our greatest desire is to please
Radha-Krishna. Lalita Prasad told me not to change
any of these attributes without informing him and to
always meditate on them.
From one of Bhaktivinode's books written in
Bengali, Lalita Prasad translated the pastimes of
Radha-Krishna during the twenty-four hours of the
day. In our meditations, Radha-Krishna engage in a
daily routine. The devotee, in her idealized spiritual
existence, improvises with and mixes herself into
these pastimes through meditation and visualization
during the day as events unfold. In this way, practitioners
develop a spiritual life, gradually transferring
consciousness from the limited material plane to the
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