SB 01.15.27 – When material reality consumes us, philosophy provides the foundation for seeking shelter in spiritual reality

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but also in our material conduct thank you Rajna is now after recollecting the intimate association that he had with Krishna the devastating loss of Krishna and the crushing departure of his own abilities and the agonizing intracanine destruction of the whole Yadu dynasty now Arjuna is desperately looking for relief and he’s finding that relief in the words of Krishna so when the Vani when the Vapu is lost the Vani is still there and sometimes we think that the Vani is a substitute for Vapu and because we don’t have Vapu so we have to be satisfied with Vani that is true at one level but it is not just that that is the case for us even for the lord’s intimate associates they don’t always have the Vani they don’t always have the Vapu even a person who’s had such intimate association of Krishna as Arjuna and who had such personal memories of Krishna even he is now taking shelter of Krishna’s words and he’s saying what is the characteristic of those words Desha, Kaala, Artha, Yuktani that it is actually applicable for all time place circumstances so Arjuna faced one perplexity when the Bhagavata was spoken that was he bulged in the prospect of trying to fight against and kill his elders and relatives now he is facing another far greater calamity and then here also he’s saying that this it is it is a capable of resolving even this issue Desha, Kaala, Artha, Yuktani what does it do? the affliction of the heart it pacifies so whatever be our circumstance if we just remember Krishna diligently and especially meditate on his message then that message will remind us that the reality of Krishna and his love is far greater than the reality of the world around us with whatever circumstances we see in that world so normally because we act talk and work and strive to achieve things in this world this world appears to be very real to us and yes it is real in the sense that it will play a real role in shaping our eventual destiny spiritually and it will also have real influences in terms of our material situations but the material reality shouldn’t be allowed to consume our consciousness so much that it blinds us to the higher spiritual reality and this is what happens when we are just exposed continuously to the world with its ceaseless influx of sensory perceptions and the default mental conceptions that are triggered by those perceptions so by Pratyaksha and Anuman we start taking the material reality more and more seriously till we get thoughtlessly allured by its pleasures or thoughtlessly agitated by its troubles however when we turn ourselves towards scripture and meditate on its wisdom then that enables us to reconnect with the higher spiritual reality when we remember that Krishna is always playing his flute always loving us and waiting for us and planning for our eventual spiritual redemption no matter how things turn out in this world then we become pacified so actually once if we can just turn our focus to Krishna our consciousness will be attracted by Krishna and Haranti almost like kidnapped or captivated abducted Krishna uses the word he says that normally when we are trying to fix the mind on Krishna the desires for material pleasure and opulence they drag away our consciousness but for a devotee especially for a devotee who has cultivated a relationship with scripture then the reverse will happen that instead of while we are trying to think of Krishna our consciousness getting abducted by Maya rather when our consciousness is getting it getting captivated by Krishna by Maya if we remember Krishna as message and if we have cultivated relationship with Krishna’s message earlier then that message will abduct our mind the word which Krishna has spoken they’re not spoken just to Arjuna they’re spoken to all of us and we can also experience their solacing and sobering and satisfying potency if we turn our heart towards them so just as Arjuna has taken shelter of Devani we too can take shelter of Devani and often when we are going to pray or chant or meditate just before starting these sessions if we contemplate a little bit on scripture then that intellectual foundation gives us a stronger platform to on which to build our prayer life if we are too captivated by material reality then prayer doesn’t go very deep apart from just being a request for stabilizing or improving our material life but once we are philosophically well grounded then recognize that our prayer life has its own reality independent of and far more valuable than whatever happens in our material life and that enables us to dive wholeheartedly into the world of prayer meditation and chanting and that is what Arjuna is going to do now by remembering Krishna’s message he dives deep into the remembrance of Krishna earlier the remembrance of Krishna was a part of something that was causing great agony but now this is bringing him peace and that is the effect that is available to all of us too thank you