SB 11.07.02 – The Lord’s mission is to not just set things right here but to show us the right way out of here
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Lord.
Thank you. Nirthadham will be finished. Who will be finished? Kulam, the other dynasty.
Will be destroyed by a mutual quarrel among the dynasties. The seventh day, the ocean will come. The city will become inundated.
So here we see disastrous events happening to the Lord’s associates and even to the Lord’s abode. And here the Lord is calmly telling that, yes, this is what is going to happen. So disaster is not outside the jurisdiction of the Lord.
The very fact that the Lord knows it, the Lord predicts it and the Lord doesn’t avoid it or doesn’t prevent it from happening, indicates that it is for one’s ultimate good. Krishna is all good. He is omnibenevolent and whatever He does is ultimately for everyone’s ultimate pleasure.
So the very fact that He is allowing something like this and He’s even prophesying that it will happen without trying to intervene, indicates that there is a plan in action. So even in our life, sometimes disastrous events may happen and we may be dismayed, even shattered by such events. And we may wonder, what is Krishna doing? Is He not protecting? Why is Krishna letting this happen? But we need to know that there is a higher plan of the Lord.
And we may not be able to understand the plan of the Lord, leave alone be able to accept it immediately. But by faith and by intelligence, we choose to direct our emotions away from devastation and resentment towards acceptance and servitorship. Yes, my dear Lord, whatever happens, I am your servant.
Please guide me as to how I can serve you. And when we think in this way, we will find that our service can go on irrespective of whatever situation we have been put in. And by that, we can slowly but surely learn how to move forward in our spiritual life and how to attain life’s ultimate fulfillment.
That is love for Krishna that cannot be interrupted by anything. So the interruptions of this world are meant to make our devotional service uninterrupted. And that happens when we raise our consciousness.
So rather than being shaken and shattered by the disasters of this world, we see them as parts of the plan of the Lord to elevate our consciousness from the material to the spiritual level. And with this vision, when we take the shelter of the holy names and the process of devotional service, we will be able to do so, not half-heartedly, but wholeheartedly, knowing that what’s happening in our life is not outside the jurisdiction of the Lord, but is within the plan of the Lord. And our prayerful connection with the Lord is the means by which we are playing our plan within the plan.
We are playing our role and doing our part in the plan of the Lord. So even disaster is a part of the Lord’s plan. And even if it’s disaster, our response is always Krishna, how can I serve you? Please guide me.
Give me the intelligence that even in this circumstance, may I always be able to serve you. And that is exactly what we do when we pray to Krishna through the process of mantra meditation. Thank you.