SB 7.9.33 Contemplating Krishnas greatness stimulates and spiritualizes our neediness

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our heart. Thank you so he is talking that this universe is actually your body this universe that i said it is your vapu so the the energy of time it enters into it impels it activates the material nature and the lord is not known to everyone but within him resides the which he unleashes whenever it is required so in the process of the manifestation of the universe after the is activated by the and the various universes are formed then the lord lies down in the ocean on the bed of lord so when he is lying down in samadhi then the the lotus comes out now what is the lotus like it is maha giant lotus and as giant as as a banyan tree a banyan tree is specially known for its gigantic size and this is like that so it is a huge lotus on which eventually brahma appears and around which all the planetary systems form so what a mahajan so actually when we are praying to krishna this sort of reflection on his glory which involves a reminder of his position the initiator of everything that happens in the material world it helps us put our relationship with krishna in perspective we often tend to take krishna a bit cheaply because of various reasons primarily being that we feel that because we are practicing devotional service we have some inside connection with krishna yes through the, it is not we who have that connection but through the gurushisha parampara which has devotees who are intimate associates of the lord we do have an inside connection with krishna but that doesn’t mean that krishna doesn’t remain inglorious, krishna is all attractive, all powerful all opulent and remembering his supreme position is helpful for us to actually seek out the help of the lord so awareness of the lord’s greatness brings about a feeling of our neediness so we do feel needy in this world but we feel needy for material things we want sense gratification, we want wealth we want power and we feel that we are deficient incomplete, needy without but when we understand the glory of krishna and understand how krishna is enjoying everything in this world that is there it is ultimately meant for his pleasure and he enjoys not in selfish sense but enjoys by using all the things of this world and all the things of the spiritual world for reciprocating love with his devotees so when we understand that how he is so loving and how we can enter into that world of love by choosing to love him then we start feeling the need for his grace because it is that grace alone which can enable us to re-enter into the world of love that is krishna’s eternal abode so in this way by understanding krishna’s supreme position we understand that he is beyond material nature and that he is capable of helping us and that we need his help contrasting his position with ours then when we understand we need help we call out wholeheartedly and thus we enter into his eternal abode