Should we chant while feeling separated from Krishna or while feeling that they are in front of us as the Deities?
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So are we to feel that we are separated from Radha Krishna and we are calling out for them or if we keep a picture in front of us and we feel that they are with us and we are addressing them. Again both are fine here the principle is that we have to remember Krishna is it that we have to remember Krishna because both are true that we are separated from Krishna and we are also linked with Krishna. So it is said that chanting is both a prayer and the fulfillment of the prayer chanting is a prayer to invoke Krishna’s presence and because Krishna manifests as the holy name the chanting is also the fulfillment of the prayer.
So if in that sense if we are considering that I am calling out for Krishna we could say that it is separation from Krishna and I am calling out for him. But if you are saying that Krishna is himself manifesting as the holy name then I am calling out that Krishna is coming. So it is not separation it is still union with Krishna and if I am having a picture of the deities and I am addressing them then it is like it is as if Krishna is present as the deities and by calling out to him I am connecting with him.
So whether we feel that we whether we focus on the feeling of separation from Krishna or connection with Krishna the important thing is that we are able to remember Krishna. So as long as we are remembering Krishna that is wonderful. And that’s why the the important thing in bhakti enakena prakala manak svartha vasata tam vishnu svartha vinayat jatuji sarva viddhi nishedhasur etayor eva kim karam that the principle underlying all rules is that we always remember Krishna.
So whichever form that remembrance happens either in separation or in his presence. We feel his presence or we feel separation from him that is perfectly fine. In fact actually to feel Krishna’s presence is also a matter of great blessing.
Sometimes you may go in front of the deities all of a sudden you feel nothing. Heart will just feel like dead. So if you feel Krishna’s presence also it is also a blessing.
So it is not that sometimes you will be doing some service and you will just feel you know I want to take darshan. That is that we could say at that level this is separation. So if you feel separation that is a fortune.
If you feel his presence that is also a fortune. And whichever way our consciousness goes towards Krishna that we can see as his blessing and we can use that we can channel the emotional energy coming from that blessing into the process of